Hello from The Amigos!
It seems that most of us don't like
caching in the West Texas heat! There were some die-hard
cachers in our group this summer, but most of us just chilled
in the A/C. Now that the weather is cooling down, this is a
great time to have a group get-together and do some caching,
too! So, we looked around and we think we've found a great
place for us to do both!
Not many people around here know that this park exists, and even
fewer know about the cabin area. That is why we chose this
location. We have gotten permission from Abilene State School to
use their facilities for the day, so that we can have a good time!
We do need to be respectful of the area, so that we may be allowed
to use the area again sometime. A plus to using this location is
that there won't be any muggles!!
There will be about 15 to 20 caches hidden in the area to find,
and prizes will be given for some of them. We are also working on a
game or two that we can incorporate into the hunt! I am working on
getting donations from local businesses for prizes, and possibly a
few coins and/or swag donated from the coin companies!
As of October 5th, donations have been received from the
following businesses & organizations (in no particular
order):
- Hendrick Medical Center
- United Supermarket on S. 14th
- United Supermarket on Judge Ely Blvd
- United Supermarket on North Willis
- Putt-Putt Golf & Games
- Premiere Cinema Ten Theatres
- Sonic on N. 1st
- Sonic on Sayles
- Joe Allen's/Cahoot's
- Tamolly's
- CiCi's Pizza
- Mr. Gatti's Pizza
- Mrs. Baird's Bread
- Cold Stone Creamery
- The Spaghetti Warehouse
- Golden Corral coupons (donated by Dr. Savage, DDS)
- Academy Sports and Outdoors
- Wal-Mart
- China Star
- CoinsandPins.com
- GeoTruckers.com
- TXGA.net
- Groundspeak.com
- geocoinshop.com
Please show your support and pass on your
thanks to these fine organizations for donating to this
event!
THERE WILL BE A
RAFFLE for the wonderful Silver Geocache America 2006
geocoin that was generously donated by CoinsandPins.com. The
tickets will be $1.00 each with all proceeds going to support
your Greater Abilene Geocachers Assocation. Tickets
will only be available for purchase at the event. You must be
present to win.
There is a nearby park for our smaller geobuddies, if they want
to play instead of caching, but they must have adult supervision at
all times. There are also bathroom facilities at the park and at
the cabin area.
This get-together will also be a Pot-Luck dinner, as there
aren't any nearby eating places. We are going to provide Smoked
Sausage and Hot Dogs. We are asking everybody else to bring the
goodies to go with these. Please let us know what you are bringing,
so that there are not a lot of repeats of the same things. We will
need bread, hot dog buns, veggies, chips and dips, and desserts. If
you bring a dish of some kind, you will need to bring enough food
to feed 6-8 or more. Refrigeration will be provided for all items
that need to remain cold, but there isn't any way to heat foods
(maybe I'll bring the microwave!) If this idea doesn't appeal to
the majority, we can just do brown-bags for our own families. Let
me know which you would prefer. Bring your own drinks. (NO
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED IN THE AREA!)
I do need a head count so that we can buy enough sausage and hot
dogs. Please email me with an approximate number of people
attending to RWFriend1@yahoo.com, by
November 10, 2006.
We look forward to seeing everybody and just having a good time!
If you are going to be finding the caches we hide, we recommend
jeans and good shoes for this area. Mosquito spray may be needed,
also. Be prepared to do a little hiking!
THIS UPDATE was added on November
16th:
There are eight new caches in Centennial Park placed especially
for this event but will stay as permanent caches after the event is
over. They have been approved but are disabled until the 18th. They
are:
Also, there are currently two caches already in the park. They
are:
AThere are several other caches within walkig distance. Here are
the ones that are within 1 mile:
If you go up to 5 miles away, there are over 100 caches to
be found!
Watch this site for further information. We are willing to
accept ideas/comments/dings on or about our plans if you have any.
See you there!!