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WSGA - Summer Campout 2005

 

The event page is up! Geocachers from all over Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, or anywhere else for that matter are invited to join us on the Weekend of August 19th for what we hope will be a very fun campout.

 

We will have a potluck picnic on Saturday. The WSGA will provide hamburgers and hotdogs, as well as a beverage.

 

We'll post more details as we have them.

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We will have a potluck picnic on Saturday. The WSGA will provide hamburgers and hotdogs, as well as a beverage.

Just a note that hamburgers, hotdogs and beverages will only be available to those who are camping; day visitors will need to provide their own.

 

Should be a blast!

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I should also add that the Park does not consider Tent Trailers to be an RV unless they are abnormally large. Those of you with Tent Trailers can pay the Tent Camping rates.

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We will have a potluck picnic on Saturday.  The WSGA will provide hamburgers and hotdogs, as well as a beverage.

Just a note that hamburgers, hotdogs and beverages will only be available to those who are camping; day visitors will need to provide their own.

 

Should be a blast!

Actually, we determined that those not camping may also want one of the pins and dinner, so we added a $5.00 per person optional charge for those day use people that want to get a pin and enjoy hamburgers and hotdogs with the rest of us.

 

We still encourage everyone coming to the Potluck to bring a dish to share. Otherwise it wouldn't be a Potluck :D

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Did anyone tell Moun10Bike about this rule that I excepted from the Squilchuck State Park Webpage??

 

Rule: "Mountain biking is not allowed in the lodge..."???? :o

That is probably why we didn't rent the Lodge .... :D

 

That and the fact that it's quite some distance from the Group Camp.

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Rule: "Mountain biking is not allowed in the lodge..."????  :D

What the...? That's an outrage! :lol:

 

You've got to wonder what happened in the past that led to that rule!

Maybe no mountain biking in the lodge but nearby between the Beehive area and Cashmere is a great Mt Biking trail called Devil's Gulch. Very popular Mt biking area. Several caches near the trail too. Journey to the "C", Free Parking, and The Master's Touch

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So...is anyone interested in me bringing my telescope? 8" Celestron, the old orange tube model.

 

If there is enough interest, I have no problem with bringing it, setting it up and doing a 'star party'...if there are only a few people interested or none at all, I'll leave it at home.

 

Talk amongst yourselves... :lol:

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Maybe no mountain biking in the lodge but nearby between the Beehive area and Cashmere is a great Mt Biking trail called Devil's Gulch.  Very popular Mt biking area.  Several caches near the trail too.  Journey to the "C", Free Parking, and The Master's Touch

In that same area, here's a challenge for Moun10bike, and other mountain bikers:Devil's Mission. It's been active almost 3 years and only 3 finders. Last finder was June 2003. If I was a mountain bike enthusiast I'd go after it. It looks like a 4 mile hike/bike from the Liberty Beehive road, or a 6 mile hike/bike from the Mission Creek road out of Cashmere. Those miles are one-way. That's 8 miles and 12 miles RT, respectively.

The trailhead to Devil's Gulch (on the Mission Creek Road) is only 1/4 mile from this cache: Free Parking.

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So...is anyone interested in me bringing my telescope? 8" Celestron, the old orange tube model.

 

If there is enough interest, I have no problem with bringing it, setting it up and doing a 'star party'...if there are only a few people interested or none at all, I'll leave it at home.

 

Talk amongst yourselves... :lol:

I love going out really late and looking at the stars. I can't identify any constellations but...

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Maybe no mountain biking in the lodge but nearby between the Beehive area and Cashmere is a great Mt Biking trail called Devil's Gulch. Very popular Mt biking area. Several caches near the trail too. Journey to the "C", Free Parking, and The Master's Touch

Devils Gulch is one of my favorite rides in the state. I have maps and GPS data for it on my trail maps page.

 

A Sunday mountain bike excursion might be a fun event! If other people are interested. we could possibly even do a car shuttle to cut out the 11 miles of dirt road climbing. I'd love to go for the Devil's Mission cache!

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It is now possible to make Reservations Online with Paypal. If you do not have a paypal account that is fine... paypal now accepts Credit Card Payments without the need to create a Paypal account.

 

There is a link on the Event Page, or you can go to:

 

Make Reservations Now

 

I'll also see if we can get a link added to the WSGA Web page shortly.

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Thanks for arranging, RWW, hope I can make it. Just sent my PayPal for a campsite, or I can easily share with someone else.

 

Should be an interesting weekend for me - I'm competing in the Western States Orienteering Champs in Cle Elum also on Saturday and Sunday, so I will be running between the two. Hopefully the camping will work out; if not, I'll be a walk-in Saturday afternoon. While the locations are close geographically, driving between them may pose logistical problems if I have early start times.

 

If anyone wants to try orienteering recreationally, or just wants to eyeball it, this meet in Cle Elum would be a great one! There's an event both Saturday and Sunday mornings (Teanaway Forks, Cle Elum Ridge), sponsored by the Seattle and Portland O' clubs. Non-competitive beginner levels are open to the public, including families, and both terrain and navigation are easy. On-site registration, $10/adult, $5/kid. Only takes a couple hours to do a course, and then you could resume your normal geocaching routine. B) There's also a one-day Adventure Race on Monday Aug. 22.

