Geochicks XX: Golden in Grayling
WHO:
Geochicks far and near. Traditionally 18 and older please.
WHAT:
GeoChicks #20 will gather in Grayling for 2024.
For those new to GeoChicks, here's a general idea of what to expect:
-Arrive Friday night or Saturday morning.
-Meeting at 9:00AM Saturday morning in the hotel conference room to explain the day and the game.
-Breakfast on your own, only registered hotel guests have access to the hot breakfast.
-Play the game, shop, and/or cache.
-Arrive back at the hotel to fill goody bags(more on this below), eat dinner, raffle table/prize table, unstructured socializing and some fun games.
-Dinner will be a salad and pizza from a local pizza shop. Keep your eyes to our GeoChicks fb web page. Just go to the book of faces and search GEOCHICKS. Also, put this listing on your watch list so you'll be privy to all announcements.
WHEN:
-The weekend of March 15-17, 2024 or just join us for the day on Saturday if you're day tripping.
-Begin your adventure whenever you please. Some arrive in town as early as Thursday. Official event begins Saturday morning.
WHERE:
-This year we will gather at the Ramada by Wyndham Grayling Hotel & Conference Center. Address: 2650 I-75 Business Loop Grayling, MI 49738. Phone: 989.710.2399
-This hotel has PLENTY of conference room space. For the first time in a long time we won’t have to be all jammed into the conference room and overflowing into the hallways and other common areas.
LODGING:
-You can book a room by calling Ramada at 989.710.2399
-You'll receive our block contracted rate of $XX.XX/night (including tax) by using the word GEOCHICKS when you reserve. (We can't post the price due to Geocaching guidelines, please see related web page for more information..)
GOODY BAGS:
-Everyone brings a small gift for each person to be put in a bag. Everyone will receive a bag of gifts compiled of all the gifts everyone has given.
-Bags can be filled Saturday evening. Gifts can be small and also don't have to be caching related.
-Examples of past gifts have been path tags, candles, homemade jewelry, sweets, stickers, encouraging notes, but really, your imagination is the limit.
-This is really just for fun, don't stress about it.
-Plan on around 50 items, or check the "will attends" number on the cache page for a more accurate count.
-Opening the goody bags in the evening is like opening your own personally stocked cache!
PRIZE TABLE:
-We see a wide variety of items on the table - the sky's the limit.
-Complementary tokens for the prize table will be handed out to everyone Saturday evening.
-Please bring 1 or 2 items to place on the table to ensure everyone gets a prize.
RAFFLE:
-There is a raffle Saturday evening of donated items. These items are typically higher in value ($20+) and many are homemade.
-Tickets are SOLD after we return on Saturday up until the time the raffle numbers are drawn in the evening.
-Please let me know if you have an item we can use for this raffle.
-100% of the money earned goes into putting on this event.
OTHER INFO:
-Google states that pets are allowed. This is something that individuals will have to take up with the hotel during your reservation process. Per the hotel, pets will not be allowed in the conference room or other common areas. Fees are likely associated.