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Hidden : Saturday, October 28, 2017
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Nightmare in Preston IV

We are back in the old haunted Preston loggin town commissary, today known as the VASA Hall. It has been said that once a year the long gone mill workers and loggers come back to reclaim the hall for a night of fun. Spooky shadows of loggers past have been seen in the hall over the years, but the activity is strongest just before Halloween. We have it on good authority that this year the energy should peak on October 28th. We expect the hall to be very “lively” on that day, and our fortune teller Madam Fate, prodictes that the Evil Lord Loki Circus will be visiting the old logging town this year.

Just a few days before Halloween, your hosts, NWStinkerbella, SirKarp and WSGA Puget Sound invite you to come on October 28th, for the fourth annual Nightmare event maybe you too will see some unusual sights.

This event is open to all Geocachers and sure to be enjoyed by young and old alike. Come share a meal with old friends, meet some new ones and enjoy the Halloween season geocaching style and experience some of the legend of the Lord Loki's Geocaching Nightmare.


REGISTRATION:
http://www.nightmareinpreston.com/

We are asking that when you post your will attend please also register for the event http://www.nightmareinpreston.com/ Registration is free again this year, but is required as it helps your hosts plan. We will have a brand new Nightmare in Preston (NIP) Cache series, caches will be published a few weeks before the event. You will be able to download the passport from the registration page http://www.nightmareinpreston.com/13-caches-passport.html and find the caches ahead of time, or you can pick one up from the event anytime after noon on the day of the event. Find all 13 caches, fill out you passport and recieve a prize at the event.


EVENTS:

A new NIP series of caches for this years event the passport can be downloaded here http://www.nightmareinpreston.com/13-caches-passport.html then find the caches ahead of time, or you can pick one up from the event anytime after noon on the day of or the day before the event. Find all 13 caches, fill out you passport and recieve a prize during the event (limit one per-family please). The caches will be published in early October, and the passport will become available from the link at that time as well.

There will be 2 prize drawings at this event, plus a general raffle and a costume contest!
Everyone should come away with a treat.
As always there will be an area for trackable trading, and the potluck.

Schedule:
4:30PM - 6:30PM Potluck / Dinner
6:30PM - 7:00PM Early Bird Raffle & WSGA members drawing
7:00PM - 7:30PM The Mini-Haunt walk through, enjoy and hopefully get a little scare.
7:30PM - 8:30PM The costume contest winners will be announced, followed by the raffle and any pertinent announcements.

All schedule times are approximent and maybe changed as needed.

Children’s Swag Bags for those under 13 years old. When you register on the website you will be asked how many children under 13 will be in your group, to ensure we have enough swag bags for all children please remember to register.

Raffle: There will be a general raffle.
If you would like to donate an item to the raffle please let us know

The Early Bird Drawing: Post your will attend before midnight on October 21st and your name will be entered into drawing for the early bird prize. Please note the number of folks you will be bring in your log, that will determine the number of entries you will receive for this drawing.

The WSGA Members Drawing: Bring your current 2017 WSGA badge to the event; show it at the welcome table to be entered into a drawing for an extra special gift as a thank you for supporting WSGA. If you're not a WSGA member we encourage you to support club events and club sponsored events like this one by signing up online or in person at a WSGA event. Please note that you must have your 2017 badge with you or you must sign up at this event in order to be in this drawing.

Pumpkins: Bring your carved pumpkin to the event! We will display them on the porch for everyone to enjoy. You can take your pumpkin home at the end of the event or leave it behind and we will recycle it into animal feed.

Costume Contest Information:
Come dressed up for the event, for another chance to win a fabulous prize! The costume contest will be split into 4 categories, with a 1st 2nd and 3rd place winner in each category, so there will be a total of 12 winners!!!!!!

The categories will be as follows:
age 12 and under
ages 13 to 17
18 and over

Plus best Geocaching Halloween costume, this is a very special category and for it you need to be wearing a Halloween costume that also incorporates geocaching into it.


Nightmare Cachekinz:
We will have 2 commemorative reaper cachekinz available for you purchase at the event, the original cachekin and the Lord Loki cachekin. Cost will be $5.00 each. Lord Loki Tee-Shirts will be available as well. Proceeds from these sales help your hosts to off set the cost of holding this event.


Volunteers:


If you would like to get involved in this event we would love to hear from you. Have you always wanted to do a haunted house well, we’re looking for interested parties to take part in the mini-haunt walk through. All it takes is a portable canopy, some black plastic to enclose the sides and whatever you think is scary inside. This year we will have the venue the day before and after the event to allow for more time for set up and take down.

We will have the day BEFORE the event to decorate the hall and build the mini haunt. We would love the help making the hall scary.

We will have the hall the day AFTER the event to take down the decorations, the mini haunt and final clean up. If you can come help out with this let us know.

Additionally on the day of the event:
#1 One or Two people willing to come in early and help us with the final touches. Duties might include setup tables and chairs, decorating.
#2. One or two People willing to stay after the event to help with simple clean up. Duties might include folding up and putting away tables and chairs, cleaning up the potluck area.

#3. Someone that wants to show up about an hour before the event (3:30) and help in the parking lot. You'll only need to work for about an hour.
If you would like to Volunteer for one or more of the available positions please contact SirKarp and / or mention it in your log. Thank you for considering volunteering.


Potluck / Food List:
This is also a potluck event, please bring a dish to share. Below is a food list and who is bringing what, but please don't be limited to the list below they are just ideas, feel free to bring what you want, even better if it is Halloween themed. There is a kitchen in the hall, and a refrigerator for our use, as well as plenty of outlets, so feel free to bring a crockpot if you like. Please mention what you are bringing in your log and we'll add it to the list, please limit the amount of chips, no one needs 4 bags of chips after all.

Main course:
Sandwiches:
Meat Balls:
Kurdogso
Chili & Cornbread : Jwolfdogs

Wild Rice and Chicken Crockpot Dish:
Ribs & entrails: Lizzy
Casserole:
Hot Dogs & Saurkraut: 
Capton Trews&Crew
Lasagna:
pasta:
protein:
Fried Chicken:
Princess Trouble
Side dishes:
Spinach Salad w/fix'ins: AnnScout
Pasta Salad:

Homemade Mac & Cheese: 1nascarnut
Broccolini Salad: Terrible Ts
Fruit plate: DarelLlama
Vegetable Plate: Tingerada, Co-pher-it
rolls / bread:
homemade zucchini muffins:
Dessert:
Cake:
Fluff:
Capton Trews&Crew
Halloween Cookies:
Brownies: Scottsfavoritegirl
Ice Cream: 2Papillons
???: Kurdogso, Squirrel50
Hand, Rat and a Brain: Nw Stinkerbella
Beverages:
Water: WSGA
Soda: WSGA
Crystal Light / lemonade: WSGA
Other Beverages:
Ice:
Sirkarp, for cold beverages or coolers

If you want to bring you own beverage please feel free to do so, however remember the alcohol is not allowed.

 

This event is sponsored by Puget Sound Chapter of the Washington State Geocaching Association. If you are a geocacher in the state of Washington, please consider joining WSGA. See the WSGA website for details.

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