Cerrillos Hills State Park is the newest addition to our state park system. As a member of the committee that put together the State Parks Challenge in 2008, it's embarrassing to have missed this transfer from Santa Fe Open Space. We went to check it out and met the park manager, Sarah Wood, who is quite supportive of caching. They have a delightful new community room with an outdoor patio, available for public use.
We looked at the available dates and took this one. We know it conflicts with the Block Party in Seattle but consider it a consolation event for those who can't work in the trip to the northwest. We're pretty sure this site will work for future events.
The event will run from noon to 3pm. We will have a potluck. We cannot cook at the site so we won't be grilling but we do have electricity so if you do something special in a crockpot, bring it warm and we can plug it in. Post in your "will attend" what you will bring and we will update the list on this page. No alcohol is allowed at the site.
There will be some new caches released. We have permission to place a State Park cache, in line with the ones that were part of the original challenge and it will be at the Visitor Center. It's not a huge park but there is room for a few more and they will be easily accessible. Cell coverage is spotty so if you cache only with a phone, team up with someone who does it the old-fashioned way.
There is a $5.00 day use fee per vehicle for the park. If you have an annual state parks pass, it's included. The 1/1 rating is for the Visitor's Center. The Visitor's Center is in the village, not in the park. Exploring the park trails will raise the terrain to 1.5 to 3.5
So far on food we have
tealeaf crockpot pulled pork
SPat ABQ cooler full of ice, water and tea and piles of fresh fruit in a watermelon boat, along with tomatillo salsa w/ chips.
2bassetslaves green chili chicken enchiladas in a crock pot.
Weatherbug & XRN salad
bob8bear frito pie M
pounce44 baked beans
NMJEEP ice and water +
Morab777 salad
Suz55tbird mozzarella-pesto crackers/hors d'oeuvres/somethings
retrekker ???
jimaggi veggie tray
Redtail2000 ???
Redtail 3000 ???
sanmann hummus and pita chips
sszyman ???
Nittany Lady ???
Amoebit ???
Hikrbabe dessert
SandiaFamily dessert
SNEEZY chicken drumsticks
BOSQUE.BOBBY brownies or cookies & bottled water.
Hawkeye114 4 Bean Salad
cnoorlander potaot salad
PamelaNM hors d'oeuvres of some kind