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2009 MnGCA Spring Event - Safari Send-Off!
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Onamia, Minnesota 56359 United States Near By Caches
Hidden On: 02 May 2009
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The MnGCA is putting together a Spring event in conjunction with the Minnesota State Park's "Geocaching Wildlife Safari". Join us for some caching, visiting and fun!
------------------------------------------------------ Who: You and fifty or more of your closest friends. What: The 2009 MnGCA Spring Event When: 5/2/09 from 9:30 am until 7:00 pm Where: Mille Lacs Kathio State Park 15066 Kathio State Park Road Onamia, MN Why: Because everyone loves a geocaching event! ------------------------------------------------------ Here are the activities they're planning for the day: ------------------------------------------------------ “How Far Can You Go” – a Multi-Cache Adventure They will be deploying a multi-cache adventure with increasing difficulty and terrain ratings, and of course an increasing fun and challenge rating! They will start the first stage at 1/1 (D/T) and hope to end it with a 5/5 (D/T). Go as far through the multi as you like. Each stage will have a code on the log book and the coordinates for the next stage. Return the most difficult code to us, and you will receive an equivalent number of tickets. These tickets will be placed in a hat, and a winner will be drawn. The winner of the “How Far Can You Go” drawing will receive a prize. This is not a timed race, but submissions need to be in by 3:00 pm so they have time to check your codes against the master list. ------------------------------------------------------ FTF Hangman Race Throughout the day, they will add a number to FTF Hangman (N _ _ _ _._ _ _ W _ _ _ _ _._ _ _ ) which will reveal the cache’s coordinates. The first person industrious enough to figure out where they hid the cache will receive the FTF prize inside. A number will be added each half hour, so be sure to check back to the pavilion periodically. ------------------------------------------------------ Kid-Friendly Caches They have been asking some of our volunteer kid-friendly cache hiders to add to the kids’ caching fun. Stay tuned for more details. ------------------------------------------------------ Creative Cache Container Making Contest Back by popular demand, camo a container and submit it to win a prize! The cache needs to be constructed in such a way that it could actually be placed as a cache in the wild. It must be able to stand up to the elements without falling apart or leaking. You must include a log book, and the cache name should be written on it. When you check in and enter your cache, you will be assigned a number; this number will be written on the first page of the log. Caches entered into the contest will be placed on a picnic table for observation and judging. Here are the categories: * Best Camouflage * Best Craftsmanship * Most Creative One voting slip will be handed to each person on check in. There will be three blanks so you can vote for one cache out of each of the three categories. When you vote, use the number on the first page of the log to indicate which cache you are voting for. You can vote until 1:30 pm; the votes will be tallied at that time. Prizes will be awarded during the "Awards and Door Prizes" time. ------------------------------------------------------ Temporary Cache Finding Contest Also back by popular demand, find the temporary caches hidden in the park and win!! The GPX file can be uploaded to your GPS either the day of the event or the week after they hide the temps on 4/25/09. Please use the honor system and do not attempt to find them ahead of time. A letter will be written on the outside of each of the temp caches’ log books so that you can "prove" that you found it. When you finish finding temporary caches for the day (before 2:00 pm), check in and receive the number of tickets equivalent to the caches you found. These tickets will be placed in a hat, and a winner will be drawn. The winner of the Temp Cache Finding Contest’s drawing will receive a prize. This is not a timed race, but submissions need to be in by 2:00 pm so they have time to check your codes against the master list. ------------------------------------------------------ Schedule of Events (still subject to change): 9:30 am to 10:00 am - Meet and greet; sign the log, get your nametag, get the brochure, add your creative cache to the contest (see below for more details) 10:00 am to when you're done Caching - (find the temp caches in the park, find the highest multi stage you can, play FTF Hangman throughout the day, and watch your kids find the kid-friendly temp caches) 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm - Lunch (Brats will be served with mustard and ketchup. Everyone else - please post what you're bringing to pot luck in your "will attend" log) 1:30 pm - Voting deadline for the Creative Cache Container Contest 2:00 pm - Deadline for the “Temporary Cache Finding” Contest 3:00 pm - Deadline for the “How Far Can You Go” Contest. 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Awards, Door Prizes and Announcements 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm - Hang out after the event with friends--both new and old ------------------------------------------------------ Your Spring Event Committee members (so far) are: andrewmcc, bflentje, Jam3s, lucidondine, meralgia, MrRogersNghbor and RudeRat ------------------------------------------------------ Camping See The Mille Lacs Kathio State Park's website here. Click here for the DNR park and trail brochure and here for a map of the campgrounds in the park. The direct phone number for the campground is (320) 532-3523 in case you'd like to call. (The best time to reach someone is: Fri thru Sun. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you call and don't receive anyone, please leave a message and they will return your call.) Be sure to reserve your campsite early! To do so, call the reservation line at (866) 857-2757. Their address is 15066 Kathio State Park Road, Onamia, MN 56359-9534. ------------------------------------------------------ Don't forget to dress like a Safari hunter to celebrate the theme! Wear your pith helmet, binoculars, camo shirt, khaki shorts and long, white socks. See you there! |
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06 May 2009 by
emmanogoldfish
(Finds: 2 Score: 6)
(Hidden: 1 Score: 4)
Open Log: Personal use only Shhhhhh, the GCA does not recognize anything that isn't Groundspeak Inc Rainbow Colors, shhhhhh.
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06 May 2009 by
meralgia
(Finds: 0 Score: 0)
(Hidden: 1 Score: 2)
Open Log: Personal use only TFTE
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02 May 2009 by
Joukkusisu
(Finds: 14 Score: 51)
(Hidden: 4 Score: 15.5)
Open Log: Non-commercial use only Great event. Good food, good temps (thanks to whoever had us balancing on logs in the middle of a swamp to reach the find!), and good company. Thanks to all those who voted our cache most creative. TFTE!
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02 May 2009 by
bigred_librarian
(Finds: 1 Score: 2)
(Hidden: 0 Score: 0)
Open Log: Personal use only Great Event. Had a ton of fun.
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