Saturday
May 3, 2008
A Memorial
Picnic celebrating Ohio's very first GPS Stash!
Boston
Run
GC73
This
historic first hide wasn't even called a Geocache!
They
called them GPS Stashes in the year 2000!
Hidden
October 1, 2000 (by beirne) inside the
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, near the city of
Peninsula. First
found 26 days later and then archived on June 12,
2001. It was
removed by the NPS authorities and a “Do Not Stash” sign was
left in it’s place.
Event
Details
Who:
You, family & friends.
What:
A potluck picnic with LOTS of activities for
Cachers!
When:
Saturday May 3, 2008. 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Where:
The Octagon Shelter in the Virginia Kendall area of
the Cuyahoga Valley N.P.
Why:
Because you want to see where it all
began. Where Geocaching
got it's start in the Buckeye
State.
Cost:
Two bucks for everyone over 60 inches
tall. To offset
expenses.
Expect
*
Potluck picnic!
I'm providing the fire, hotdogs, and campfire forks so you can cook
them when you want. You
can bring a 'picnic basket' with whatever you care to
share! Chips, potato
salad, pickles, cookies, pretzels, a six pack of pop, etc. Whatever
is easiest for you. No alcohol allowed in the park
please. I'll have plates, utensils, and napkins
provided. Some
limited snacks and drinks will also be provided
*
Fun hobby related
games to play! These
games are New and
Original!
You WILL have FUN playing them. Games such as:
1.
Micro-In-The-Woods Film Can Toss!
2.
Pin the Cache on the Reviewer!
3.
Cache Maintenance Relay!
4.
The Micro-Log Roll!
5.
Garmin vs. Magellan
accuracy
6.
Datum Hunt
7.
Others to be announced!
*
A guided memorial
hike to GC73 Boston Run cache. Just a short
drive away to the trailhead from the
Octagon.
More details on this hike are coming. Still working out the nitty gritty with the NPS It is sure to be something
special.
*
A Special
Pathtag and Bandana commemorating
Boston Run will be available!
*
Several Temporary
Virtual (not physical placed) Event Caches, all within hiking
distance of the Octagon.
*
New
Earthcaches!
*
New permanent
Geocaches in the area Outside the
Cuyahoga Valley National Park!
*
A Junior
Cacher (kid's) Activity
Table
*
Geochum Fellowship
*
More to be
added?! Check back to
this cache listing often for updates!
Other
This will
be a laid back picnic event. Most of the activities available
can be done at your pace, no set times for them. You choose which ones to do and
when, they will be available all day. Pace
yourself! So
please show up when you can, you won't miss out on
anything!
Last
Cacher gets kicked out at 7:00 p.m. so
we can clean up the site and get
Ourselves out of there before nightfall at around 8:15
p.m.
Please log
a WILL ATTEND so that I know how much picnic supplies to have on
hand.
Dogs
allowed but must be on a six foot leash and please pick up their
poop!
All
National Park Rules and Regulations must and will be followed. No
physical caches will be placed in the park during the event. All
hikes and activities will only be in approved areas and on
designated trails. Conduct yourselves accordingly cachers. Let's
not give groundspeak a black eye during this event.
This is
the hiking viking's 99th cache in the greater Akron
area.