Friday, August 13 — Regner Park
12:00 p.m. Publication of 50 Permanent Caches.
This is the approximate expected release time of the 50 new permanent caches for those who would like to download coordinates from home. Please note that on-site registration at Regner Park in addition to your 'Will Attend' log is required to obtain a raffle ticket for the cash drawing, and is also required to pick up an official playing card if you wish to receive raffle tickets for finding caches.
12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Registration and Downloads available at Regner Park. Cachers may sign in and receive their goody bags, official stamp booklets for the 50 new caches, and individual raffle ticket for Saturday's cash prize drawing. Each individual must be present to receive the cash prize raffle ticket. Bingo Cards, GeoGolf playing cards, and West Bend Area Restaurant Discount Sheets will also be given at registration. Registration will continue on Saturday morning. The Wisconsin Geocaching Association will provide equipment to download the 50 new caches directly to your GPS receiver. It will also be available Saturday morning.
12:00 p.m. Friday - 4:30 p.m. Saturday: 50 CACHE HUNT BEGINS
Teams may hunt the 50 new permanent caches. Each cache will include a stamp or sticker and teams can stamp the corresponding square on their Official Playing Card to receive raffle tickets for the General Prize Drawing, up to 5 tickets per team.
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. MEET AND GREET with Family Friendly Activities
The Cache Ba$h committee is organizing some family-friendly activities for Friday evening at Regner Park, including another Candy Cache Mystery, a Wherigo group activity, and night caching. Mingle with your fellow cachers from around the country (and world), swap trackables, or just enjoy Regner Park, celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year. Stay tuned as we finalize details for Friday the 13th.
Saturday, August 14 – Regner Park
7 a.m. - 10 a.m. REGISTRATION, DOWNLOADS, & MORNING REFRESHMENTS at Regner Park where geocachers can download the 50 new cache coordinates, register for the contest, get their cash drawing raffle ticket, and pick up the official playing cards. Thank you to the WGA and volunteers for allowing us to use their downloading equipment, people and supplies! Coffee, donuts and other items will be available to purchase. They will also be available in the afternoon as cachers come back for snacks and sodas. Garbage bags will be available for cachers to CITO throughout the day.
7 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. MOST CREATIVE CACHE CONTEST ENTRY Any age. Design a unique cache container to be voted on by your peers. No names on the container. Submit your entry by 10 a.m. at the marked tent. You may submit multiple containers to try to win the most creative contest, but only 1 raffle ticket will be given per team with an entry. Voting will take place between 4 pm to 5:30 pm, and a prize will be awarded for the container voted as best. Be sure to vote for your favorite!
8 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. THE GREAT GEO-RACE ENTRY (Kids' Activity) For ages 12 and under. Limit 25. Kids may pick a geocache container we provide and decorate or camouflage it if desired. With parental guidance, they will then hide it in Regner Park, obeying cache-hiding rules, learn how to mark the position with a waypoint, and turn in their coordinates. Later in the day, adult cachers will "Race" to find the hidden containers. Prizes will be awarded to the adult who brings back the first hidden container and the kid whose container is last to be found (within the one hour race deadline).
7 a.m. - 6 pm WISCONSIN GEOCACHING ASSOCIATION BOOTH The WGA will have a booth to introduce you to this great organization for Wisconsin geocachers. They will be printing WGA name tags and may have WGA merchandise. There will be someone on hand to answer beginner questions and provide technical assistance if needed.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. BEGINNING GEOCACHING CLASS hosted by the Wisconsin Geocaching Association. If you are new to the sport of geocaching and want more information and tips, plan to attend this class at Regner Park. After some "classroom" instruction, participants will get a chance to use a GPS unit to find caches hidden in the park (some loaner GPS units will be available).
10 a.m. GEOGOLF ENTRY DEADLINE Pick any location in Regner Park and mark it on your GPS as a waypoint. A GeoGolf entry form will be given to each team at registration. Turn in your coordinates and team name on the entry form at the marked table. The closest waypoint to the pre-chosen coordinates will win a prize!
10 a.m. REGISTRATION DEADLINE Teams must register at Regner Park before this time in order to receive goody bags, printed materials, and be eligible for the prize drawings. Goody bags of teams who have not registered by 10am may be redistributed to other teams on a first come, first served basis.
All day: GEOCACHING VENDORS AND EVENT MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE The Cache Ba$h Committee is planning to invite several geocaching vendors this year. Stay tuned for details.
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CREATIVE CACHE VOTING Stop by the cache table to vote for your favorite creative cache container. One ballot per team will be given at registration.
4:30 p.m. 50-CACHE HUNT DEADLINE ONE MEMBER FROM EACH TEAM MUST BE IN LINE AT THE REGISTRATION STAND BY 4:30 with the official playing card in order to qualify for the General Prize Drawing. Cards can be turned in as early as 2:30). Raffle tickets will be given out at this time based on the following scale:
1-10 caches: 1 raffle ticket
11-20 caches: 2 raffle tickets
21-30 caches: 3 raffle tickets
31-40 caches: 4 raffle tickets
41-50 caches: 5 raffle tickets
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. SOCIALIZING with other cachers until the 6 p.m. drawing. Bring your pathtags, geocoins and travel bugs to swap. Drinks and snacks will be available for purchase. There are a limited number of picnic tables, so you may want to bring lawn chairs.
4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. LITTLE CACHERS PENNIES AND PRIZES TREASURE HUNT in the WEST Playground by the bathhouse. Ages 5 and under.
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SECRET TREASURE BOX ACTIVITY For Kids 6-12 Do you have the "secret" key? You might receive treasure!
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. THE GREAT GEO-RACE: Fastest Adult Cacher Bragging Rights! Any individual geocacher who is not an immediate family member of the participating kids may "race" to find containers hidden by kids earlier in the day. Coordinates will be revealed at 4:30pm. The first adult to bring a cache container back to home base will win a FTF prize and earn bragging rights for being the Fastest Cacher of 2010. Runner-ups will receive a consolation prize. The kid whose container is found last (before the 5:30 deadline) will also win a prize and be named the Best Hider of 2010.
5:30 p.m. GEOCACHER BINGO TURN-IN How well do you know your fellow cachers? A great way to meet new people and find out a little about the people around you. Pick up bingo cards at the registration desk. One extra ticket for the general prize drawing for a completed bingo card.
6 p.m. - 7 p.m. PRIZE DRAWINGS will be held at Regner at the main pavilion where you registered. You must be present to win. There will be two separate prize drawings this year. Each person in attendance as part of a registered team will receive one ticket at registration to be eligible for the $1000 cash drawings. All other tickets rewarded to cachers for various activities and contests will be put in the general prize drawing for a chance to win geocoins, gift certificates, fun geocaching items, and other great prizes.
1st prize = $500
2nd prize = $250
3rd prize = $100
4th prize = $100
5th prize = $50
SATURDAY EVENING: Post-Ba$h Party, 7 pm - ?, Pillars Sports Bar
This fun social evening will once again be held at Pillars Sports Bar. Food and drinks will be available as you talk about your caching adventures and catch up with other cachers. Pillars is a smoke-free establishment, and children are allowed with their parents from 7-9pm.
Sunday, August 15 — Morning — TBD
Past events on Sunday have included a Flash Mob and an "All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast" sponsored by the Wisconsin Geocaching Association (WGA) along with fun activities and prizes. Geocachers are also given free all-day swim passes to the pool at Regner Park. Watch this listing to see what the 2010 event will have in store for you!
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