7th Annual Indiana
State
Park Cacher's Campout!
When: September 23-25, 2011
Where: Indiana Dunes State Park, Chesterton,
IN
Welcome back for our 7th year of camping, caching, and fun!
Once in the Park, the above coordinates will take you to
the
base camp for Saturday, a/k/a the Wilson Shelter.
*There is a fee to get into the park, in addition to your
camping
fee:
Daily Non-resident Weekend $10.00 per day
Daily In-State Weekend $5.00 per day
Annual Non-resident $46.00
Annual resident $36.00
Indiana Dunes State Park is a beautiful State Park located in
Chesterton, Indiana. It is just 10 miles west of Michigan
City,
Indiana off of I-94. There is a wonderful campground offering
140
sites with modern bathroom facilities. The Park offers over
16
miles of hiking trails, shelter facilities, several playgrounds,
3
miles of Lake Michigan frontage, and a Nature Center that
offers
many programs that the entire family would enjoy. (You can pick
up
a schedule at the front gate or at the Nature Center. They are
also
posted on bulletin boards in each campground.) For those of you
who
do not prefer to camp, there is a wide selection of hotels
and
motels in the area. For the diehard cacher, there are nearly
a
dozen of caches within a mile of the shelter.Many of the
activities
enjoyed last year will be back, as well as some new, fun things!
We
will be having a potluck dinner Saturday evening, and there will
be
electricity in the large shelter we are using. We would
recommend
making reservations as soon as possible, as this park can get
full
quick. If you reserve online, you have to reserve two nights,
which
would work well for this event as there will be night caching
Saturday and social time Friday night. (single night camping
requires you to call the reservation call center).
For Camping Reservations go
to: Central Reservations
System
For info on the park go to: Dunes State Park
Page
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Full Schedule
Friday, September 23
6pm: Dunes Pavilion Sunset History Tour- get a head start on the
event cache by joining others for this fascinating behind the
scenes tour at the main beach pavilion. Tour will end on the roof
top for an amazing sunset.
7:00pm:
Friday Night Social.
Saturday, September 24
9:30am: Registration begins at Base Camp.
10:30am: Event Cache Kickoff: Meet at the base camp for a short
presentation and handout of this year's "Public Lands Day" Event
Cache. Gather all the clues you need to solve this multi-stage
history challenge. There will be no afternoon activities planned to
allow folks to complete this year’s event. A special giveaway
will end this year's challenge at dinner time.
5:45pm: Group Photo: Please arrive on time!
6pm: Potluck Dinner: As in the past, please bring a dish, no dish
assignments... we've never had a problem.
6:45pm: Raffle Drawings: including the event cache prize!
7:15pm: Night Caching!
Sunday, September 25
9:30am:
Sunday Cacher's Campout CITO. Join us for another year of fun
and comraderie as we give back to the park this morning. Bring
gloves, rakes, and weed whackers if you have them.
Current Potluck Food Mentions…
Frito Lay Bars from Superstutz
Beer Brats from Jorday
Sausage, onions, peppers from TriGamma and Wanderer1620
3 or 4 bean salad from TriGamma and Wanderer1620
Whatever from TriGamma and Wanderer1620
Meatballs from Treasure Hunting Family
Chili Frito Corn Salad from johneblue
brownies and lemon bars from Micahikers
walnut brownies from TeamGoBigRed
baked beans and weenies from The Herd