[GeoStL] Re: WOW event at Forest Park June 9th

  • From: Stephen Martin <faery_generic@xxxxxxx>
  • To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:26:04 -0700

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I will be there by 7am.  C-ya then, Stephen


 
On Saturday, June 02, 2007, at 06:39PM, "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Steve B., Stephen, and Nancy, and anyone else who can help next Saturday;
>
>I have most of the details now for the event. I have a final meeting Friday 
>afternoon, but none of this "should" change.
>
>
>Barb Wilson (Mo. State Parks) and I will start setting up around 7AM Saturday. 
>We will either be under the big tent or have a table with a 10 x 10' fly.
>
>Parking will be available across the street from the Visitors Center (East of 
>the History Museum).
>
>The first class is from 8:30 to 10, then a break for 30 minutes with the 
>second class from 10:30 to 12.
>Lunch comes next from 12:00 to 12:45 and the last class is from 1:00 to 2:30.  
>I "assume" lunch is furnished but will know more after the Friday meeting.
>
>The big tent and everything should be close to N38 38.680 & W90 16.990. This 
>area is behind the visitors center near Lindell and De Baliviere.
>
>Now the details:
>Everyone needs to be there by 7:30-7:45. Each of the 3 sessions have 20 people 
>signed up. That is the max and there will be no walkups. We have 22 Yellow 
>Garmins on loan from MO. Dept of Conservation, and I've preloaded all of them 
>with the WP's for the caches. There will be 3 (2 Tupperware and 1 ammo box) 
>placed within 1000' of the event and in 3 different directions. That way we 
>can break up into smaller groups and the other groups can't see other groups 
>or the cache location. All are almost terrain 1 and diff. of 1-1.5. By getting 
>there a little before the first session starts, we can go over how the yellow 
>Garmins work since everyone will have their own identical GPS to use. All the 
>caches will be stocked with give-aways so everyone can sign the log book and 
>take something from each cache. By showing them how to make a WP before 
>starting out, they can then use the GPS to go back to the table, TURN in their 
>GPS, and we'll have a bag for everyone with some goodies.
>
>That's the plan, anyway.
>
>Rich
>
>
 

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