YUMA MEGA EVENT #10 –
WEEKEND FEB 8-10
What’s Happening???
Greetings to
all Event Attendees! Hopefully, this
info sheet will help you plan your activities for the Mega Event Weekend. We’re here to have some FUN and hope that all
will have an enjoyable weekend.
Friday, February 8
“The Warm Up
BEFORE the Warm Up Event”, GC43VZG,
will be held in Yuma’s Old Town at the Lutes Casino. Start time is 6:00 PM and will last until
(?). This is an informal meet and greet
set up by our friends from the Phoenix area.
You’re on your own for food and beverages. Thanks Joe!
Sometime on
Friday, 29 Mega Event caches will be published on the Groundspeak website. These will be regular caches that can be
logged.
We don’t know what time they will be published. Some of these caches will be selected at
random and prizes will be awarded to some of the finders. Selection of “winners” will be on a random
basis. 3 special Night Caches have also
been placed, monitor GS to find GC number.
For those
who arrive early, you’ll find numerous caches placed around the Yuma area to
find at your leisure. For these a word
of caution: many are placed in the
desert where a 4 wheel drive or high clearance vehicle is highly recommended. DON’T
GET STUCK SOMEWHERE! It’s winter in
Yuma but you COULD possibly
encounter rattlesnakes, scorpions, etc. So be aware of your surroundings and exercise
caution in the desert.
Entry to the
Barry Goldwater Bombing Range is authorized by “Permit Only”. If you haven’t already obtained a Range
Permit, please do not attempt to enter. The permit office is located at the main gate
at the Marine Corps base and is only open M-F
from 0900 to 1500.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9
You’re on
your own for caching, sightseeing, or whatever.
You decide what you’d like to do.
Lots of history around Yuma and the infamous Yuma Territorial Prison or
Quartermaster Depot may be on your list.
Both are located in the Old Town area.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10
YUMA MEGA EVENT #10,
GC3NGQQ, and YUMA MEGA CITO #10, GC42K33
Mega Event#10 will start at Yuma’s Gateway Park in Old Town at 9:00 AM and last until
about 3:00 PM. Please bring your own chair and beverage.
CITO will
start at the completion of the main event and should take about 30 minutes or
so. Our goal is to clean up Gateway Park
and leave it better than we found it.
Garbage bags will be made available for those who wish to
participate.
ACTIVITIES AT THE MEGA EVENT
REGISTRATION should be one of your first stops. Desk is open from 9:00 to 12:00. Here you will be given a name tag and a
ticket for the prize drawing conducted after lunch. You must wear your name tag as this will also
serve as your meal ticket. Raffle
drawing tickets will be given only to those individuals with a geocaching name
registered with Groundspeak. The “log-
in board” will be a white board placed nearby.
Please sign the board, take your pictures, etc., etc.
50/50 RAFFLE
tickets will be sold from 9:00 to 12:00.
50% of the proceeds will go to SWAG to help fund expenses involved with
the event and 50% will be returned to the lucky winner(s) via drawing after lunch
has been served.
YUMA MEGA EVENT SHIRTS will be on sale 9:00 to 12:00.
Supplies are limited so be the first in line to grab a reminder of the
First Mega Event in Arizona. Prices will
vary according to size purchased.
Mark the Spot
starts at 9:00 and will continue until all flags have been used. 400 flags available, First Come, First
Served. Prize for the flag “closest to
the spot”. This little activity will be
monitored by Yuma’s own Godfather of Caching, ”GIDEON-X”. Gideon-X has been active in Yuma Geocaching
since Moby Dick was a minnow (well….like maybe since 2001). Stop by, have a picture taken, shoot the
breeze with G-X……….just wear your boots so you won’t get overwhelmed by the “G-X B.S.” that will abound in this
area.
CITO DEXTERITY TEST will operate from 9:00 to 12:00. An hourly prize to be awarded to the one who
demonstrates the best dexterity in the test.
Pick up an “Ice Breaker Sheet”
at this time also and a “winner” will be drawn from completed sheets returned.
A “Silent Auction” will be held for
Geocaching Memorabilia.
About 1200.
Tri Tip dinner served. A limited
number of bottled water will be sold for those who forgot to bring their own
beverage.
O.C.B. (Original Can of Beans)
Many thanks to Team 360 who will be
bringing a piece of Geocaching History to Yuma.
About
This Item
The O.C.B. (Original Can of Beans) is Geocaching’s First
Trade Item, placed in the "Original Stash" by Dave Ulmer (the
Inventor of Geocaching and the hider of the first cache) back in May of 2000. This is the only remaining item from the
world’s first geocache.
While preparing the cement foundation of the Original Stash Tribute Plaque, TEAM 360 found the Holy Grail of Geocaching: The O.C.B. Dave Ulmer, at the site for the Plaque
ceremony, immediately confirmed that it was indeed the Original Can of Beans
from that very first geocache.
Although it was damaged from being partially buried and exposed to the weather of the Portland area for several years, the can was very carefully straightened out and thoroughly cleaned, then treated with several coats of rust stopper/converter and u.v.-resistant polyurethane. During attendance at Events, it's in a clear display case for all geocachers to enjoy.
Although it was damaged from being partially buried and exposed to the weather of the Portland area for several years, the can was very carefully straightened out and thoroughly cleaned, then treated with several coats of rust stopper/converter and u.v.-resistant polyurethane. During attendance at Events, it's in a clear display case for all geocachers to enjoy.
FEEL FREE TO LOOK, TAKE PICTURES;
BUT, DO NOT TOUCH AS THIS A VERY FRAGILE DISPLAY. YOU ARE WELCOME TO LOG THIS TB AS
“DISCOVERED”, PLEASE DO NOT “GRAB IT” IN YOUR LOGS.
HAPPY CACHING AND ENJOY
THE WEEKEND!
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