If you decide to attend whether you are participating or not in the exchange please mark you will attend to the event so that I can prepare the establishment accordingly for room for us. We will be gathering on the patio.

We'll gather from 12:30 – 1:30 pm at the posted coordinates for food, fellowship, and fun. As always, note that food and beverages are available, but not provided by your host. Attending the event does not obligate you to participate in the bison tube exchange, but if you are interested continue reading.

Bison Tube Gift Exchange Guidelines:

1) Prior to coming to the event, I would like you to hide a gift (never-to-be published Christmas Cache) to be exchanged with another geocacher somewhere within 10 miles of the posted coordinates of this event. The gift can be whatever you like... gift card, unactivated geocoins, TB dog tags, swag items, cache containers, etc. Please use your own judgement in selecting your gift items and make sure that they are about 20 dollars in value (container included). You may place your gift items in an inexpensive cache container (i.e., tupperware, Christmas tin, etc.) and hide it to be found later that day.  Make sure your gift container is weather resistant and critter-proof. Don't forget to mark a waypoint for your hidden gift for step 2.

2) Bring a regular black bison tube (https://shop.geocaching.com/default/geocaching-supplies/cache-containers/micro/bison-capsule-black.html) to the event if you are participating in the exchange. Inside the Bison tube, place a slip of paper with the coordinates of the Christmas Cache you hid for another cacher to find. In addition, it would be a good idea to write your geocaching name and cell phone number on the paper in case the Christmas seeker needs a phone-a-friend to help them find their Christmas Cache.

3) At the event, the bison tubes will be placed in a bowl and mixed up. Everyone who places a bison tube in the bowl will then be able to randomly choose another bison tube from the bowl. For those families with multiple cachers, you may bring more than one bison tube, but there needs to be one Christmas Cache hidden for each bison tube placed in the bowl or someone will be disappointed.

4) After the event, go find your Christmas Cache! Remember... the entire cache is yours to keep, including the container; so make sure you take everything with you after the hunt. These containers are never to be left behind nor published as a regular cache.

5) When you log the event as attended, please THANK THE CACHER WHO HID YOUR CHRISTMAS CACHE FOR THE GIFT. You may share what your Christmas Cache contained if you like, and feel free to post pictures of the Christmas Cache, too. You can even post a picture of the hiding spot, since this is not a regular cache hide. I'll leave the event page up for a while to make sure everyone can easily log and see others' logs.

Additional Thoughts...

You can be as creative as you want in hiding your Christmas Cache. You can make it a traditional type cache, or you can make it a puzzle-cache or multi-cache to make the hunt more fun. Use your imagination!

******************************************************************************There are a number of parks that are within the 10 mile radius of this event. Plenty of room to give your fellow geocacher who recieves your bison tube a great hide!!!*****************************************************************************

Message me if you have any questions concerning the rules.