WE DID IT
AGAIN
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 WELCOMED FROM AS FAR AS
MINNISOTA & PAKISTAN !
SHURE IT RAINED A LITTLE, BUT THINK ABOUT IT... WHAT PERFECT TIMING
! Mother Nature was just letting us know who was boss. But she also
let us get through the day right up to the last minutes of the
raffle, she let us get through most of our meals and the campfire.
I think that's a pretty good deal. (No comments on the overnight
sprinlkle.)
AS ALWAYS, WE STRIVE TO GET
BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER
JUNE 13-14, 2009
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.
Camp Sites were SOLD OUT, But as always we managed to get
everyone in by swapping and sharing sites.
Click
here to see the map of the sites compiled by
Skippermark
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 have
grills going for your use.
RAFFLE - GREAT
PRIZES
Garmin Colorado - Won by Chief20R2
2 Delorme Earthmate PN-20 GPS's - (1) Won by
MixwithH2O (1) Won
by ClimberMom
GMRS Radios and more
NEW GAMES, NEW EVENTS, GREAT CAMPING, GREAT LOCATION,
CANOEING
AGAIN THIS YEAR
!
MASSIVE BREAKFAST was served to
all on Sunday morning at Site #22 by CT
A-Team with Bright Parot
bringing his fantastic gormet coffee machine.
TEAM SIGN CONTEST. Show your
team pride. Make a sign for your campsite to let us know who you
are, Awards given.
FIRST PLACE - Bright
Parrot
SECOND PLACE - JAMM
THIRD PLACE - A group effort from Mt Man Mike, VolleyballGirl, TwistedT and Anti Outdoor
Girl
And an HONORABLE MENTION for Aiden, 6 year old son of Sololumus
who colored his sign all week.
BIG CAMPFIRE SAT. NIGHT. We
started out with a slide presentation by "Leave No Trace" and
carried on with toasting marshmallows and songs by our own
Geocaching Band "504"
Brightly decorated folks in glow sticks added to the festivities.
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 (bottom of page 4)
for links to HOTEL RESERVATIONS
in the area for those of you who don't want to camp.
NO CACHER LEFT
BEHIND
WATER TAXI SERVICE A special
thanks to "Son of a Beach" who offered power boat services
throughout the weekend making ot possible for ALL of us to get to
those water caches.
CANOE/KAYAK INSTRUCTION
"Sam the SoccerDog" and others helped out by offering
canoe/kayak lessons and loaners again this year for those of you
who wanted to search for them yourselves. A great chance to try a
new sport.
NEW THIS
YEAR
NAME TAG CONTST: Tired of
getting those plastic and paper stick-on name tags that fall off
half way through the event? Make your own! Make one that shows your
team spirit that you can wear to any event. Stand out in the crowd!
Awards given.
Rules? We don't need no stinken rules. Be creative!
FIRST PLACE - Lostboy1966 with his official "Bad Critters
Hunting Badge"
SECOND PLACE - VASaturn with a flashing light badge that
would make it easy to spot in the dark.
The folks from "Leave
No Trace" put on several presentations at the Jamboree
that we hope you learned from. 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.
Yes, we had WI-FI AVAILABLE ALL
DAY SATURDAY
Sme folks were logging their finds the minute they got there. And
we have some ingenious ideas for next year (Thanks to RichNsin).
How about sending streaming video of the event to a link back home
for those who can't make it? We're working on it. Our WI-FI
supplier said we should call it "Geo-streaming" I like it.
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: 7:30 P.M. Leave No Trace slide presentation at
campfie site
8:00 P.M. Campfire and Night caching
Sunday 8:00 - 10:00 A.M. Breakfast (Site no. 22)
Sunday More caching at your leisure
SPECIAL GPS TEST
CACHE
A survey monument has been set in the area with GPS accuracy down
to 1 inch so you can test your equipment. The cache is called "This
is a Test"
GCVR12.
A special thanks goes to our committees and
all those who helpd out. This event would not be what it is without
them
Cache Committee:
Pofe
Food Committee:
Planet
Travel Bug Committee:
Mr Echo
Sign Contest Committee:
1NatureMom
Kids Games Committee:
Climbermom
Canoe/Kayak Committee:
Sam The Soccer Dog
Campfire Committee
The Ax CT Trampers and Planet
Registration:Barefoot &
LisaS
FINAL STATS:
TOTAL TEAMS ATTENDING = 155
TOTAL PEOPLE ATTENDING = 250
Also check our
Geo Jamboree Web Site as well as the
Groundspeak forum and the
CT forum, for discussion about the event.
The Geo Jamboree web site will have the latest information on food
and campsite sharing. See "forums", "Geo Jamboree 7".