Come Celebrate 10 Years of Geocaching on Sanibel
Location - Dairy Queen
1048 Periwinkle Way
Sanibel
Date - Sunday May 2nd, 2010
Time - 1 pm
Sanibel is a hotspot for out-of town caching.
I've had 302 cachers, make 639 finds on my 10 caches. Matkatamib@
and cjanholt hold the record with 9 finds.
This will be a chance to meet Sanibel cachers,
out-of-towners and other local cachers as well as enjoying one of
my favorite spots on the island - an old school DQ.
IN THE BEGINNING....
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, The
Original Stash, 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.
Check Out the
Link's Below for Other 10 Year Celebrations Going on Around
Town.
10 Years - South Ft. Myers -
Florida
10 Years - South West Florida
10 Years - The Big LA (Lehigh
Acres)
10 Years
- Cape Caching