BY POPULAR DEMAND, WE RETURNED TO THE SHORES OF LAKE
ZOAR FOR THIS TWO-DAY EVENT IN WESTERN CONNECTICUT.
OUT OF AREA AND OUT OF STATE CACHERS WERE WELCOME !
AS ALWAYS, WE STRIVE TO GET BIGGER
AND BETTER THAN EVER
JUNE 12-13, 2010
GREAT NEWS !!!
State Park Fees have been reduced - The fight has worked!
See below
Rain on June 12 will move events to June
13
Located in
Kettletown State Park, this event is sure to be
the biggest ever seen in this area. Bring your canoe or kayak and
search for water caches or cross the river and search for caches in
Paugussett State Park. There are also caches in nearby
Southford Falls State Park,
just up the road.
As always, campsites were sold out. However, our fight with the
Governor and State Representative to get that changed worked and
prices were reduced thanks to all of you and others across the
state..
Click here to see the map of the sites compiled
by Trix606
You do not have to pay a parking fee if you have a campsite
reservation!
Camping fee - $17 per site/night for CT
residents - $27 per site/night for non CT
residents
Park Entrance Fee (Weekends Only) $9 for
CT residents - $15 for non CT residents.
Stay the night in any of the wooded campsites and search for
special "Night Caches" (flashlight required) These were a great hit
in past years and there should be some really good ones this year.
Join with other camping geocachers for campfire comradery.
Bring what you can to share, we will have
grills going for your use.
<<p>RAFFLE - GREAT
PRIZES
GARMIN Oregon 450t - This could be YOURS !
GMRS Radios
and more
GREAT CAMPING, GREAT LOCATION, CANOEING
AGAIN THIS YEAR
!
MASSIVE BREAKFAST to be served
to all on Sunday morning at Site #10 by CT A-Team with Bright
Parrot bringing his fantastic gormet coffee
machine.
Saturday you are on your own. Sorry, there is too much to do.
However, Bright Parot will have his coffee pot going for all
visitors in Site #2 on Friday and Sat. mornings.
TEAM SIGN CONTEST. Show your
team pride. Make a sign for your campsite to let us know who you
are, Awards given. (see sign rules below)
FEE STRUCTURE: Pay only to help
defray the cost of the event (Adults $3, Kids under 12
$1)
Event fee is for TEAMS logging the event - not per person
attending.
Coins, patches, ammo boxes, raffle tickets, etc. will be sold at
the Jamboree store.
Please visit this
link for links to HOTEL
RESERVATIONS close by for those of you who don't want to
camp. Special offer for Geocachers - $99 per night, pets
allowed.
NO CACHER LEFT
BEHIND
WATER TAXI SERVICE Want to look
for water caches but have no boat? Here's your chance. Again "Son
of a Beach" will be offering power boat services throughout the
weekend. But he needs others to offer boats to help out. Fuel
donations are greatly appreciated but not required. All children
must be accompanied by an adult.
CANOE/KAYAK INSTRUCTION "Sam
the SoccerDog" and others will be offering canoe/kayak lessons and
loaners again this year for those of you who want to search for
them yourselves. A great chance to try a new sport. In order to
make this work we will need some of you to offer your skills and
watercraft when you can.
"Leave No
Trace" returned to the jamboree and put on their
presentations with prizes and games for all. Although most of us
are very conscious of our environment, we occassionally encounter
evidence of those who are not. Leave No Trace promotes
awareness of our impact on the environment in many areas that we
may not have thought of.
NEW THIS
YEAR
TWO JAMBOREE SITES instead of just one. The site we used
last year will be reserved for parking. This should give everyone
ample room without parking on the road (Rangers don't appreciate
that). The Jamboree itself will be in the rear site just behind
last year's site. More room, more open space for games.And yes, we
WILL allow the ice cream truck to pull in the back to our site!
TWITTER We have an expanded Twitter presence this year,
anyone can follow Geo
Jamboree Twitter.
Like last year, we'll use the hashtag #gj8 for Geo
Jamboree 8 discussions. Then anyone can bookmark http://search.twitter.com/search?q=+%23gj8
to read current happenings! Thanks Rjferret for setting this
up
TIME CAPSULE OPENED This Time Capsule, set back in 2005
at Geo Jamboree 3 was opened this year at the main event right
after lunch.
SCHEDULE
Sign in: anytime on Saturday, or catch me at my campsite on Friday
night
Fri. Night - Night Caching
Sat. AM.: general caching
11:00 A.M. to Noon - Leave No Trace presentation for
kids
Noon - 3:00 P.M. Lunch
3:00 P.M Awards, announcements, etc.
3:30 - 4:30 Leave No Trace presentation for all
Sat. Night: 8:00 P.M. Night caching
Sunday 8:00 - 10:00 A.M. Breakfast (Site no. 10)
Sunday More caching at your leisure
SPECIAL GPS TEST
CACHE
CAMPSITE SIGN CONTEST
RULES,
*Signs should be no taller than 6' high and no wider than 3' in
diameter.
* Signs can be of whatever dimension and any material(s) you can
pull out of your mind
* Holes for sign placement should be as minimal damage to the
ground as possible and should be filled in upon departure from the
park. Idealistically, the sign post should not be larger in
circumference than a 2x4
* Signs should be freestanding and not tethered to trees, rocks,
tents, etc.
* Signs should contain the Team name and City, State of homebase -
teams sharing a campsite may collaborate or compete
seperately
* Signs will be judged on Saturday during the hours of the
Jamboree, winners announced at the wrap up.
Please help us make this a success by joining one of our
committees. We need and appreciate your help.
Camping CommitteeTrix606
Cache Committee: Zurcher
Food Committee
Planet- We need lots of help with this one. Please sign
up
Travel Bug Committee: Yalehockeymom
Sign Contest Committee: Games52
Kids Games Committee:
Sparky&Squeak
Canoe/Kayak Committee:
Sam The Soccer Dog will need some volunteers to loan kayaks and
canoes.
Registration:Barefoot
& LisaS
Ms.Blonde
First of all... Thanks to everyone
involved. What a great time we had. Despite storms from above and
storm troopers from the park, we managed to pull off another great
event. We are what we are and no-one can spoil that. I'm sure lots
of letter will be fired off to those in charge of the park, but let
us all keep that to a forum post and not here.
TOTALS: PEOPLE = 282, TEAMS =
153
Next year's event will be held at
Housatonic Meadows State Park on
June 18, 2011.
Campsites are already filling up.
See this
forum for discussions on the event.
SEE YOU ALL THERE !