New Jersey Cito Event

[+JohnnyRotten]

The Hilltop Conservancy Group of Essex County is hosting it's First Annual CITO Event, "Heal the Hilltop" Day on Saturday May 1, 2004, with a rain date of Sunday May 2nd. The Hilltop Reservation is part of the abandoned Essex County Sanitarium property. Approximately 230+ acres has been designated as a reservation. Please help us return this property into a pristine woodland. The Conservancy is a brand new volunteer group who are interested in preserving this land for hiking trails, a nature preserve and other recreational activities. We are meeting in the parking lot off Fairview Avenue in Cedar Grove, NJ @ 0900hrs. the coordinates are: N 40 51.133 W 74 14.705

This should be a primo CITO event, please bring work gloves and footwear suitable for working in a wooded area. Water and snacks will be provided by Johnny Rotten.

[+briansnat]

Sounds like a great event. The hilltop is an area that has great potential, once its cleaned up. If I'm available, I will be there.

Edited April 15, 2004 by briansnat

[+SERG312]

I'm game. CITO HILLTOP

Edited April 15, 2004 by SERG312

[+avroair]

Great idea, you can get to hilltop from the 'backside' along Mountain Ave in North Caldwell as well. I will have to check with the wife if we are away that weekend, if we are available, we shall attend!

[+JohnnyRotten]

CITO Start time is 0900hrs. I cut and pasted the message from a Word doc and must not have copied the whole thing. Sorry for any inconvenience

[+avroair]

The CITO event is here:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...11-c2a754a5dbe0

 

I was there for a walk-about today.

 

Beautiful area, but it does need help with the cleanup.

[+nikcap]

Is there a place to BBQ?

The weekend schedule is still a little sketchy for me, something about using the PU to move someone's apartment.

But I have a bunch of bags and a couple extra pairs of gloves.

I'll bring along some bottles water, and if there is a BBQ I still have 1/2 a bag of charcoal from last weekend.

[+MissJenn]

May you have excellent weather!

[+avroair]

Just got approval for two more caches up at Hilltop:

 

[/code]Thor's Thunder

 

and

 

Caber Tossing Cache

 

(not to be confused with Kber tossing!)

[+bldebabe]

I'm planning on being there.

 

Bldebabe

[+avroair]

Does anyone have official geocaching stickers (large and small) for the CITO memorial cache... last time I placed this ammo box the bomb squad found it!

[+briansnat]

I have one medium one left. I can mail it to you.

[+SERG312]

530 am - just got out of work early and keeping busy to stay awake until 9. I read we needed an ammo can for the event cache, I have one that I'll bring up. I also will bring so goodies to place inside the cache. Well I'll see everyone in alittle bit.

[+SERG312]

What a nice way to spend a sunny Saturday morning. It was a pleasure to meet Avroair, Bldebabe, Ekitt10, and JohhnyRotten. Also nice to see Hart and Kber again. The group definitely made huge progress with all the trash up in Hilltop.

Thanks JohnnyROtten for supplying water and snacks to everyone. This was an excellent way to do good and meet some new people.

Sorry if I forgot anyone or anything but I'm pretty much exhausted right now.

 

Oh yeah thanks Avroair and Bldebabe for pointing out the tons of ticks on me every time I walked 5 feet. I swear they where everywhere!! AFter I got home I noticed one on my leg and got to use my niffty tick remover for the first time. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

[+avroair]

Serg's new name is Tick Boy! Since they sure liked him...

[+SERG312]

It must be my charming personality. Oh by the way I found two more hiding in my pants later that day. One tick even tagged along with me to work on my pickup. As I was driving I saw the little bugger crawling on the outside of my window. I'm thinking about naming and adopting him.

[+avroair]

he he he! We had no ticks at the Hiker series must love you... if you do insist on bringing them along at least find a leash for them!