OVER $5,000 IN PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED
DURING GOING CACHING 2016!
OCTOBER 15, 2016
EVENT STARTS: 9:00AM
EVENT ENDS: 5:00PM
We are returning to FDR State Park for Going Caching 2016 for an interactive, "Steam Punk Time Travel" themed geocaching Mega-Event. The Going Caching Crew blends a little history with a whole lot of time traveling mystery to give you 4 days and 7 events of rip-roaring geocaching fun! Travel through time as you geocache in Georgia's largest state park ... all 9,049 acres of it! Loads of new geocaches are now making their way through time portals and will be awaiting your arrival.
GOING CACHING 2016 ITINERARY
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12
7:00pm to 8:30pm - Early-Bird Package Pick-Up at Indoor Group Shelter, FDR State Park
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
10:00am to 10:30am - Time Warp Flash Mob (GC6P3NF)
10:45am to 12:30pm - Package Pick-up at Warm Springs Welcome Center
6:00pm to 7:30pm - Time Travelers Meet and Greet (GC6P3NP)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14
9:00am to 11:00am - T.F.T.C. Challenge Coffee Klatch (GC6P3P0)
6:00pm to 10:00pm - The Adventures of Ace Tupper: Wrinkles in Time (GC6P3PC)
(Dinner and Vendors 6:00pm-7:30pm. Stage Show starts at 8:00pm)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
9am to 5pm - Going Caching 2016 Mega-Event (GC64EZ3)
9:00am to 3:30pm - Vendor Booths open
9:15am to 10:00am - Geocaching 411: Puzzle Solving Secrets Your Mother was Afraid You'd Ask
11:30pm to 1:00pm - Lunch (meal tickets available in the Going Caching Store)
3:45pm - Mega Group Photo
4:00pm to 5:00pm - Announcements, Awards and Prizes
8:00pm to 11:00pm - Time Hop Dance Party (GC6P3PP)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16
9:00am to 11:00am - A Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Goodbye (GC6P3V6)
ACTIVITIES
Going Caching 2016 Pre-Event T-Shirt Puzzle with $100 FTF Prize (starts now!)
Get your hands on this year's pre-event t-shirt then get your brains in high gear to solve a puzzle which leads to a loggable geocache hidden somewhere in FDR State Park. Only puzzle solvers will know what to do and where to look for the final clue during Going Caching 2016. The final clue, the geocache and the $100 FTF prize can be found beginning Saturday, October 15th. Sorry ... early time travelers have no advantage on this one.
Mystery Match Button Contest (Friday evening through Saturday)
A Mystery Match Button is included in every paid registration package. Wear your button while keeping an eye out for another one just like it. After meeting up with your match, both of you come to the Going Caching Store Tent to spin the prize wheel and see what you each win!
The Perils of Ace Tupper: A Time Portal Adventure (Friday through Saturday)
Assemble puzzle pieces in your trading card packs to obtain the clues you need to journey through time portals and help Ace Tupper repair tears in the fabric of time. You'll need Ace's geocoin book of portal instructions, portal key collectable tags and a full set of puzzle pieces in order to keep the universe from unraveling. Operate the time portals, save the day and every puzzle piece you correctly deposit is an entry card for some really cool prizes.
The Time Flies Travel Company (T.F.T.C) Challenge (Friday through Saturday)
Obtain your passport and embark on the T.F.T.C. Challenge where you choose which geocaches and adventures to find. Stamp your passport at a few difficult caches or a whole lot of easier ones to accumulate enough points to earn a collectable T.F.T.C. Challenge tag. Continue on your adventure and qualify for a very special trackable geocoin. Passports are included in each paid registration package and are available separately in the going caching store. One passport per individual.
Lab Caches (Thursday through Sunday)
Enjoy outside-of-the-box geocaching creations by the Going Caching Crew.
Rules? We don't need no stinking rules!
Geocaching Horseback Rides (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
Ever geocached on horseback? Here’s your chance to saddle up and hit the geocaching trail! Take a one hour guided horseback ride on one of the many beautiful FDR State Park horse trails and find several unique geocaches along the way. These caches are only accessible from horseback. The geocaches are placed so that you don’t even need to dismount in order to sign the log book. For tickets and more information, visit the goingcaching.com website.
NOTES FOR TIME TRAVELERS
● Park hours are 7am-10pm. There is no charge to attend any of the Going Caching 2016 events. However, a $5 daily park pass is required for each vehicle entering FDR State Park. Please visit friendsofgastateparks.org for information regarding annual passes to GA State Parks.
● While visiting any Georgia State Park, please obey all park rules and remain on the marked trails as you make your way to find the geocaches.
● Pets are welcome at Going Caching 2016 but must be on a 6' leash at all times. Pets are not permitted in any tents, pavilions, buidlings or cooking areas. Please be a good pet owner and clean up after your pet. FDR State park is one of seven state parks participating in the Tails on Trails Club.
● Please visit these links for more information:
Geocaching in GA State Parks
F.D. Roosevelt State Park
Log your "will-attend" early to ensure that you do not miss out on announcements, updates, secret messages and other important time travel stuff. Also, please register each individual in your party on our website. It matters!
visit goingcaching.com for more information
