CITO Scout Edition at Little River State Park Cache In Trash Out® Event

All Scouts - boys and girls alike - have to learn about the environment and take part in various community service projects during each level of their Scouting careers. We are combining a "Green-Up" effort with some fun added in. The best part of Scouting is OUTING!

You may choose to camp out for the event or just visit us for the day 9 am - 9 pm. The camp sites will accommodate tents and trailers up to 20 feet. Two sites can fit a 30 foot camper. You must call Little River State Park if you are interested in spending the evening. They are also waiving the 2-night minimum for those who just want to stay on the 12th. The stings will be staying on the 11th as well. Geodogs welcome, but will need papers.

The Park Ranger is working on a to do list for us - such as raking, moving fire wood, trash pickup, etc. The event has been promoted in the Vermont Councils of both the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. The goal, as last year, is to team a couple of geocachers with a Scout family to work together in the clean up effort and then head out for a couple of caches (cache sheets will be available at the event).

The Vermont Council for the Boy Scouts of America will be allowing us to use their 12 GPSrs again! Yeah! I will be requiring a Driver's License to swap out a unit for the event. They will all be pre-programmed with the coordinates of the new caches.

Trash bags will be supplied. Scouts - dress in your class B (T-shirt) uniforms. Everyone else wear something you don't mind getting dirty. Work gloves and insect repellent are highly recommended! (Lavender oil is an all natural alternative.) We have access to several restrooms. If you are not able to come early enough to help with the clean up, come anyway, enjoy lunch, and team up with a Scout family for the afternoon. (Teaming up with a Scouting family is not required. Cache only as you are comfortable - no pressure.) Some of the Scouting families that came last year recently celebrated their one year cachiversary!

I have been granted permission to place caches for the event. There are 15 preapproved, permanent caches ready to go >>> 12 from the stings and 3 from CAL and Sasha (Thank you ). These caches will be made available on the afternoon of the event to give the event participants (especially the Scouts) the chance to experience a FTF. The FTF prizes in the caches will be Scout and CITO related. Please be mindful of geocaching etiquette and Scouting's Leave No Trace rules. Have a FUN day!!!

It is also time for the 2009 Geovague Awards!!

• Most Devious Hide of the Year= VT Spike for Angry Beaver!
• Puzzler of the Year = VT_EMT
• Golden Ammo Box Award (Geovague All-Star Cacher) = Zebra Girl

These awards are voted on by you, the GEOVAGUE Community. Please send your nominations to me through my profile. I will tally your votes and present the awards at the event.

Please VOTE!! You do not have to attend this event in order to vote. Vermont may be small and gas prices or prior obligations may prevent many from attending. Please send in your vote! It you have found the most devious hide in Southern Vermont, then please send it in! If your 'All round Cacher" lives in the NEK, send it in! We are looking for the best in Vermont, so we need everyone's participation! Awards will make it to winners who are unable to attend.

Hall of Fame

Contact - For everyone else who can view this page, but not the posted coordinates, we will be meeting in the open area next to the first shower house on the right after the ranger station. E-mail me at deannamec@comcast.net and let me know how many people are in your party and what you will bring for the potluck so that I may plan accordingly. Check this site periodically for new information.

• 9:00 am - gathering and introductions
• 9:30 am - 11:30 pm - CITO
• 11:30 pm - 12:30 pm - lunch and prizes*
• 12:30 pm - dusk - geocaching

*All participants will be entered into the prize drawing. I have both Scouting and geocaching items. Any other donations would be welcome and appreciated. Items donated so far - geocache containers and unactivated coins, containers, and ANG swag from scubatime, geocache containers from RSAKVT, an unactivated coin from cwgray, handmade geocaching bag and hat by Alpha and mwein, geocache containers from DJ and CAL, stocked cache containers from Zebra Girl, a CITO T-shirt and geocaching hat from the yoopers, and Girl Scout and Boy Scout stuff from the stings.

Potluck Please bring chairs for the lunch and prizes. If you have extra folding tables, please bring them as well.

• grill and gas - yoopers
• grill tools - roostersting
• crockpot of chili - DJ and CAL
• 1 dozen hotdogs - roostersting
• 1 dozen hotdogs - QSeekers
• 1 dozen hamburgers - roostersting
• 1 dozen cheddar cheeseburgers - scubatime
• 1 dozen veggie burgers - ChittDirt
• condiments – roostersting
• hotdogs buns - QSeekers
• hotdog buns - roostersting
• hamburger buns - roostersting
• hamburger buns - scubatime
• condiments - roostersting
• gallon jugs of water - roostersting will bring 5 gal dispenser
• soda – jmthomps
• lemonade 5 gallon dispenser - roostersting
• juice/gatorade -
• cheese and crackers - cwgray
• zebra food - aka chips and dip – Zebra Girl
• salad –
• salad -
• pasta salad–
• potato salad - yoopers
• veggie platter -
• fruit salad - chrisnic2
• fruit -
• brownies - QMom
• pumpkin bread - cwgray
• homemade oatmeal cookies - Alpha and mwein
• homemade blueberry pie - crashcos
• paper plates - roostersting
• napkins - roostersting
• plasticware - DJ and CAL
• cups - roostersting
• garbage bags - yoopers
• geodog treats – Sasha walking QGirl
• geodog treats – Coco