Thanx to everyone that showed up for the first Mud Bay Park CITO
Event. It was a great day in the Lower Mainland with sunny skies
and friendly geocachers. The idea for a holding a CITO event in the
Lower Mainland was first proposed by Dogbreathcanada. After some
discussion between DBC, BCGeocacher (TLG) and myself we decided to
ask members of the LMGA for their opinions. QuigleyJones first
proposed that it be held in conjunction with Great Canadian
Shoreline Cleanup which is sponsored by TD Canada Trust and the
Vancouver Aquarium. After a search for a person to coordinate the
event did not find any willing volunteers I decided to take it upon
myself although I expected a time conflict with running kids around
to their various events. Fortunately my oldest daughter came out
and helped and the two younger ones stayed homewith my wife.
On to the event. Water was donated by QuigleyJones (from Choices
Market) and wild wiggly beanz. We went through nearly 6 dozen by
the end of the day. Prizes were donated by wild wiggly beanz (ready
made cache), koakai (travel bug tags), and by landsharkz (lanyard,
2 wrist bands, and pin).
From 2 PM to 4 PM the group collected an estimated 300 pounds of
garbage. The largest items included a screen door, metal bucket,
retread from a semi, rubber mat, a tent, and a slab of
Styrofoam.
It’s a little hard for me to identify the prize winners since I
don’t know anyones names but here goes: The team collecting the
most garbage was koakai with V-I Cacher. They received the Travel
Bug tags and since koakai had donated them they went home with V-I
Cacher. The team collecting the most peculiar item was scoutbound,
off road explorers, micraman, general_tupperwar, and code3man. They
received the ready made cache. V-I Cacher collected the most
cigarette filters and took home a wrist band. The remaining wrist
band, pin, and lanyard were given out to 3 young cachers. I don’t
have complete member lists for the teams so I know I’m missing some
cachers and I apologize.
Their were a total of 44 volunteers participating in the event
and they were of all ages right down to a baby in a stroller.
PHOTOS!
Original Writeup
The Lower Mainland Geocachers Association wish to give something
back to the environment. The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is an
annual event organized by the Vancouver Aquarium and numerous
sponsors that help cleanup the waterways of Canada. This event is
for the area around Mud Bay Park in Surrey, BC and is open to all
cachers that wish to attend. Please post a note on the cache page
if your are planning on attending. You do not have to be a member
of the LMGA to attend but if you are a cacher in the Lower Mainland
you might want to consider joining.
The cleanup supplies that will be issued include: 1 Glove per
volunteer, 1 Garbage Bag per 4 volunteers, 1 Recycling Bag per 10
volunteers. You may bring additional items to help cleanup such as
more bags and gloves. Some areas are along well maintained trails
while others will be along the boulders of the dyke and onto the
mud so wear appropriate shoes as you can see from the photos below.
Currently the planned event time is from 2 PM until about 4 PM.
Dogs are allowed in the park but must be leashed.
Link to Map of Area
Note: While the park is located beside Highway 99 there is no
access from the highway.
If approaching from the North or West you should enter from
Highway 10 then south on 120 St which will become New McLelland
Road then south on 125A St until seeing sign for park near the
railway tracks.
If approaching from the South or East you should enter from
Highway 99A or 152 St then West on Colebrook Rd until seeing sign
for park near the railway tracks.
You all have GPS units so plug it in and good luck. You can also
click on the map link above.
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