2006 GONIL Summer Picnic!
It's that time of year again! Summer will be winding to a close
before we know it and GONIL is putting on the annual summer picnic
to give everyone a great chance to come out, enjoy a day outside,
and the company of other cachers. This is going to be a great event
with a lot of local cachers, so be sure to put it on your calendar
and set a watch
on the event!
WHEN: Saturday 09/16/2006 We'll start at 10:00am
and we'll plan on going until at least 5:00pm. We have to
vacate by sundown but no need to stop the fun if we're still having
it.
WHERE: The event will be held at Blackwell
Forest Preserve's Hawthorn Grove, near N 41° 49.967 W 088°
10.175.
WHO: EVERYONE! :) All Geocachers far
and wide are invited to attend and enjoy the event.
Membership in GONIL is not a requirement.
The main entrance is on the north side of Butterfield Road, 1/4
mile west of Winfield Road and one mile east of Route 59. The
nursery is on the north side of Mack Road and Williams Road
(approximately one mile east of Route 59).
Parking: To the north of the grove there is a large loop
for parking.
SCHEDULE
- 9:00 - setup, plesae arrive early if you'd like to help!
- 10:00 - Start
- 12:00 - Picnic! GONIL is providing dogs on the grill, please
bring a dish to share based on the potluck list below.
- 1:00 - Deadline for TBs for 2006 Travel Bug Race
- 1:30 - GONIL Q&A / General Geocaching Q&A
- 2:00 - Travel Bug Race participants distributed
- 4:00 - Prize table drawings
- 4:00 on - Clean up, hang out, and git!
FOOOOOOOOODDD :)
GONIL will provide hot dogs for the picnic. We will also provide
Lemonade and Ice Water in drink coolers. If you would like any
other cooked meat type items or different beverages, feel free to
bring them. No alcohol is permitted at the event.
Please bring a dish to share according to first letter of your
real last name using the following list:
- A-I bring a side dish or salad
- J-Q bring a dessert or fruit dish
- R-Z bring chips, pretzels, or snacks.
Use this as a guide line. If you make something exceptionally well
bring that. Feel free to make a note as to what you are bringing.
Activities
There will be new caches hidden in the area for the picnic, but we
suggest you seek them before or after the event and to enjoy
socializing with your fellow local cachers. The following event
activities are currently planned, stay tuned to hear about any
additional:
- Kids' cache - filled with kid-friendly items and hidden nearby.
Parent should supervise their children during this hunt.
- Kids' crafts - We will have a bean bag toss game, coloring
activities, and other crafts available. Parents should supervise
their children.
- Prize table - We will have a table with some doorprize
drawings. We invite anyone who would like to donate to the table to
bring an item to the picnic to contribute.
- Q&A - We'll take a chance to talk about GONIL a little and
then to talk with any new cachers and answer any questions they
have about caching.
- Memorial cache - As usual, a cache will be hidden in the area
after the event to commemorate the picnic. Please bring a trading
item or your sig item to contribute to the cache.
- 2006 Travel Bug Race - WascoZooKeeper will be coordinating the
2006 Travel Bug Race. See rules and details below.
Things people can volunteer to bring:
We could use help gathering up some items to make the picnic better
for everyone! If you can help, please post a note to the cache page
with any offer. Thanks!
- grills....
- stuff for the prize table...
- folding tables...
- outdoor games...
- local cachers to hide new caches...
- any fun game or activity you can think of.
2006 Travel Bug Race
WascoZooKeeper will coordinate the 2006 Travel Bug Race. The rules
are as follows:
- All TBs to be entered in the race must be new; that is, they
must not have been dropped into any cache prior to the picnic, so
they will all have the picnic as a common starting point.
- All entrants should be logged online as "dropped" into the
Picnic event prior to the event.
- All entrants must be turned into WascoZooKeeper at the event no
later than 1:00 PM.
- Volunteers to pick up race TBs should sign in with
WascoZooKeeper by 1:00 PM. Preference will be given to volunteers
who do not have an entrant in the race.
- At 2:00, all TB entrants will be distributed to the volunteers
who have agreed to move them to their first cache.
- Owners of all TBs entered in the race are expected to show good
sportsmanship with regard to other entrants. This means that if you
find another TB which is entered in the race, you will take no
action that will unreasonably hinder the other entrant's movement.
This includes, but is not limited to, picking up and holding the TB
or placing the TB in an exceptionally difficult or rarely visited
cache.
- The race will end on September 1, 2007. WascoZooKeeper will
post standings in the GONIL forums approximately monthly, and at
the end of the race.
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