Caching and
Camping--North Dakota Style
June 12th -
14th, 2009
Load up your
GPS and camping gear, invite your friends and family to join us for
the first ever North Dakota State Wide Geocaching Event at Fort
Stevenson State Park. Located 3 miles south of Garrison on
41st Ave NW. Come for the day or camp for the weekend.
This will be an event you don't want to
miss.
Set up your
campsite Friday night then come join us at the amphitheater for a
presentation on Geocaching 101. Sat will be filled with fun
presentations, games for all ages, and finding easy to challenging
caches. Join us Sat night for a potluck supper. Grills
will be available, please bring your own meat and a dish to
pass. Plates, silverware, and napkins will be
provided.
Reservations
for group or individual sites can be made starting March 17th, 2009
by calling 1-800-807-4723 or by logging onto
https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/pnr/sp/services/public/reserve/mapview.htm?park=11
Park fees
are as follows:
Entrance
fee-- $5/day per vehicle or $25 annual vehicle
permit
Camping--
$15/night campsite with electricity; $20/night campsite with
electricity and sewer hookups; $10/night campsite without
electricity.
Camping
cabins--$40/Night
For more
information on Fort Stevenson State Park check out the following
link:
http://www.ndparks.com/parks/fssp.htm
Pets are
most welcome. Please keep them on a leash no longer then 6
feet, and please be sure to clean up after them and dispose of the
waste properly.
If your just
not into camping, check out the Garrison Motel at:
www.garrisonmotel.com or
you can make a reservation by calling
701-463-2858.
Join the
contest for the most unique homemade cammo cache
container!!
Bring your most unique homemade
cammo'd cache container to the event. This cache container
can be any size or shape, but it must be homemade. You can
cammo it to fit into any North Dakota surroundings, trees, grass,
fields, lakes, rocks, urban or what ever else you can think
of. The caches will be set out on Sat night after the
potluck. Everyone will then vote on the cache they think has
the most unique cammo. The cache with the most votes wins a
prize.
Caching and Camping - North Dakota Style
Schedule
Friday June 12th,
2009
6:00 pm or
earlier- The fun begins. Come on in and
find your campsite and set up for the weekend
7:30 pm - Join us at the
Amphitheater for a warm welcome and introduction to a fun filled
weekend.
8:00 pm - Presentation on
Geocaching 101
8:45 pm - Gather around the
campfire, at campsite #136,(its pretty much directly behind the
Amphitheater) for a night of geocaching chat
Saturday June
13th, 2009
*Separate TB and
Coin tables will be set up all day for cachers to discover or
trade*
8:00 am - Registration begins,
Pick up your temporary cache pages, bingo cards, and any other info
you may need.
9:00 am - Short announcements,
explain how poker run caching works, answer any
questions.
9:30 am - Start exploring the
park.! The search begins for finding the caches. Please remember to
CITO (Cache In Trash Out) as you cache in the park. There is a CITO
container in the information bag you received, Please Use It! You
have until 12:30 to help clean up the park and find caches, Have
Fun! The person who collects the most trash while caching receives
a prize!
12:30 pm- Lunch- This will be a
bring your own affair. You can eat at the Amphitheater or you may
go elsewhere as you see fit. * At this time
Caching Bingo will be played*
1:15 pm
- Clean up from lunch, gather back at the Amphitheater,
turn in your bingo cards.
1:30 pm - Presentation on the
different types of caches from the expected to the unique.(Bring
your children to the kids table at this time so you can listen to
the presentation and the kids can make there own geocaching
bag.)
2:15 pm- Presentation on
paperless caching using a palm pilot. (More fun stuff for the kids
planned at this time also)
3:00 pm- Group Photo and then
Prizes awarded.
3:45pm- Closing and clean up -
Make additional announcements— Don’t forget the potluck at 6:00 pm
it’s bring your own meat and a dish to share.
6:00 pm - Pot Luck - Eat till
you can’t eat no more.
8:00 pm - Homemade cammo’d cache
container contest, and more caching chat around the fire, at
campsite #136, directly behind the Amphitheater.
10:00 pm - Night Cache for those
who want to participate. After the night cache, Families are still
welcome at Campsite #136 for a camp fire but after 10:00 pm
adult beverages are welcome. Please remember no glass bottles in
the park !
Sunday, June
14th, 2009
8:30 am
- Interested in joining a formal ND geocaching
organization? Come join us for some ideas on putting one together.
If you aren’t from ND still come to join us we would love to hear
your thoughts and ideas as well.
10:30 am - Thanks for attending
- Be safe and Keep on Cachin.!!!
Event
T-shirts will be for sale on a PRE-PAY/ PRE-ORDER basis only.
Sizes and prices are as follows:
Adult: Small
to XL $12.00 ea. 2XL and 3XL are $14.00
ea.
Childrens:
Small (6- 8) Medium (10-12) Large (14-16) XL (16-18) 12.00
ea.
The shirts
will be in a light tan color. To view the T-shirt design
click on the T-shirt Design box below.
If
interested in purchasing a T-Shirt send an email to
hljorstad@aol.com
with the number of shirts and sizes you need. We will
respond as soon as possible to verify your order. You will
recieve your shirt(s) on Friday June 12 at the
event.
ALL SHIRTS
MUST BE ORDERED BY SATURDAY MAY 23.
We are
also looking for volunteers to help out with this event. This
includes setting up for the day, picking up the temporary
caches at the end of the event, registration table, and helping new
cachers on the trails. Anyone interested please contact
us.
Check back
to this page for updates on the event.
If you have
any questions regarding this event feel free to contact
us.