GC2590Q 10 Years! Leamington, Ontario (Community Celebration Event) in Ontario, Canada created by brummelbear

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brummelbear: Thanks to all that attended. Now on to celebrate the next ten years of caching.

GC2590Q ▼

A cache by brummelbear Message this owner

Hidden : Sunday, May 2, 2010

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Geocache Description:

On May 1, 2000, President Bill Clinton's executive order to
discontinue "Selective Availability" allowing users to receive a
non-degraded GPS signal globally was executed.

On May 2, 2000, at approximately midnight, eastern savings time,
the switch controlling "Selective Availability" was thrown.
Twenty-four satellites around the globe processed their new orders,
and instantly the accuracy of GPS technology improved tenfold. Tens
of thousands of GPS receivers around the world had an instant
upgrade.

On May 3, 2000 Dave Ulmer placed the very first geocache, a black
bucket, in the woods near Beaver Creek, Oregon. Along with a
logbook and pencil, he left various prize items including videos,
books, software, a can of beans and a slingshot. He shared the
waypoint of his "stash" with the online community on
sci.geo.satellite-nav, and Geocaching was born.

Geocaching is 10 years old today. That calls for a

CELEBRATION!!!!
Make plans to join us May 2nd (Sunday) from Noon to 2 p.m

Location-

Tim Horton's on Erie Street (north store), Leamington

There will be time to join fellow cachers in sipping coffee and enjoying your favorite donut. There will be a prize raffle, plenty of cache talking and lots of friends!!

Schedule -

Noon - arrive and check in

12:15 pm Share caching tales.

1:30 pm Raffle of prize table items.

2:00 pm Caching with friends.

We are planning to place new caches to be raffled as FTF prizes on
the event day throughout the Leamington area.
Anyone wishing to be a part of placing new caches, please contact
us to coordinate the releases.

***Please put this event on your watchlist as there will be
updates as we approach the date of the event.***

Please be sure to post a note if you will be attending so we can
plan to accommodate everyone