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"10 Years of Geocaching", Wintertime Fun-1 #4 Event Cache

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Steve 'n' Nancy: Glad to see so many Old Caching friends and making some new ones, sorry if we did not get a chance to chat with everyone that attended. Met a new life long friend River Cacher, he was a Life Saver, helping us get our Event Coin situation straightened out. Hope to see everyone soon on the caching trail.
Steve 'n' Nancy

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Hidden : Saturday, February 13, 2010
Difficulty:
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Terrain:
1 out of 5

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"10 Years of Geocaching!"

Can you believe it's been almost Ten Years since May 3rd, 2000 when Dave Ulmer placed the first cache in the woods near Beaver Creek, Oregon calling it the "Great American GPS Stash Hunt" and then Matt Stum, one of the original Stash Hunters, coined the name "Geocaching" and the rest is History. Nearing 1 million active caches and over 83,000 cacher accounts Worldwide and still growing.


Come Celebrate: "10 Years of Geocaching!"



When: Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 1:00PM till ???

Where: The Red Lion Hotel, Oregon Coast Hwy 101. Coos Bay, Oregon.

What: A Geocacher Get Together with a Lunch Buffet, $11.50 per person, age 5 and under free, includes beverage and gratuity. Please Give the number of attendees in your group that will be buying Lunch so the Buffet we work out properly.

Who: All Cachers, Newbies and Old Timers are invited to join us on the Southern Oregon Coast for lots of Geo-Fun and Geo-Chat, Share your Favorite Geo-Memories.

Why: Just for the Fun of Getting Together with Geo-Friends that you have and have not met yet. And Meet "Signal the Frog".

We Ask That Everyone Bring A Geocaching Related Item To Trade As Door Prizes......Camoed Caches, TB Dog Tags, AA Batteries, Geocoins, Caching Supplies, Ammo Cans......Anything You Think Other Cachers Would Like.

This year we will be adding 30-40 items for RAFFLE at $1.00 per ticket, $5=6 tickets, $10=12, $20=25, to help cover the expenses of this event, we have accumulated quite a few items to be raffled off included are Geocoins, GeoGems, Auto TB decals, several special TB dog tags and we have been told that the town of Brookings, OR is putting together a Geocaching Vacation package to be raffled.

We Hope That Many Local Merchants Will Again Be Able To Make Donations As In Past Years. So Far we have again received Donations from The Mill Casino-Hotel, Benetti's Italian Restaurant, TeeShirt Express. New this year will be a donation of Several Geocoins and related stuff including the newly introduced Geo-Jewelry from TheCachingPlace.com: Land Sharkz.ca has made a donation of a Geocoin and several other caching items: Groundspeak has donated several Geocoins, a Signal the Frog doll and a Geocaching Book, also Oakcoins.com has donated a Geocoin, and CacheAddict.com has donated a Gift Certificate and 10% off coupons for all Attendees, CoinsandPins.com has also made a Donation of a geocoin and several other items.

If You Know Of Any Business That Would Like To Make A Donation Of A Door Prize, Feel Free To Bring It Along With You.

Mark The Date On Your New 2010 Geocaching Calendar

"Get Your Motel or RV Campsite Reservations Now"

It Is Very Important for Us to Get a Very Accurate Count of How Many Cachers Will Attend For the Buffet Chef to Feed Us Properly. We have room for up to 200 attendees this year.

The Red Lion Hotel has Special Rates for the weekend, Just ask for the Geocacher Rate, 541 267-4141, Also check out other lodging at Geo-Lodging Specials

You Meet The Nicest People Geocaching!

This Event will also be the Kick Off for Oregon's Adventure Coast Challenge. By completing the Challenge cachers will receive a Trackable Geocoin made of Myrtlewood, locally made by The Oregon Connection/House of Myrtlewood. The Challenge will be to locate a number of interesting and historical locations by Coordinates throughout Oregon's Adventure Coast and answer specific questions about each location.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)