Come Join the Fun!

Join the Hampton Roads Geocaching Group for their Second Annual Picnic and Cache Dash.

Newport News Park is an 8,000 acre park with two fresh water reservoirs is one of the largest municipal parks east of the Mississippi. It features bicycle and boat rental, 188-site campground, golf course, horse show arena, interpretive programs, wildlife rehabilitation center, picnic shelters, playground, restrooms, stages, 30 miles of hiking trails, 5-mile mountain bike trail, and 5.3 mile bikeway, picnic shelters, and much much more!!! Personal boats (no gas motors) may be launched for a $4.00 fee.

Targeted timeline of events (subject to change of course, as things usually do….)
9:00 – Sign in / Introductions / Hanging out
10:00 - Release correct coords for new caches - NOTE: Booklets will be handed out with all of the park caches, and a lot of the other local caches. The cache pages will be included in this booklet!
10:00 – 5:30 – Caching, Caching, and more caching
1:00 – until - Running the grill and chowing down (Hamburgers and Hot dogs will be provided)
5:30 – Door prizes (must be present to win) / Special Recognitions / More Group Photos/Chinese Auction/ Raffle Drawing
After dark – Hanging out around a campfire in Loop “B” of the campground

A Chinese Auction will be held at 6:00 p.m. The auction will be a hurricane preparedness theme with a limit of $10.00. If you’d like to participate, bring a wrapped item, and write a note to hint what’s inside. Be creative and have fun with it!

Also, there will be a TB exchange table to drop off and pick up travel bugs to help them towards their goals.

Other exchange areas will include:

Bookcrossing books:

GeoCoins

New Caches:
Nature's Nook - Multi
Dragonfly's Delight - Traditional
Operation: School Supplies - Traditional
Let's Go Cassco - Micro
VA CHB 1st Multi - Multi
Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Micro
One in the Hand - Traditional
To the Breezy Bridge and Beyond - Multi
Roots and All - Traditional

Existing caches include:
So Many Caches, So Little Time - Traditional
Where the Wild Things Are - Traditional
Birds&Beests - Micro
Land Shark - Micro
History Hunt - Multi
The Nina Hunt - Traditional

Other nearby caches include: (within hiking distance or short driving distance)
George's HQ - Traditional
The Source - Virtual
York County Cache - Traditional
The Outer Works - Virtual
The Cave - Virtual
The Lost Day - Virtual
Live Strong! - Traditional
Oh Deer! - Traditional
Isabel's Fury - Traditional
Fair Winds and Following Seas - Traditional
Old Denbigh - Traditional

How can you help??? Here are a few suggestions:

• Bring a pot luck dish to share
• Consider contributing condiments (ie: ketchup, mustard, buns of all types, etc…)
• Consider contributing paper products (ie: plates, napkins, utensils, etc…)
• Consider contributing coolers full of drinks (ie: water, sodas, etc…)
• Consider contributing charcoal for the grills
• Donate a door prize - anything geocaching related, or hurricane related would be good.

Please post a note (NOT A FIND YET) to let us know you will be attending, how many in your group, and what you will be bringing. Put this listing on your watchlist, as we will try to update this page regularly with a list of what is on the way.

Attention Camping Cachers!
We have taken the liberty of reserving close to 20 camping sites at Newport News Park. We have scoped out and secured the best sites on the best loop (loop ”B”). In the event that you will need to secure a site for Friday and/or Saturday night please contact gecko757. Campsites are first come first serve. All sites are full service and will accommodate either a camper, a pop-up, or two tents. All sites have a maximum of 5 people or 1 family per site.. Hotel lodging information can be found by clicking here.

List of contributions as of July 26th:
Hamburgers and Hot Dogs
Paper Products

If you need more information please e-mail:
penguincacher or gecko757 or Team CraZy Cache

Happy caching and See You There!!

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