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Geocaching
Geocaching is a kind of high-tech scavenger hunt. Geocachers use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to search for waterproof containers filled with trinkets of various sorts. When they find the geocache, they sign the logbook and can trade items of equal value. This is a growing sport with many enthusiasts around the world enjoying the combination of technology and the outdoors.
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belair56 writes ""Trackers" will be a story of geocaching and other topics the series will be starting Wednesday, February 20th on Channel 7 news in Watertown, N.Y. News Anchor Caroline Tucker did the story. I and Howard's Heroes" helped her with the story. Check it out."
EagleO-10 writes "The Soaring Eagles United States Geocachers Association (SEUSA) is a geocaching group for kids ages ten through eighteen. Our mission: to educate all people about geocaching and to get America’s youth involved. Started and run all by kids including EagleO-10 (age 13) and StillwaterGeoff (age 14), we go on monthly cache hunts and hikes and have monthly meetings. We also hold annual travel bug races and are currently planning a campout to Mount Marcy, New York’s highest peak, for the fall. We are based out of Stillwater, New York.
We have a website at www.seusa-geocaching.org that includes many links, downloads, polls, a forum and more. The website and all its contents are open to all geocachers. We encourage everyone to check it out. If you’re a “kid-cacher” like us, you’ll enjoy being in the company of others your age and talking about what we all have in common: a love for geocaching! You can even pursue becoming a SEUSA “Full Member” and really becoming a part of the group.
That is why the group was thought of by EagleO-10 in the summer of 2006. After experiencing his first caches just weeks before and on the way home from a trip to Rhode Island after bagging multiple caches, EagleO-10 though it would be a lot of fun to get his friends involved and maybe go caching as a group one in a while. From there, it snowballed, picking up more local members and going caching monthly. Now, we are trying to expand our organization across the country.
We are not here to take you away from your other groups (especially this one). We actually provide a list of links on our website and encourage our members to check them out. We offer a place for kids who enjoy geocaching to be around others like them. We also push extremely hard for safety. Any inappropriate or offensive action by other members or content is prohibited, will be stopped immediately and will be prevented from happening again. So check out our website, we think you’ll enjoy it. Especially if you’re like us! Thanks!
-The SEUSA Directors Team"
2008 NYGO Picnic Proposal
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evilones writes "
Requests for
Proposals: 2008 NYGO Picnic
Now is the chance for your local club to bring the NYGO
Annual Picnic/Meeting to your area.
Local clubs are being invited to submit proposals to host
the 2008 NYGO picnic/annual meeting in their area. Why? It will give you the
opportunity to sponsor a statewide event and earn money for your club.
Local club(s) hosting the picnic will have the assistance of
an experienced event planner/liaison to help you with the planning and hosting.
NYGO will provide up to $200.00 to rent the
pavilions/grounds and pay for fees/permits involved with hosting the picnic. (Do
not rent the pavilion until you are selected).
Your location must have enough space to host this event (plan
100+) and the evening meeting. Reasonable cost/quantity of camping/lodging must
be available nearby.
The local club will have their name with NYGO Annual Picnic
in the event write up and provide event caches and activities.
The local club will arrange and run the raffle splitting the
proceeds 20% to NYGO and 80% to the hosting club. NYGO will donate a minimum of
5 raffle items including but not limited to NYGO merchandise.
NYGO reserves the right for space near the registration
table to sell NYGO and/or Groundspeak merchandise.
Interested clubs should write up a proposal with location
and pertinent information and submit to NYGO vice-president for review (brownbout@yahoo.com) and board approval
by January 1, 2008.
Have fun with this
idea and make it a state wide event to remember! "
New NYGO Board of Directors
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evilones writes "Motions were made and passed on October 4, 2007 to nominations of the following board of directors:
President: Sue (TheLyndonRoadGang) and Jim (Brogan) accepted the role of Co-Presidency for a term of two years, up in October 2009.
Vice President: Barb's (Brownout) role as Vice President will continue until October 2008.
Treasurer: Bob (Mrmom) and Sue (MsBusymom) accepted the role of Co-Treasurer for a term of two years, up in October 2009.
Secretary: Michele (Evilones) accepted the role of Secretary for a term of two years, up in October 2009.
Congratulations to our newly elected Board of Directors!
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A Tribute to a Bee, a Rock, and a Caveman Event Cache (GC14ZVA)
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Szuchie writes "September 22nd, 2007 - Osage Farms - Mt. Morris New York
It never ceases to amaze me the wonderful spirit that exists in the hearts of so many geocachers…just when you fear this sport/game/past-time has lost its way along the trail…you are wholesomely reminded that there is so much still there worth doing, experiencing and enjoying. I think it was 7:30am-ish on Saturday…on another spectacular trail in Osage Farms…with the sun peaking through the spruce and white pine…that I realized that there are so many cachers near and dear to my heart, and they are all descending here to honor three gentleman who have helped us not only find ourselves here enjoying one another’s company upon these majestic grounds, but who faithfully and truthfully embody every principle geocaching was founded upon. I have met each one of these fine individuals – be it personally or through their caches – but so much of what makes a cache distinct is the character and personality of the person who placed it there. And through their hides, their logs and their finds they have spread this contagious spirit to so many of us who wander blindly into the woods in search of so much more then a tiny box with shiny items. The purest gift they have shared with us all is the sensation of being a small blip of existence in a world so full of natural beauty, mystery and breathtaking wonder. Rocky, KillerB and Paleoman52…this event was so much more then an acknowledgment of 500 finds…but more precisely a celebration of what you have given to our community…all while asking from us nothing more then a nice cache log with a few kind words recounting our grand adventures. Oh and what grand adventures are and always have been. It is an honor and a pleasure to find your hides, sign your cache logs and most importantly recommend your caches to friends and even complete strangers I meet along my way. It would be an injustice to rob the peace and serenity of nature – the flourishing history of our area – or the fascinating world around us from those who only seek to find what we all look for while in the forest….
Happiness. Thank you for your thoughts, your efforts and your ability to teach, amaze and ultimately impress each and every time one of your caches sends me on down the wooded trail.
Congratulations to each of you on all of your achievements!
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