Liven up the last
Monday of November with a Holiday GeoFest featuring caching
fellowship, a dinner buffet, games, and door prizes. The 2010
GeocacheAlaska!, Inc., Board of Directors will be introduced and
the 2009 Alaska geocoins and geopins and the 2010 calendars will be
available, so you can take care of some of your Christmas shopping
needs.
The room seats 120
theater style or 72 with tables, so RSVP early so we can provide
chairs for everyone and have enough food to go around. Adult
and kid-friendly food will be provided for $26 and $10 (children
under 12), respectively. Premium Members of GeocacheAlaska!
will receive a $3 dinner discount (one discount per
membership). Cachers may purchase a Premium Membership at the
event (which will be good through 2010), download a membership
form from the GeocacheAlaska! website, or
pay online via PayPal or a credit card here. Cash or check will be accepted at the
door as well as PayPal and major credit cards via wireless laptop.
Dinner will include a buffet of shitake beef stroganoff,
teriyaki chicken, grilled swordfish, salad, and rolls, with several
choices of pizza for the junior cachers. Beverages will
include iced tea, lemonade, and hot coffee and tea. Dessert
will feature brownies and a variety of cookies. Dress code is
"Alaskan casual," so wear your favorite holiday threads and bring
your reindeer antlers.
There will be
games and prizes for all ages, including GEO-BINGO, which is a fun
ice breaker. To increase your fun, bring a wrapped
inexpensive (under $10) cache swag item or cache container for
a Chinese gift
exchange. Of course, kids are welcome since these are
games the whole family can play! What better way to kick off
the holiday season?
Representatives
from Accupoint
Inc. will attend and will bring a number of GPSs and
other geocaching goodies for people to check out. Rumor has it
they'll have a special gift for each attendee!
The Anchorage
Responsible Beverage Retailers Association (ARBRA) prizes will also
be distributed. ARBRA's Ed O'Neil procured and donated two propane
grills to GeocacheAlaska! One grill will be awarded to the cacher
that reported the most homeless camps and the second will be
awarded via a random drawing of the names of all cachers who
reported homeless camps.
The 2009 Alaska Geocoins will first make their way into
geocachers hands at the GeoFest. From left to right, top to
bottom, are images of the front of the geocoin in bronze, silver,
and gold relief and a representative photo of the reverse of a
bronze geocoin. Also shown is an image of the reverse side of
the 2009 Alaska coinament. More details may be found on the
GeocacheAlaska! Alaska Geocoin webpage.
Let's
give the Alaska Cache-n-Dash team a warm welcome, too! This
visit is an even quicker dash than usual. It will commence
around 11:30 a.m. (depending on actual flight arrival time) with
brunch at Gwennies (everyone is welcome) and will wrap up at the
GeoFest. Ringleader Cent5 is leading a group of Seattle-area
cachers that includes Prying Pandora and Groundspeak lackeys
MissJenn, Moun10bike, and Raine.
Be sure you stay
updated with any changes by placing this event on your watch
list.
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