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Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

In preparation for our trek to Meramec State Park in Sullivan, MO for the Midwest Open Geocaching Adventure 2005 in April, I will be working with several others to plan and place a 10 stage course through Three Rivers' Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve.

The 10 stages will be throughout the park and consist of an orienteering punch connected to a small card with the stage number listed. The stage number is provided so that you know which box to punch with your control. MOGA used a similar method last year and from what I understand they will be using it again this year as well. The only difference this year is that you will be given a list of waypoints when you start, along with a map, and told to find as many as you can as fast as you can. There is no particular order required but you will need to show proof of punches when you return. Waypoints will need to be manually entered and you will have only three minutes to begin entering them into your unit before your official time begins.

While we will be timing the event for those of you interested in knowing your time we will not be awarding any prizes or gifts other than a pat on the back. We will only post the times of those that permit us to do so.

As of January 1st, 2005 all parking fees are waived and a patron sticker is no longer required. Please see details here.

A map of the park is located here in PDF format.

Currently I am waiting for word back from Three Rivers about a special use permit that they asked we get before proceeding. If/when I get this straightened out with them I am planning to post the event to GC.com for 2/26/05.

The event will begin at 9am and end around 4:30/5 as I have to clear the punches out when we leave for the day. They asked for a preliminary number of possible participants and I told them 10-15 with no more than 20 but I would like to hear how many of your would be interested in joining us for a day in a beautiful park?

loneeagle_24 · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject:

Excuse me for being ignorant but where is this located in relation to Hwy 7 coming into the cities from the west. Just trying to figure out how far it would be if I decided to show up. Also, do you have a waypoint that would get a person close?

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Wayfarin Stranger · Geocacher Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Posts: 122

I believe the entrance is close to here Loneeagle.
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Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

I just spoke with Marlene from Three Rivers again and they asked that we stay off the groomed XC Ski trails (which I had of course intended on all along). This will limit us to the southren section of the park and the multi-use trail located there. That trail is 5+ mile loop which will be plenty big enough for our purposes. There's a parking lot off of Sunset Lake Ave. IIRC that is a large lot and should be plenty large enough for our purposes.

I hope to receive the permit today via fax and I will have the event posted ASAP.

15Tango · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:59 am Post subject:

Looks like it should be fun--I feel like I've been hibernating so far this winter (doing nothing but sleeping, working, and watching football) so this will be a good way to rejoin the land of the living, if I don't do so before hand. It's been so long since I've gone caching, my cookies expired on the gc.com site!!! BTW, RE the KB cache--is it still the same cache in the same spot, or has it been moved, thus enabling us to find it and log it again?
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Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

sui generis · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:08 am Post subject:

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

We are a go! Three Rivers has approved the use of their park for our event.

The event page (when approved by mtn-man) will be: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=811fb54a-ed22-4c6e-adb2-39ea330df447 (or GCKMGN).

The coordinates on the cache page are currently for the north-end parking lot. I will be traveling out there and finding parking closer to where we will actually be having the event start from. Most likely the horse-trailer lot in the center of the park. I'll keep you all updated.

Either watch this topic or the cache page and I'll keep you informed.