ICE WALK 2013 UPDATE
The Ice Walk will take place on March 2 this year.
Here is the latest information
There have been trucks out on the ice on Shediac Bay since mid January.
5 new caches were added on Cocagne Island. Jim52 was out on the island to retrieve them on Friday.
Chatelaine and Belladan may do Shediac Island on Monday.
Chatelaine and globuf are planning a visit to Cocagne Island on Thursday.
A couple of new series have been added on trails in the area.
13 caches of the punchline series by cableguy in Scotch Settlement area.
Our 45 new caches on the trails in Bouctouche
There will be draws for door prizes at the event. forestfauna has donated one of his handcrafted hiking sticks for the door prize draw. Money for other prizes was obtained by the sale of a donated Magellan GPS that was won at a recent Moncton Caching event. Thank You to chatelaine who will be running the draws.
Forestfauna will have some of his hiking sticks for sale.
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El Nimrod from PEI will be bringing 50 Trackable “Confederation Trail” geocoins, designed by Landsharkz. They are available for $11. Here is the design
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If you need caching supplies, Cachemporium will be present at the event
If you are bringing food to share to the event, there are a large number of stoves and refrigerators at Notre Centre.
Accomodations: There are a few hotels and B&B’s in Shediac, including Seeley’s motel which has a pool and rates of around $85. Many cachers also choose to stay in Moncton where there is also an abundance of caches. For example Hotel Moncton at Magnetic Hill has rooms for $69.
February 22, 2013
Present ice conditions look great for the event, and the weather forecast for next week calls for cool weather all week and with snow predicted for Wednesday and Thursday.
CacheupNB will be posting information this weekend to help people find caching partners and car pool partners to go over to the islands or to the 45 new music caches on the Bouctouche Trail.
There will be a number of door prizes for the event. Châtelaine will be running these draws. To be eligible, you must sign Châtelaine’s log book.
Herr Minnz will be selling tickets for a 50/50 draw to offset some costs. The remaining funds will go towards draws for lucky winners.
All prizes by Châtelaine and 50/50 by Herr Minnz DO NOT require fellow cachers to be present when the draws take place. They will insure that winners be contacted via geo caching email ….
In addition to donating a hiking stick for the door prize draws, forestfauna will have 4 or 5 aspen and cedar hiking sticks for sale as well.
The punchline series now connects to the Gerry Anderson series via the same trail. I’ve added 6 to the Gerry Anderson GC3AHX8 series, bringing the total there to 12. New hides should be published before the event.
You can park cars at these two caches to make it easier… GC275R1 and GC3E8X3. Total hike for the 25 caches would be about 5kms.
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great to hear. I think the second parking spot is sorta situated in the middle and should get people to all the caches. Everyone parked there for the punchline series and i believe that tiger tracker parked there for the Gerry Anderson series
If you havent cached in that area, you will also be close to Cove Rd where Misha has a series of 13 caches.
Today we were also pleased to see that Belladan has put out 5 new caches in and around Shediac.
CONDITIONS
Belladan, Chatelaine and PA did a maintenance on half of Shediac Island caches. The ice was great with a couple of inches of snow on the surface. More snow is due before the event. Depending on the weather, Belladan and Pa may do more maintenance on one of the islands on Friday.
DOOR PRIZES
Cache emporium is donating a fully stocked ammo can for the door prize draw
SATURDAY MORNING
If interested in carpooling and/or finding caching partners, check CacheupNB or show up at NOTRE CENTRE to meet other cachers, before heading out . Also, come in and say hello and get a cup of coffee or tea.
NOTRE CENTRE
A number of us will be at the event location all day so feel free to drop in. There will be drinks and food and in the afternoon there will also be hot food available. And dont forget the door prize draw and the 50/50 draw. We may have access to WIFI.
Please note that you cannot bring beer and liquor into the center.
Two new caches in cocagne area, not on the island. Not published yet.
GC44K29 Come on down to my boat, Baby
Bu Jim52 N 46° 24.447 W 064° 37.050
GC46VEM Cache for CRLYL
by Ma & Pa N 46° 26.768 W 064° 38.188
This cache may have an old log sheet in it
Post photos to your logs! I need Slideshow ammo!
The 2 caches are out and one more in shediac