 

Email me if you want more details. (This is part of a weeklong Pacific Northwest O' Festival that continues down in Bend around Mt Bachelor; I'll be pooped by Aug. 28!)

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We're looking forward to a great turnout this year. Any and all ideas on games are welcome. Bring them here for discussion.

Well since you mention it.................................

 

I actually just got home from the Champoeg event in Portland. Now I can't even touch what fractal/soup put together, but I did have a bit of fun with the kids. If there is enough interest I could duplicate that for the WSGA campout.

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Wander Lost Posted on Jul 18 2005, 10:30 PM

  I actually just got home from the Champoeg event in Portland. Now I can't even touch what fractal/soup put together, but I did have a bit of fun with the kids. If there is enough interest I could duplicate that for the WSGA campout. 

 

I'm game.

 

hydnsek Posted on Jul 18 2005, 09:30 PM

  Turns out I can't make it. I paid for a campsite via Paypal 2 months ago. Can i get a refund or sell my camp spot to someone else? Any takers?

 

I also sent your advisement and request to the WSGA officers on this.

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hydnsek Posted on Jul 18 2005, 09:30 PM

  Turns out I can't make it. I paid for a campsite via Paypal 2 months ago. Can i get a refund or sell my camp spot to someone else? Any takers?

 

I also sent your advisement and request to the WSGA officers on this.

This has already been dealt with. I took her spot.

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We will have a potluck picnic on Saturday.  The WSGA will provide hamburgers and hotdogs, as well as a beverage.

 

Soooo...is there going to be any attempt at coordinating who brings what? (using my Druid powers, I can foresee 18 potato salads and 5 jello ones and nothing else). :(

 

And what about all the other 'camp essentials'? should we try to organize that or just let everyone bring everything?

 

17 days and counting.

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Allanon-

You are one of those type A personalities that have to have everything organized aren't you?

:(

For those of us that are day tripping, can we buy into the lunch or should we just bring our own?

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Ok, here's the question:

 

We want to make things a little cheaper. We have 4 people coming just for the day thingy. We only need one pin, and 3 of us are not going to eat the provided meat items. Is there any way to pro-rate the cost in light of these things? Thanks.

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Allanon-

You are one of those type A personalities that have to have everything organized aren't you?

:(

For those of us that are day tripping, can we buy into the lunch or should we just bring our own?

Yes!

 

If you look at the Reservation Form you will see a $5.00 (Members) reservation for "Day Use". That $5.00 pays for your Campout Pin and Dinner. If you don't want a pin and provide your own food for dinner, you don't need to pay us the $5.00..... (You still have to pay for your own parking).

 

The pin, dinner, etc is already included for those paying to camp.

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Allanon-

You are one of those type A personalities that have to have everything organized aren't you?

:(

For those of us that are day tripping, can we buy into the lunch or should we just bring our own?

Yes!

 

If you look at the Reservation Form you will see a $5.00 (Members) reservation for "Day Use". That $5.00 pays for your Campout Pin and Dinner. If you don't want a pin and provide your own food for dinner, you don't need to pay us the $5.00..... (You still have to pay for your own parking).

 

The pin, dinner, etc is already included for those paying to camp.

So, in that case, when I sign up for the campout, should I only sign up for one person, instead of the 4? Do you want to know numbers of bodies, though? I think the website only takes into account paying persons.

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hydnsek Posted on Jul 18 2005, 09:30 PM

  Turns out I can't make it. I paid for a campsite via Paypal 2 months ago. Can i get a refund or sell my camp spot to someone else? Any takers?

 

I also sent your advisement and request to the WSGA officers on this.

This has already been dealt with. I took her spot.

...but he hasn't paid for it :( , so i'm taking backup offers. :laughing:

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We will have a potluck picnic on Saturday.  The WSGA will provide hamburgers and hotdogs, as well as a beverage.

 

Soooo...is there going to be any attempt at coordinating who brings what? (using my Druid powers, I can foresee 18 potato salads and 5 jello ones and nothing else). ;)

 

And what about all the other 'camp essentials'? should we try to organize that or just let everyone bring everything?

 

17 days and counting.

Coordination doesn't seem to be a problem. Last year there was a wide enough variety and enough quantities of the same thing (but with great variations) that hardly anything went to waste. (Unless my memory is having an access error.)

 

If you're camping, bring that which you will use.

 

Consider this to be a loosely organized free for all. :D

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Recdiver said:

You are one of those type A personalities that have to have everything organized aren't you?

I may resemble that remark...sometimes... :D

 

I was just thinking that since there were so many going, maybe not everyone needed to bring everything...ya know, thinking ahead and all that...silly me. ;)

 

and TotemLake said:

Consider this to be a loosely organized free for all.

That's what I was afraid of... :)

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and TotemLake said:

Consider this to be a loosely organized free for all.

