The event begins Saturday, April 18th at 9:00 am in the parking lot of SWIRCA & More at 16 W. Virginia St. in Evansville The event will culminate at West Public Library on West Franklin Street where you will turn in your score sheet at 12:15.
Here's how it will work:
*We will hunt in teams.. Teams will have no more than 4 geocachers. Children under 13 are not counted in the numbers.
*Come up with a team name. There will be a prize for the best team name.
*Teams must travel in 1 single vehicle. There is plenty of room to leave excess vehicles in the SWIRCA parking lot.
*At least one member of the team must have a phone or digital camera capable of taking photos and videos. It is suggested you have more than one in case of malfunction.
*All members of the team must stay together. You cannot split up to complete any of the items on the list.
******When logging your "Will Attend" please include if you are part of a team so we will know how many teams we will have. If you are solo and want to join a team, please say so in your "Will Attend" log.
Here's the schedule:
9:00 - 9:30 Arrive and sign in. Give your team name and members' names. Designate a team leader who will be responsible for receiving and turning in score sheets. All team members must be present at the registration! Any team not signed in by 9:30 will NOT have their scores counted towards prizes.
9:30 - Go over rules and regulations of scavenger hunt (there are more)
9:45 - Distribute sealed scavenger hunt score sheets (no peeking)
9:50 - Open scavenger hunt score sheets - On your marks, set......
9:55 - Begin hunt
9:55 - 12:00 Scavenger Hunt
12:00 - 12:15 - Turn in score sheets for scoring at library. ALL team members must be present at the turn-in.
1:00 - 3:00 - Lunch and award winners - We will have pizza for lunch. Bring your own drinks.
Prizes will be awarded to the top scorers.
Bring with you:
- An open mind (Jane had to talk me into this in SC - It seemed a lot of time with not a lot of caches - I'm glad she did, I had a blast!)
-A sense of adventure
-Pen
-GPS
-Charger for phone or extra batteries for camera
Keep in mind - a couple new caches are planned to be published during the scavenger hunt.
And, lastly, event is RAIN or SHINE! Come join us for a day of adventure.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO CACHE ADVANCE AND WORLDCACHING FOR PRIZE DONATIONS. ***WINNERS FOR THE 1ST ANNUAL SIG SCAVENGER EVENT: 1st place - Possible Lost Sequoia Fairy - 1160 points (Lostside, Sequoia, Kimpossible, & Geofairy) 2nd place - Save the Best for Last - 965 points (Blackdragonfly, Team Monke, & Armymom29) 3rd place - GCQUEST - 865 points (INIA58 & BTMT94)