All Good Things Must Come To A Blitz! Event Cache

The Manitoba GeoCaching Association presents: The May Madness Blitz Wind Up

Manitoba GeoCachers had a very successful May Madness Blitz hiding event and it's time to celebrate the summer's great finds with a party! The event will include a Danny's Whole Hog BBQ and hot dog roast followed by a bonfire and fireworks. To take a page from Ginny212's book, "If you have a dining tent you may want to bring it, this event will go rain or shine! All GeoKids and GeoPets welcome."

If you are posting a "Will Attend" please indicate how many adults and children will be coming and if you are bringing any pets. Also if you could indicate how many will be having the Pork on a Bun and how many will opt for the hot dogs that will help us plan.

BBQ Pork on a Bun, Hot dog Roast and Potluck

The BBQ pork on a bun, hot dog roast and potluck will be served at 4:00. Please bring a side dish, salad or dessert to share with your fellow Geocachers. Also please bring your own drinks.

To quote Dragonfreys, "A good potluck rule of thumb is to bring enough in the dish to feed your family if that is all they ate. Many people attempt to feed the whole group and you end up with way too much food. The fun thing about potlucks is you never really know what is going to be there, but usually works out to be quite a variety. Also be prepared to list ingredients as required for those who suffer food allergies"

The kitchen will be available for preparing and heating food. To try and keep down the amount of stuff you need to bring, the following will be provided:

• Condiments and seasonings
• Plates, bowls and cups
• Cutlery and serving utensils
• Serviettes
• Coffee and tea

Bonfire

    The bonfire will start about 7:30. Marshmallows will be provided.

Fireworks

    Fireworks will commence about 8:30

Lawn Chairs and Clothing

    Please bring your own lawn chairs and come dressed for the weather. It may cool off in the evening.

Water Balloon Tournament

    Back by popular demand, there will be water balloons and other kids activities.

Parking

    Please come into the driveway, turn around at the garage, and park on the right side of the driveway facing out.

Out of Towners

    There's room to camp or park a trailer at the ranch and we'll even let you use the indoor plumbing! Send us an e-mail if you'd like to camp.
 

Prizes for the Best Blitz Hides and the Most Blitz caches Found

 Prizes will be awarded for:

• Most hider points (awarded by cache size with bonuses for multis, puzzles and hidden in plain site caches)
• Most Blitz Caches found

Be sure to vote for your favorite May Madness Blitz caches from September 1, 2006 until midnight September 15, 2006 at the May Madness Blitz Event web page.

• Favorite/Most Memorable/Best Blitz cache
• Best Hike (most scenic)
• Best Blitz Multi-cache
• Most Kid Friendly Blitz Cache
• Cacher with the Best Log entry on the Blitz cache page on geocaching.com
• Cacher with the Best Photo posted to a Blitz cache page on geocaching.com
• Best Blitz Puzzle cache
• Best Logbook in a Blitz Cache

For complete rules, a listing of the eligible blitz caches, and to see who's leading the Most hider points and Most Blitz Caches found categories go to May Madness Blitz Event.

Prize donations accepted; please contact us!
 

There's plenty to do on your day in the country. In addition to caching your way out to the BBQ, there's:

• Fishing . . .

For brown trout at the Reynolds Ponds by the Reynold's Ponds Cache. The road in from Ross can be quite challenging at times, but the road north from the TransCanada highway is usually good.

• Swimming . . .

At the local swimming hole (a.k.a. gravel pit) by the Country Life – The Swimming Hole Blitz cache.

• Kid Friendly Caching . . .

Just a little further up the highway at the very fun Friends of the Forest Blitz TCDNMB by 1Queenand4Jokers

• Bird Watching . . .

Take a walk through the marsh by following the trail along the English River from N49 46.439 W96 31.483 to N49 46.878 W96 32.596. If you’re lucky, you may catch a glimpse of the Sandhill Cranes - you'll certainly hear them! The trail is within walking distance of the BBQ event.

• ATV Playground . . .

This is ATV country. There's a large ATV community in Ross and there's some great riding through miles of gravel pits and trails close to Ross around N49 45.586 W96 24.924. There's also about a square mile of 70 year old gravel pits and trails in and around the Aqueduct cache.

• Picnicking . . .

  Where do country folk go for a day in the country? The gigantic former Lafarge gravel pit with it's 1.2 km long lake, rolling hills and artifacts from when the railway used to come right into this huge pit site. The What a view cache is located here.