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 Welcome to the 3rd Annual 4-H Camp
Cache Bash! This year is sure to be an exciting
extravaganza of geocaching festivities, featuring
event-only hides, Geocaching 101 lessons for new
cachers, an update from our Ontario County 4-H
Geo club, the GeoSeekers, and a fantastic pot-luck
lunch to provide lots of socialization time!
New to the festivities this year, is a mystery theme.
Cachers, throughout the day, will be collecting
clues to try to determine who stole the missing
cache! See pages 6-7 for more information on the
Case of the Cache Caper!
I hope that you enjoy yourself at today's event.
Whether you are a first time cacher or a double
golden ammo can veteran, your participation in
this event is appreciated. At the end of the day,
please take a moment to pick up an evaluation at
the sign-in table, and let me know how you liked
today's event!
Hands
N42 48.665 W077 22.501
D: 2 T:1
For this cache, you will be looking for a unique
small container with a few large puzzle pieces.
You and your child will use your hands to
assemble the puzzle. With the puzzle completed,
you will see the coordinates to the second stage
of this cache, an ammo can hidden nearby.
Health
N42 48.636 W077 22.384
D: 2 T:2
A nice short walk from the Main Lodge, this
cache is tucked away in the remains of the old
swimming pool that campers used to use to get
some exercise. This old pool was used until 1960,
when the big pool was built nearer the road. To
log this cache, sign your name and write your
favorite swimming stroke.

I would also like to take a moment to thank my

wife, Laces..., who has put up with my insatiable
desire to work on this event throughout the past
year, despite all of our challenges and triumphs.

Also, to thank Captain Jon who has become my

greatest geocaching ally and one of my truest
friends. Captain Jon has worked with me to put
together the Geocaching 101 lessons since the
very first Cache Bash, and also contributed a hide
or two to the official roster of event hides for the
2009 event. Thank you, Captain Jon!

Boots...

NYS 4-
4-H Geospatial Science Geocoin. This coin
was designed by Boots... and was funded by the
NYS 4-H Geospatial Science Taskforce. Coins will
be available for purchase today for $10 each.

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 4-H Camp Cache Bash
Kids’ Caches!
There are FOUR kid’s caches at the 4-H Camp
Cache Bash this year, and each is themed SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
around one of the 4-H’s in the 4-H Clover. At
each station, kids will have to complete some sort 9:00 Gates open for Main Event
of additional task to find and sign the log. Play 10:00 Geocaching 101 (By Boots...)
along and have fun with it! 11:45 Group Picture. Meet in front of Main Lodge.
12:00 Pot Luck Lunch
Head 12:45 GeoSeekers Presentation
N42 48.695 W077 22.772 1:00 Geocaching 101 (By Captain Jon)
D: 1.5 T:2 2:00 Geocaching 202 (By Boots…)
A little walk out to the Bass Pond, feel free to 4:00 Drawing for “The Case of The Cache Caper”
bring a pole and drop your line here after you’ve Winner
found this cache. To log this find, all you need to 6:00 Close of event.
do is sign your name, and list one kind of fish that
you might catch if you were to spend a little time THANK YOU
here. FOR COMING TO
PLAY WITH US!!
Heart
N42 48.710 W077 22.451 Ontario County 4-
4-H Club, The GeoSeekers
D: 1.5 T:1.5
This ammo can is hidden near Woodard Lodge, In 2007, Ontario County received support from
which houses the Day Camp program for Assemblyman Brian Kolb, Assemblyman Joseph
children in Pre-School through Second Grade Errigo, and the Environmental Systems Research
during the summer. Once your child finds this Institute (ESRI) to start a 4-H Club program for
cache, they should sign the log and also list at youth interested in the emerging field of
least ONE person that they care about (mom, Geospatial Science.
dad, brother, sister, school friend, etc.)
Last year, Cache Bash attendees heard a recap of
their year-long project illustrating a series of maps
that feature local direct-sales agriculture within
Ontario County. These maps are available at the
Ontario County Cooperative Extension website,
and allow visitors to identify and locate farmers
who will sell their goods directly to consumers.

In 2008-2009, the GeoSeekers have teamed up

with the Ontario County Emergency
Management Office and the Manchester Fire
District to mark the location of over 300 fire
hydrants in the town of Manchester. This data
has been turned over to the County Planning
Office who is producing map books for each
emergency responder in Ontario County. The
data collected by the Geoseekers in this project
has immediate impact on the residents of Ontario
County.

The GeoSeekers will be sharing their experiences

from this year long project during a brief
presentation at 1:00, following lunch today.

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 Event-Only Hides! Cachemas in June
N42 48.443 W077 22.546
Paul Bunyan’s Nano to Ammo
D: 2.5 T:2
N42 48.696 W077 22.444
Captain Jon has been up to more antics in order to
D: 1.5 T:2
bring you this cache! A short 2-stage multi-cache
This is a 3-part Multi-Cache in the land of Giants.
might not seem too difficult, but could become an
Paul Bunyan and Babe, his Blue Ox, were given a
exercise in frustration for the antsy geocachers
GPS for the Holidays this year, and they’ve started
amongst us. Waypoint 1 will bring you to a series
placing caches at camp for us to find! You’ll be
of micro containers, where you will gather the
looking for Paul’s magnetic nano, film canister, and
information needed to move on to part 2.
finally, his 300 cal ammo can. This cache is a
simple and easy walk, and would be a great
introduction to geocaching, but veterans will
appreciate the humor of this series as well. Please
be sure to bring your tweezers.

