10 Years! Shores of Lake Michigan, U.S.A. Community Celebration Event

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Hidden : Saturday, May 1, 2010
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

We are Celebrating
10 Years of Geocaching!

The Party Starts at Noon on Sat. May 1, 2010
at Duck Lake State Park's Pavilion.

For those looking for a full morning of rewarding fun, check out the Duck Lake State Park's 2010
C.I.T.O. Event GC25GDC to be held at 9am prior to this 10th Anniversary Party!

Come join the fun!


The History of Geocaching:

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 a GPS enthusiast, Dave Ulmer, a computer consultant, wanted to test the accuracy by hiding a navigational target in the woods. He called the idea the "Great American GPS Stash Hunt" and posted it in an internet GPS users' group. The idea was simple: Hide a container out in the woods and note the coordinates with a GPS unit. The finder would then have to locate the container with only the use of his or her GPS receiver. The rules for the finder were simple: "Take some stuff, leave some stuff." On May 3rd he placed The Original Stash (GCF), a black bucket, in the woods near Beaver Creek, Oregon, near Portland. Along with a logbook and pencil, he left various prize items including videos, books, software, and a slingshot. He shared the waypoint of his "stash" with the online community on sci.geo.satellite-nav: N 45° 17.460 W 122° 24.800 and Geocaching was born.

Within three days, two individuals online read about his stash on the Internet, used their own GPS receivers to find the container, and shared their experiences with others online. Throughout the next week, others excited by the prospect of hiding and finding stashes, began hiding their own containers and posting coordinates. Like many new and innovative ideas on the Internet this concept spread quickly, however this online innovation required leaving your computer to participate.

On May 29, 2000 Matt Stum placed Michigan’s the first two geocaches in the Manistee National Forest (GC33 and GC34); both of these have been archived. On July 16, 2000 Mike Klusowski placed Michigan’s third and oldest curent active cache: Power Island(GC35). Six of the first 100 caches world-wide were placed in the intellectually progressive state of Michigan. Slowly geocaches started to be listed and finding more than two or three caches in one day involved some long distance driving. Now ten years later, we can all enjoy the variations of the mind and ankle twister paths to little treasures of all types in western Michigan.

What started out 10 years ago as a single hide in Oregon has blossomed into a thriving hobby/sport with over a million active Geocache hides worldwide with an estimated 3-4 million participants.

Please come out to celebrate with some geocaching fun and fellowship.

What's the Event's Challenge?

We expect this event to be one of the officially sanctioned "10 Years!" Events. A new icon has been created by Groundspeak for the "10 Years!" Events and everyone who attends this event will earn a find on this new icon.


In addition to the standard event cache guidelines, there are a few additional guidelines that we need to follow to qualify for a 10 Years! cache type icon event.

• Events must be held on May 1 or May 2, 2010. Check!

• The name of the event needs to be formatted this way: "10 Years! (our location)" Check!

• At least 10 people must attend the event. No problem for the geocachers of the lake shore!

• Flashmobs do not qualify. Check!

• At least 10 attendees must be in the video/photo along with a legible sign showing the event coordinates and location name. You bring your smiles; we'll bring a camera and the Flip!

• The people in the video or photo should be festive. Be inventive!

Festive? Inventive? Oh ya, that's how we roll!

Bring your satellite costume, your GPS costume, your ammo can necklace,
your magnifying glass, your FTF celebration hat, your cachin' kayak,
puzzle sleuth costume, your compass costume, your letterbox costume,
or whatever family friendly goofy idea you've got!

About our 10th Anniversary Celebration:

There's going to be a potluck lunch, a door prize raffle, and of course, an official 10 Year Celebration Photo! Along the way there plenty of cache tales told, tales of caches found, caches hid, and caches yet to be published.

We will provide the plates/bowls, silverware, cups, napkins, water, hot dogs, hamburgers, buns, and a geocaching birthday cake.

Please bring a dish to pass, no rules, just whatever suites your culinary fancy!

If you are up for it, items for the door prize raffle would be most appreciated!

Schedule:

8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 - 11:15 AM C.I.T.O Clean-up Activites

11:30 AM C.I.T.O. Event GC25GDC Photo with the Trash

11:40 AM C.I.T.O. Event GC25GDC Trash Team Drives to Recycle Center

12:00 PM Set-up for Potluck at the Pavilion

12:30 PM 10 Years! Potluck is Served

1:00 PM Door Prize Raffle and Geocaching 10th Birthday Cake

1:15 PM March (or drive) to the Lake Michigan

1:30 PM 10 Years! Official Photo and Video

Photo Location: N43 20.525 W086 24.500

About Duck Lake State Park:

The Ottawa Indians in the region originally named Duck Lake Jibski Sagagen.

Charles Mears built a sawmill at the mouth of the lake in 1848 along with a three story boarding house and store.

In 1920 the Boy Scouts of Chicago purchased 100 acres at the channel and started Camp Wabaningo, aquiring the rest of the land a few years later.



In 1927 the land transferred to the Grand Rapids Council and Camp Shawondossee was started. Thousands of Boy Scouts enjoyed this scenic destination during the 50 years it was owned and managed by the Grand Rapids Council. A monument is located in the park to mark the location of the mess hall where our 38th President Gerald R. Ford, enjoyed his meals while at camp.


A memorial to the 38th President, Gerald R. Ford
Monument Coordinates: N 43° 20.520' W 086° 23.321'

In 1975 the land was sold to the State of Michigan. Visitors have since been able to enjoy a relaxing destination, without the crowds of a campground, along Lake Michigan's shore line.


Duck Lake State Park is a 728-acre day-use park, located in Muskegon County. Featuring a towering sand dune, the park stretches from the northern shore of Duck Lake to Lake Michigan. The terrain is a mixture of open brush land to mature hardwood forest, with some pockets of open meadows mixed in. The land was purchased by the Nature Conservancy from two Boy Scout organizations, and acquired by the state in 1974. Remains of the old scout camps were removed and access roads were constructed. The park was officially dedicated in the spring of 1988. A new entrance off of Scenic Drive was completed in May 2005.

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