May 1, 2000 - an announcement was made that Selective Availability
would be lifted.
May 2, 2000 - at approximately midnight, EST Selective Availability
lifted and the accuracy of GPS technology was greatly
improved.
May 3, 2000 - Dave Ulmer hid a black bucket at N 45° 17.460 W 122°
24.800, filled with videos, books, software, and a slingshot as
well as a logbook and pencil. He called it the First GPS Stash. He
shared the waypoint of his "stash" with the online community on
sci.geo.satellite-nav.
Within three days two different people read about his stash on the
Internet, used their own GPS receivers to find the container and
shared their experiences online. The sport of geocaching was
born!
What:
Come celebrate 10 years of geocaching with us at Golden Corral on
Saturday, May 1st, 8:00 AM until 10:30 AM.
This multi-event is part of worldwide celebration of 10 years of
geocaching. Come prepared to swap caching stories, eat (buffet
style),trade travel bugs and geocoins and share in the tenth
anniversary of geocaching. Don't forget to mention how many folks
will attend in your log.
Who:
Why YOU, of course...whether you have one cache find or a thousand
cache finds, please feel free to come join us for a small meet and
greet.
When:
Saturday May 1st from 8:00 AM until 10:30 AM.
Where:
Golden Corral
10801 BULLOCH DRIVE
Manassas, VA 20109
Why:
Have breakfast, meet geocachers new and old, talk geocaching, trade
travel bugs and geocoins and share in the fun of celebrating the
10th Anniversay of geocaching!
Extra things to keep in mind:
If you pick up a Travel Bug or trackable coin at one of the events,
make sure you log it out so it doesn't show up in the events list.
If a trackable sits as being listed in the event for a couple of
months, the cache owner is the one that gets the e-mail from the TB
owner(s).
Each person attending will be responsible for any costs incurred
for food and drinks.
NOTE: This description was blatently copied from GC24E9X 10 Years
Hagerstown, MD ... TY LPYankeeFan