GC2N844 The Red Dirt Dash IV (Event Cache) in Prince Edward Island, Canada created by The Maritime Geocaching Association

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The MGA: The Weather Red Dirt Dash was Awesome!

We feared the weather might be a factor, but the day stayed sunny and warm until 11pm that night! It was a great day for caching!

We had a total of around 30 cachers from around the Maritimes show up. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and PEI were well represented! As well as some of our Caching Cousins from South of the Border :)

And now onto the best part!

Congrats to team of kmac85, TheSakura, Smitty2010, and antigocache for their outstanding 121 finds and the win!

The winners revived the coveted Golden Potato for a 2nd year in a row. The winners received a very large bag of swag! Some pre-made caches, and the most awesome trophy ever (thanks dally!)

Also a big thanks to all the PEI cachers who came out to the BBQ event after, even if you didn't race ;)

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Hidden : Saturday, June 25, 2011

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Geocache Description:

The long winter wait is over, the Red Dirt Dash is coming back to PEI!

The original Red Dirt Dash was the 1st major Geocaching event in the Maritimes, and the 1st event for PEI.

So I give you..

The competition takes place on June 25th, 2011, and starts at the Cornwall/Charlottetown KOA, centrally located 9 KM south west of Charlottetown, at coords 46.213332, -63.187229.

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Directions:

Head northeast on Confederation Bridge - 4.0 km
Continue onto Route 1 - 45.8 km
Turn right at Ferry Rd - 1.7 km
Turn right at Holiday Haven Rd. 1.4 km

All teams will meet up at 9:30AM at the camp ground. We depart at 10AM and go our separate ways for the day. Teams are due back at The Camp Ground at 7pm. Whoever gets the most caches on the Island wins.

The Dash:

All teams will depart the Camp Ground at 10am.
Cachers are encouraged to travel in teams. Car pooling saves on gas costs, as well as helps the environment!
The competition will end at 7PM PROMPTLY! FOR EVERY 5 MINUTES YOU ARE LATE WE WILL SUBTRACT ONE CACHE FROM YOUR TOTAL!!!
PEI cachers are welcome to participate, but please keep in mind you cannot claim your own caches!
For anyone who does not want to participate in the challenge, but would like to attend, by all means do so. The MGA should be setup at the campground at approximately 5:30pm.
Note: You do not need to participate in the challenge to be able to log this cache. As long as you come to the BBQ afterward, you can claim this event as having attended.
7:30pm will be the awards ceremony, as well as BBQ. Please bring your own food & beverage items. There is a store nearby, as well as bigger supermarkets in Charlottetown if you need to purchase edibles.

Accommodations:

We will be reserving a block of standard 2-way hookup tent spots at the campground, which will be available on a first come/first serve basis, at a rate of $32 CAD.

Please email us if you would like to reserve one (or more). Once they're gone, if you do not get one of the reserved spots, you will need to contact the campground to see if they have any other spots available, or make other arrangements. When you arrive at the campground, you can pay for your spot at the administration office

If you have an RV or camper, we would ask you contact the campground at (902)566-2421 and reserve a spot. In the morning, we can all head out someplace for breakfast. Dont forget to save $42.50 for the bridge to come back to NB! (No charge to go there, they only charge you if you want to leave). Alternately, there is also a ferry that runs between Caribou, NS and Wood Islands PE. You can check their scheduling and rates out at http://www.peiferry.com/

Prizes: 1st Place - Bag of Swag! - will go to the team who finds the most caches.

More prize categories to follow.
Tiebreaker rules: In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by the following criteria

Getting the 2 furthest caches on the Island from each other.
Whoever can produce a larger collection of empty Tim Horton's cups fresh from the trip.
In the unlikely event of a tie at this stage, the competitors still tied will fight a grueling match of best of 3 rock paper scissors.

This Cache was hidden by a member of the MGA!

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