[GeoStL] Re: Park Palooza at the arch
- From: "Jim Greene" <jimsgreene@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:15:39 -0500
Thanks Rich & Paul for the pictures. I had a great time there today, it
was a lot of fun, and I think we should get some new cachers out of it all.
I took several family groups out who were really excited about it, maybe
they'll be back. The kids were a lot of fun, one kid grabbed a GPS and ran
down the hill way past the first cache and was going for the lake.
I have the SLAGA gps' and downloaded the course tracks for 3 of them. They
each had about 4.5 miles on them.
Like I said, it was a lot of fun, but MikeinMo, javapgmr, the Quailman2,
LFranks & Denmother, TheMadChef & I (plus a little help from RGS today),
were pretty well non-stop, a few more helpers each day would've been nice,
and all 10 gps' were in constant use. I really think this is something we
should do next year if at all possible. It was a lot busier than the Busch
Wildlife Expo.
Jim
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:59 PM, GC-RGS <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't know where the picnic pictures are, but here's some from the Park
> Palooza at the arch this weekend.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/45ds2l
>
> Thanks to everyone who spent a day to help out at the arch. We had 2 full
> days of talking and demo'ing geocaching. Our tent was one of the busiest on
> the arch grounds with almost 800 visitors and a top of 90 in an hour period
> on Sunday. The NPS provided us with carrying bags, shirts, trinkets, lunch,
> and cold water through the 2 days, and just about anything else we needed.
>
> The park ranger, Sue Ford, was assigned to our venue primarily to answer
> park questions or give directions to the visitors. It turned out that she is
> a cacher and goes by the name of Topodog, so she was a great help filling in
> helping Charlotte and talking with the crowd since only 4 of us were there
> on Saturday and out with a group most of the day.
>
> This was a pilot program and the first time it was done within the National
> Park Service. They hope to have this event at the Arch again next year if
> they get funding. After that they hope start this event at other National
> parks throughout the country. We have already been invited back for next
> year.
>
> Rich
>
--
Jim Greene
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