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Pirates of Harriman 4: Cache to World's End


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Aargh Maties! This be the time for the 4th Annual Pirates of Harriman Event: Cache to World's End

 

Saturday, October 20th, 2007 - 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. At Harriman State Park, Sebago Beach picnic area

Picnic At the Sebago Beach picnic area we will be having a potluck lunch from 11:00 a.m. until around 1 p.m. Come and join us to see the fall foliage changin.

Pirate Plunder Game In the afternoon attendees will have the option to take part in the Pirates Around Harriman car rally. Participants will be divided teams of Red Pirates, Green Pirates and Blue Pirates and given a treasure map that leads them and their Pirate Ships through beautiful Harriman State Park. Using a pirate (and park) map teams will stop at each of the nearby quays (parking areas) to find Treasures of Six Famous Pirates (event caches) - Each treasure will have pirate questions worth points, the team with the most points wins braggin rights! Each participant will recieve a pirate goodie bag full of geocaching and pirate swag and a geocoin unique to the rally.

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Hmmmm, regarding pirates in Harriman, found this little blurb about Captain Kidd online:

 

"Among the wild stories which were believed at that time, and for long years after, was one to the effect that Captain Kidd's ship was chased up the Hudson River by a man-of-war, and that the pirates, finding they could not get away, sank their ship and fled to the shore with all the gold and silver they could carry, which they afterwards buried at the foot of Dunderberg Mountain.. A great deal of rocky soil has been turned over at different times in search of these treasures, but no discoveries of hidden coin have yet been reported"

 

Dunderberg Mountain is smack in the middle of Harriman.

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Among the wild stories which were believed at that time, and for long years after, was one to the effect that Captain Kidd's ship was chased up the Hudson River by a man-of-war, and that the pirates, finding they could not get away, sank their ship and fled to the shore with all the gold and silver they could carry, which they afterwards buried at the foot of Dunderberg Mountain.. A great deal of rocky soil has been turned over at different times in search of these treasures, but no discoveries of hidden coin have yet been reported. Dunderberg Mountain is smack in the middle of Harriman.

 

Well, that's good enough for me! I think its a strong Harriman/pirate connection. Capt. Kidd, pirates, Hudson River, Dunderberg. Yes.

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For some reason I thought that this event was over and now have made plans for that weekend. Will be taking a newbee hiker deep into the Adirondack high peaks where we'll camp at about 4000' and should get a spectacular view of the ORIONID meteor showers. Maximum activity on October 20th and 21st.

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For some reason I thought that this event was over and now have made plans for that weekend. Will be taking a newbee hiker deep into the Adirondack high peaks where we'll camp at about 4000' and should get a spectacular view of the ORIONID meteor showers. Maximum activity on October 20th and 21st.

 

Missed ya Quoddy, Harriman was spectacular this time of year.

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