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Hidden : Sunday, October 15, 2017
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Sunday October 15, 2017. Barretown Recreation Facility
GEOCACHERs of all ages are WELCOME!!! Including Newbies interested in learning the game, hobby, sport, or obsession?
 BevanQ is co-host of the event and the Geo Recognition's Awards see below.

Coffee and donuts 10 AM ish I will be there around 10 AM to start coffee.


WHERE's The Event?
We have reserved the Recreation Facility Shelter, and fire pits behind the Barretown Elementary School. There is electricity and also REST ROOMS and running water for clean-up, next to the shelter. There is plenty of parking for all and a playground for the kids.
The Recreational Area shelter is near the Barretown Elementary School in Websterville VT. at N 44* 09.858, W 72* 29.351.
Take the turn off Websterville Rd., just past the Wilson cemetery.
The turn is marked "Recreation Facility" at N 44* 10.161 W 72* 29.253. Stop in, have a bite to eat, enjoy the company and meet your fellow cachers.
Make sure to bring extra jacket, hat and gloves. It is Mid-October and the weather could be quite chily.

POTLUCK at Noon on Oct 15, 2017
We will have a large BBQ pit going from 11:30 am on, for anyone to use to cook hotdogs, burgers, steaks or whatever.
Let me know what you can bring so we don't end up with a bunch of the same stuff. As a guideline, I have used the a list from a previous year, but anything is fine.


Please No Peanuts or Tree Nut Products One of our fellow cachers has severe allergies.

  • charcoal, grill tools - DJ and CAL
  • crock of (mild) chili - DJ and CAL
  • bowls, plates, - DJ and CAL
  • coffee - DJ and CAL
  • baked beans - DJ and CAL
  • plastic ware and napkins- DJ and CAL
  • condiments - DJ and CAL
  • World Famous Brownies - SnowBirds Vt
  • hummus and pita chips - yogacrone
  • veggies and dip - LoonVT
  • Tater tot casserole - Snarfmon23
  • pies for dessert - Snowsunflowers
  • Cider Hot and cold- BevanQ
  • salad - barefootgal
  • bottled water - vtgeopirates
  • cheese and crackers - Bren1467
  • hotdogs and buns- Geonek and Nekexplorer
  • Cocktail wieners in sauce - A1D2
  • hotdogs and buns and coleslaw- 1611sld and Model12man
  • soda and appledump cake - Beebuddy
  • Potato salad - GoRaw4u
  • donuts - GoRaw4u
  • Meatballs and BBQ sauce - salts&marbles
  • sugar pie - you ke té
  • Maple baked beans - mwein and Alpha
  • veggie burgers -RacnLa
  • Doggie treats -RacnLa
  • Cupcakes - Billvp913 and geofrenzie
  • pasta salad - Billvp913 and geofrenzie
  • Cupcakes - ndjeff and wdjeff
  • zucchini bread -MountainViewFarmTeam 
  • burgers, buns -
  • pickles, onions, lettuce, tomato,cheese - 
  • Chips and salsa -  
  • Juice - 
  • Fruit - 
  • cookies - 
  • Cheese platter -  
  • muffins - 
  • Smores - 
  • plastic cups - 

GAMES and PRIZES at 1 PM.
Anyone wishing to donate a prize is welcome.

GEO PHOTO CONTEST
Many of you take and post some very interesting photos of your geocaching adventures. Please submit a couple of your favorites.
Awards will be presented for:

  • Best Before Snow Photo
  • Best Snow Photo,

Photo must be Geocache related. Each cacher may submit 2 photos, 1 photo without snow (fall foliage, beachside cache, group hike, or geodog cooling off in a stream), and 1 photo with snow (anything with snow, frost covered trees, snow angels, cacher in a snow bank, mountaintop winter scene, ect. as long as it is geocache related).
Print them out, to bring them with you to the event and judging will be done at the event.

We will set an area for a TB swap, and print out some sheets for the new caches.

Geo Recognition's Awards ---by BevanQ
As we have done in the past years we will be voting on 3 categories.
This year's categories are:

  • 1. Most Devious/Best Hide of the year (This is just one particular hide that either drove you nuts or was super clever)
  • 2. Puzzler/Series/Challenge (this doesn't necessarily have to be the most prolific puzzler, just the cacher who you thought put out the most fun or ingenious puzzle or interesting series or challenge)
  • 3. AllStar Geocacher (this person exemplifies good sporstmanship, is willing to help others, and does his/her part to promote the positive aspects of geocaching) GOLDEN AMMO BOX.

Past Winners of the GOLDEN AMMO BOX award are:
DJ and CAL
QSeekers
Roostersting
Zebra Girl
lonestarr and mwein
Cornflakes 
CacheThePlanet
crashco
ski-guide
Bren1467
yogacrone
BevanQ

PLEASE START VOTING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. JUST SEND YOUR PICKS to BevanQ, bevanq@yahoo.com  . YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE ON EVERY CATEGORY..(e.g., some people don't do puzzles and therefore wouldn't have an opinion)

Congratulations to last years' winners:
--Most Devious/Best Hide - DJ and CAL
--Best Puzzler/Series/Challenge -  Zebra Girl
--All-Star Geocacher - BevanQ

GROUNDSPEAK had donated a couple of new Geocoins....

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