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We're excited to see all that can participate this Saturday, July 31, for this fun, social event.
Weather should be ideal!
We will have laptops loaded with the coordinates for the day, so plan to bring your GPS cable to plug into a USB port to download the waypoints directly to your GPS unit. Registration starts a 9 am at the Crosslake Community Center.
An award-winning BBQ lunch will be served for all who want to eat after geoaching -- $10 for a meal & Tshirt, $6/person for just the meal ($4/child). We'll plan to eat around 1 pm.
Prizes and awards will start at approx 1:45 pm. and socializing can last till the sun goes down!
If you haven't already RSVPed, do so NOW so we can plan for food accordingly. Thanks!
Paul & Babe's GeoHunt is a fun summer geocaching event along the 54-mile Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway driving route.
The 2010 GeoHunt began Memorial Day weekend and ends with a fun day of geocaching (followed by a barbeque and social) on Sat., July 31, 2010, in Crosslake. Registration begins at 9 am to receive the coordinates for the last 10 caches.
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New this year, the cache cards (and locations) along the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway all focus on history. The 2010 GeoHunt is proud to be financed, in part, with funds provided by the State of Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Thanks also to the following sponsors for their support of this growing event:
AmericInn Lodge & Suites, Pequot Lakes/Jenkins
Bait Box Marina
Black Pine Beach Resort
Boyd Lodge
Echo Publishing & Printing
Lakes Area Gallery and Frame Shoppe
Maucieri's Italian Bistro, Bar & Deli
Northern Lakes Embroidery and Screen Printing
Northland Press
Pine River Bakery
Plan to participate
How does the GeoHunt work?
It's free to participate in Paul & Babe's GeoHunt.
- Plastic containers (caches) will be camouflaged and hidden on public lands in and around the Byway.
- Participants search for a cache site by entering the Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates into a GPS unit, which directs them to the general location of the container.
- Coordinates will be released in groups of 10 -- first in the Pequot Lakes/Breezy Point area (on May 28), then the Pine River/Jenkins area (June 25), and ending in the Crosslake area (July 31). GPS coordinates are available HERE as a download, or visit geocaching.com and search for "Paul & Babe 2010." Local Chamber Information Centers (Pine River, Pequot Lakes or Crosslake) along the Byway will also display listings of the coordinates.
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Once a cache containers is found, you simply add your name to the mini logbook found inside the container, and take away a special Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway collectible card.
- To earn a Paul & Babe’s GeoHunt Geocoin, verified that you have found the 10 locations in one “region” by showing the numbered cards at select spots along the route. 2010 verification locations are the Whitefish Lodge & Suites in Crosslake and the AmericInn Lodge & Suites in Pequot Lakes. (Both of these locations offer 24-hour access, 7 days a week.) The GeoCoin is a special wooden nickel that can be traded or kept as a souvenir. Participants may also complete an entry form to become eligible to win prizes at the ending event.
The GeoHunt will conclude on Sat., July 31 with a day of geocaching followed by a barbecue and social at the Crosslake Community Center. Registration is from 9-10 am. A picnic meal and commemorative GeoHunt T-shirts will be available for purchase at the social. Lunch is expected to begin at 1 pm, with prize drawings at approx. 1:45 pm. This barbecue and social is open to the public, though reservations are recommended.
Proceeds from this event support the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association and the Parks & Library Foundation of Crosslake.
Learn more about the 2009 GeoHunt.
Try Geocaching for the Day: The Crosslake Commmunity Center has GPS devices available for rent to try out the sport of geocaching. They also offer geocaching classes. For more information, call (218) 692-4271.
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