That's what I was afraid of... ;)

Ah grasshopper... I see you have yet to learn fear is not a bad thing. :D

 

Actually, as loosley organized as it was last year, this is not a bad position to be in. Remember, you don't have to control how a cache is found, just so long as it is found. :)

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If you're talking about the Hydnsek's issue, you can directly chat with her on payment.

 

If you're talking about the day visits, then you can pay as you come in. You can catch up with one of us WSGA officers and we'll make sure you get taken care of.

 

Fwiw, I plan on being there bright and... well not too early, but I'll be there at least before lunch on Friday so I can hopefully catch up with Ranger Mike and go over their expectations. I'll try to have some tags made up to help make it easier to ID us on Friday and Saturday.

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If you're talking about the Hydnsek's issue, you can directly chat with her on payment.

 

If you're talking about the day visits, then you can pay as you come in. You can catch up with one of us WSGA officers and we'll make sure you get taken care of.

 

Fwiw, I plan on being there bright and... well not too early, but I'll be there at least before lunch on Friday so I can hopefully catch up with Ranger Mike and go over their expectations. I'll try to have some tags made up to help make it easier to ID us on Friday and Saturday.

Thanks for the quick reply. :wacko: If we pay when we show up, will there be enough pins?

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If you're talking about the Hydnsek's issue, you can directly chat with her on payment.

 

If you're talking about the day visits, then you can pay as you come in. You can catch up with one of us WSGA officers and we'll make sure you get taken care of.

 

Fwiw, I plan on being there bright and... well not too early, but I'll be there at least before lunch on Friday so I can hopefully catch up with Ranger Mike and go over their expectations. I'll try to have some tags made up to help make it easier to ID us on Friday and Saturday.

Thanks for the quick reply. :lol: If we pay when we show up, will there be enough pins?

I don't anticipate that we will run out of pins, but one never knows for sure until it happens. We ordered what we think should be plenty. Unless we have a huge walk in crowd, we should have plenty to spare.

 

Obviously pre-registrations will receive priority over late comers should our estimates prove to be wrong.

 

It's not the pins that worry me. We really want to suggest pre-registration so we know how much food and beverages to buy. Wenatchee is not that far away should we need to go get more, but I would prefer that we get enough the first time :lol:

 

We certainly will not be turning anyone away that shows up at the park.

 

:lol:

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I may be blind or stupid :lol: , but I do not see where the time for dinner or any sort of schedule (if there is one) has been posted. I have a HUGE garage sale that weekend that I must work and would like to close up and meet everyone over dinner. (Shameless plug...come buy stuff, all proceeds going towards my walk :lol: )

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I may be blind or stupid :lol: , but I do not see where the time for dinner or any sort of schedule (if there is one) has been posted. I have a HUGE garage sale that weekend that I must work and would like to close up and meet everyone over dinner. (Shameless plug...come buy stuff, all proceeds going towards my walk :lol: )

Coords? Seriously if it gets too hot or Lil' Lost One gets too cranky we might be up for a drive.

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If you're talking about the Hydnsek's issue, you can directly chat with her on payment.

 

If you're talking about the day visits, then you can pay as you come in. You can catch up with one of us WSGA officers and we'll make sure you get taken care of.

 

Fwiw, I plan on being there bright and... well not too early, but I'll be there at least before lunch on Friday so I can hopefully catch up with Ranger Mike and go over their expectations. I'll try to have some tags made up to help make it easier to ID us on Friday and Saturday.

Thanks for the quick reply. :lol: If we pay when we show up, will there be enough pins?

I don't anticipate that we will run out of pins, but one never knows for sure until it happens. We ordered what we think should be plenty. Unless we have a huge walk in crowd, we should have plenty to spare.

 

Obviously pre-registrations will receive priority over late comers should our estimates prove to be wrong.

 

It's not the pins that worry me. We really want to suggest pre-registration so we know how much food and beverages to buy. Wenatchee is not that far away should we need to go get more, but I would prefer that we get enough the first time :lol:

 

We certainly will not be turning anyone away that shows up at the park.

 

:lol:

Ok. Well we posted as will attend in the cache page. My husband is probably the only one who will eat the meat provided, the other three of us can bring our own fillings. But I assume that you guys will be providing the buns and stuff? All three of us will be needing that. And then we only need one pin.

 

Guess that's that. We are really looking forward to the weekend. Thanks for all the work, to all who are preparing for this event. :lol:

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Assuming we'll be able to have campfires (a big assumption, I know), is firewood available or should we all bring our own?

 

Anyone know?

As of right now and subject to change, campfires are allowed. They may restrict it to the main fire circle of the group camp.

 

I do not know if any will be available on site, and even it is, it's usually a lot more expensive that I like to pay for it. It would be great if someone that had a supply could bring some.

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Assuming we'll be able to have campfires (a big assumption, I know), is firewood available or should we all bring our own?

 

Anyone know?

As of right now and subject to change, campfires are allowed. They may restrict it to the main fire circle of the group camp.

 

I do not know if any will be available on site, and even it is, it's usually a lot more expensive that I like to pay for it. It would be great if someone that had a supply could bring some.

If people are willing to split it I have access to nice dry logs for firewood at a very reasonable price $1.00 per 100 lbs.

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