Red Dirt Dash IV

Hey All!

Just a reminder about the Province wide event happening next weekend, on June 25th, in PEI. It should be a blast!

Those not in the know, I’m talking about “The Red Dirt Dash! V”.

 

The Official Geocaching.com Entry: GC2N844

Red Dirt Dash Website: RedDirtDash.com

 

The original RDD was the 1st major Geocaching event in the Maritimes, and this year represents Lucky Year #7!

With teams coming from all over the maritimes, Newfoundland, and Maine, the competition looks fiece!

 

Without further adieu, I give you :

The competition takes place on June 25th, 2011, and starts at the Cornwall/Charlottetown KOA, centrally located 9 KM south west of Charlottetown, at coords 46.213332, -63.187229.

 

View Printable Google Map with Directions.

Directions:

• Head northeast on Confederation Bridge – 4.0 km
• Continue onto Route 1 – 45.8 km
• Turn right at Ferry Rd – 1.7 km
• Turn right at Holiday Haven Rd. 1.4 km

All teams will meet up at 9:30AM at the camp ground. We depart at 10AM and go our separate ways for the day. Teams are due back at The Camp Ground at 7pm. Whoever gets the most caches on the Island wins.
The Dash:

• All teams will depart the Camp Ground at 10am.
• Cachers are encouraged to travel in teams. Car pooling saves on gas costs, as well as helps the enironment!
• The competition will end at 7PM PROMPTLY!
  FOR EVERY 5 MINUTES YOU ARE LATE WE WILL SUBTRACT ONE CACHE FROM YOUR TOTAL!!!
• PEI cachers are welcome to participate, but please keep in mind you cannot claim your own caches!
• For anyone who does not want to participate in the challenge, but would like to attend, by all means do so. The MGA should be setup at the campground at approximately 5:30pm.
• Note: You do not need to participate in the challenge to be able to log this cache. As long as you come to the BBQ afterward, you can claim this event as having attended.
• 7:30pm will be the awards ceremony, as well as BBQ. Please bring your own food & beverage items. There is a store nearby, as well as bigger supermarkets in Charlottetown if you need to purchase edibles.

Accommodations:

We will be reserving a block of standard 2-way hookup tent spots at the campground, which will be available on a first come/first serve
basis, at a rate of $32 CAD. Please email us if you would like to reserve one (or more). Once they’re gone, if you do not get one of the reserved spots, you will
need to contact the campground to see if they have any other spots available, or make other arrangements.

When you arrive at the campground, you can pay for your spot at the administration office. If you have an RV or camper, we would ask you contact the campground at (902)566-2421 and reserve a spot. In the morning, we can all head out someplace for breakfast.

Dont forget to save $42.50 for the bridge to come back to NB! (No charge to go there, they only charge you if you want to leave). Alternately, there is also a ferry that runs between Caribou, NS and Wood Islands PE. You can check their scheduling and rates out at http://www.peiferry.com/

Prizes:
1st Place – Bag of Swag! – will go to the team who finds the most caches.

More prize categories to follow.
Tiebreaker rules: In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by the following criteria

• Getting the 2 furthest caches on the Island from each other.
• Whoever can produce a larger collection of empty Tim Horton’s cups fresh from the trip.
• In the unlikely event of a tie at this stage, the competitors still tied will fight a grueling match of best of 3 rock paper scissors.