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10 Years! Citrus Heights, CA Community Celebration Event

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LewisClan77: It was fun. Thanks for coming

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On May 1, 2000, President Bill Clinton's executive order to discontinue "Selective Availability" allowing users to receive a non-degraded GPS signal globally was executed.

On May 2, 2000, at approximately midnight, eastern savings time, the switch controlling "Selective Availability" was thrown. Twenty-four satellites around the globe processed their new orders, and instantly the accuracy of GPS technology improved tenfold. Tens of thousands of GPS receivers around the world had an instant upgrade.

On May 3, 2000 Dave Ulmer placed the very first geocache, The Original Stash, a black bucket, in the woods near Beaver Creek, Oregon. Along with a logbook and pencil, he left various prize items including videos, books, software, a can of beans and a slingshot. He shared the waypoint of his "stash" with the online community on sci.geo.satellite-nav, and Geocaching was born.

Come join us on May 2nd 2010 at Mountain Mikes Pizza at 5640 Auburn Blvd Sacramento, CA 95841 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Geocaching. The event will go from 6:00pm and go until everyone leaves.
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