Muppet’s ROT-13 Mystery

N42 48.??? W077 22.???
D: 4 T:3.5
This unique Mystery Cache is brought to you by a
member of the GeoSeekers 4-H Club, who is also
on staff here at camp. This Mystery will put you on
a tour of the campgrounds, collecting information.
Once you find it, you will need to make sense of it
all. To search for this cache, you will need to refer
to the coded camp map, which can be found at
the bottom on the inside back cover of this booklet.
Final is a 30 cal ammo can.

Boots… Micro Teaser

N42 48.588 W077 22.447
D: 4.5 T:1.5
A simple micro/small cache hidden within close
proximity of the main lodge at camp, this cache will
hopefully challenge your geo-skills. There is no
pen/pencil in the final, so please bring your own.
Also, try to be discreet when you find this cache so
as not to spoil it for others.

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 under and along the edges of the walkway. It
might be hard to believe, but campers have pulled
8” sunnies from here, and the population is
growing in both size and number, every year!
This cache may be challenging for some, but if you
play your cards right, you should be able to pick
this one up without getting your feet wet.
Buzzzzzzz
N42 48.978 W077 22.499
D: 1.5 T:2
This unique cache container is a custom creation
from Captain Jon, and he’s been eager to get it
placed somewhere fun. Where else could be
more fun than the 4-H Camp Cache Bash?!?
Though it will involve a little bit of a hike, the cache
should be relatively easy to spot. Retrieving and
signing the log, on the other hand, might be
considerably tougher. Don’t let the hike sting you,
this is a fun cache for the whole family!
Contents of the cache,
according to the cache
listing, included three
geocoins and two
travel bugs.
Resources:
Cockram Lodge (Event Location):
N42 48. W077 22.
Men’s Bath House
N42 48. W077 22.
Women’s Bath House
N42 48. W077 22.
ROT 13 Encryption
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ROT13 is a very simple code that scrambles
text so that it is not readable. It works by
converting a letter into the letter that is 13
away from it in the alphabet, wrapping to the
beginning when going beyond the end of
the alphabet. For example, “Geocache”
would be translated to “Trbpnpur”.
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GeoMarathon
N42 48.933 W077 22.483
D: 2.5 T:4 (primarily for length)
This lengthy multi-cache will get you to stretch
your legs a bit. It will bring you through a variety
of terrain, and expose you to a variety of different
cache containers. There are more than five
waypoints, but less than ten, and the total hike is
over one mile.
Another LPC!
N42 48.418 W077 22.408
D: 1.5 T:2
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the LPC is a very common
cache type. While searching for your first one, it
might stump you for a while, but once you’ve
found that first one, you will quickly spot these
caches anywhere you go. Typically, these are
urban/suburban caches, but the 4-H Camp Cache
has put an interesting twist on this old container.
Buffalo Wings
N42 48.534 W077 22.473
D: 2.5 T:2
A nice easy walk through camp will bring you to
the main fishing pond at camp. Many campers
sample for aquatic insects, fish for sunfish, or hike
around the perimeter of this pond during the
summer months. You’re welcome to do the same
here. If you forgot to bring a pole, check with
Boots... in the main lodge (Cockram Lodge) and
we can set you up with a fishing pole for the day.
Several years ago, this entire pond froze all the way
to the bottom, resulting in a total loss of all fish and
other life that once resided here. In the years since,
the population has been slowly rebuilding, and
sunfish, bluegill and largemouth bass are now
commonly seen here. Sitting on the dock,
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you are likely to see small fish swimming
 The Case of the Cache Caper day today (over the loudspeaker,
somewhere in this guide, at the pot-luck
lunch table, etc…) so be diligent!
Mendon Ponds has
long been a
Once you think you have figured out who
geocaching
carried away the clever cache, use the tear
hotspot. Within a
off below to make your accusation, and
short commute for
drop it in the Mystery box on the
hundreds, if not
Registration table. At 4:00pm, June 20,
thousands of
2009, an accusation
cachers, it’s easy to
will be drawn from the
see why this
box at random. The
beautiful natural
first randomly drawn
area would be idyllic for great caches that
accusation that is
require a little more than a lampskirt cache
CORRECT will win a
’n dash. The park currently has 43 caches
geocaching related
within its boundaries, but that number
prize! Good luck,
recently dropped by one. It was Taz’s first
detectives!
ever cache hide, placed in August of 2006,
and hidden not far from the Nature Center
Must be
at Pond road. The Case of the Cache Caper
present to win!
has had the GeoRoc forums buzzing with
speculation of who could have possibly
done it! Today, with your help, cachers will
unite to discover clues, hidden throughout
the 4-H Camp Cache Bash, and put an end
to the mystery of who helped themselves
to the historic hide. Who Dunnit?!?
As you signed in on the Official 4-H Camp
Cache Bash 2009 Event Log, you may have
noticed that there was a letter on the line Detectives Name:
of the book which you signed. This is your
first clue. Go back to the registration table _______________________
and retrieve one envelope from the jar with _______________________
the same letter as the line you signed in on.
For example, if you were the third person
to sign in, then there was a “C” on the line Make your accusation here:
when you logged in. Go back to the table,
and pull one envelope from the “C” jar. _______________________
_______________________
How will you ever break the case with just
one clue? You will need to talk to other _______________________
cachers to learn what their clues might
hold. In addition, clues have been hidden _______________________
in each of the event hides today, so get out
there and start caching. Finally, you may _______________________
find clues in random spots throughout the

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