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WHEN |
THIS EVENT WILL LAST FROM 8:00 AM 'til 9:00
PM,
December 5 and December
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This
Event will be held at the KITCHING CREEK PAVILION in Jonathan
Dickinson State Park.
You can get a map to the park
here.
Driving Directions
To
Jonathan Dickinson State Park from the south On I-95 - take
Exit 87A - go east on Indiantown Road to US 1. Turn left (north) on
US 1. Jonathan Dickinson is 5 miles on your left.
On Florida Turnpike - take Exit 116 (Jupiter). Go east on
Indiantown Road to US 1. Turn left (north) on US 1. Jonathan
Dickinson is 5 miles on your left.
To Jonathan Dickinson State Park from the north On I-95 -
take Exit 96 - go east on Bridge Road to US 1. Turn right (south)
on US 1. Jonathan Dickinson is 3 miles on your right.
On Florida Turnpike - take Exit 116 (Jupiter). Go east on
Indiantown Road to US 1. Turn left (north) on US 1. Jonathan
Dickinson is 5 miles on your left. |
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What To Bring |
Water,
Sun block, Bug Spray, Camping Gear, GPS, and a Smile.
Please bring your
Kayak/Canoe if you have one..
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Please wear your Cacheapalooza
T-Shirt
Please click
image to
enlarge.
Please visit our
Cacheapalooza.com |
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Food
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This year we will have a pot luck supper together.
We are planning on eating together at 5 pm on
Saturday, December 5th. That way, everyone can
cache uninterrupted all day, if they want to. We will
have assigned cooks for the grills. We will
be posting a specific list of items to bring, with specific
quantities of each item that you can sign up for.
If you sign up for a
COLD/HOT item, it will be your
responsibility to keep it COLD/HOT until the supper
hour.
Sign up for food category here.
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8:00a.m.-10:00
a.m. -Meet and
Greet
We want to get a
final count of everyone that attends Cacheapalooza this year. So,
please make sure that you and everyone in your party signs in to
our log book upon checking in.
There are many cachers that were not able to get a campsite this
year. If you are willing to share your campsite with others, please
let us know when you check in. |
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This year every cacher who signs
the CP4 log book will get a FREE CP4
landyard and pathTag.
SEE PHOTO
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11:00 a.m.
-TerraCaching/Geocaching
12:00 a.m.
-TerraCaching/Geocaching
1:00 p.m.
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TerraCaching/Geocaching
2:00
p.m.
-TerraCaching/Geocaching
3:00
p.m.
-TerraCaching/Geocaching
4:00
p.m.
-TerraCaching/Geocaching
5:00 p.m.
-Dinner
This year we will have a pot luck dinner together.
Please
Sign Up
If you bring an item
to the pot luck that you would like to be kept cold before the
dinner, please see a Cacheapalooza Crew member. We will do out best
to accommodate you.
5:30p.m.
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Give out raffle
prizes
There will be a ton of CP4 raffle prizes this
year.
6:00 p.m.
-TerraCaching/Geocaching
7:00 p.m.
-TerraCaching/Geocaching
8:00 p.m.
-Night
Caching
9:00 p.m.
Event
Ends
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Want to help
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If you got a campsite and are willing to
share,
please let us know and we will post it.
If you can help out, please contact us.
We are looking for people to donate Ammo Cans, Decon
containers,
Geocoins, Pins and Geo-caching related stuff,
etc..
We need everyone
to sign up and give us your
first name if you are coming to the event.
-footTRAX'S Email
downtownwpb@hotmail.com
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The Loxahatchee River, named a National
Wild and Scenic River in 1985, winds its way through the park,
passing under a canopy of centuries-old cypress trees. The river
has a timeless beauty all its own, "possessing remarkable
ecological and recreational values which are unique in the United
States.
" Legends are nothing new to the east coast of Florida. In 1696, a
Quaker merchant named Jonathan Dickinson shipwrecked off the coast
in the area of Hobe Sound. Dickinson, his family and other
survivors, made an arduous journey along the coast to St.
Augustine. His journal, describing encounters with Native Americans
and Spanish settlers, gives valuable information about life in
early Florida.
You can read more about the Jonathan Dickinson Shipwreck
here.
The 44-passenger Loxahatchee Queen II takes visitors up the
Loxahatchee River to the pioneer homesite of Trapper Nelson. Nelson
came to the area in the 1930s and lived off the land by trapping
and selling furs. He quickly became famous as the "Wildman of the
Loxahatchee." After his death in 1968, the state acquired his land,
preserving his home and grounds for future generations to
enjoy.
During World War II, the United States Army operated a top-secret
radar training school here, named Camp Murphy. The technology of
radar was in its infancy, and the men that were trained here were
sent out around the world. Over 1,000 school and support buildings,
speedily constructed and heavily camouflaged, became home to over
6,000 soldiers and officers. Yet after only two years of operation,
in November of 1944 Camp Murphy was deactivated.
You can see a Sky view picture of Camp Murphy 1942
here.
Following the deactivation, the property was transferred on June
9, 1947, from the U.S. government to the State of Florida for a new
state park. Jonathan Dickinson State Park was opened to the public
in 1950.
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