http://www.gbesgeo.org/ Great Basin Eastern Sierra Geocachers en-us Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:55:39 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Great Basin Eastern Sierra Geocachers News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.gbesgeo.org/images/GBES_logo.jpg http://www.gbesgeo.org/ http://www.gbesgeo.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=34 This year's rally will take place in Pershing County. The rally headquarters will be the County Courthouse in Lovelock, Nevada. The whole community is welcoming us with open arms. When: The festivities begin on Friday, August 20th and will end on Saturday evening August 21st. Schedule (Subject to revision): Friday: 6 AM - Fifty Extra Caches leading into Lovelock will be released. These are not a formal part of the rally. 2 – 8 PM – registration at Sturgeon's Casino 6 – 8 PM – Welcome Bar-B-Q – Food and soft drinks provided – BYOB 10 PM – Optional group night cache. Saturday: 6 AM – 9 AM - Late registration 8:30 AM – Off-Road contestants draw for start positions 9 AM – Off-Road Start 9:30 AM – On-Road contestants draw for start positions 10 AM – On-Road Start 3 PM End of Off-Road Rally 4 PM End of On-Road Rally 6 PM Awards Ceremony We will provide a “wieners and chips” lunch stop for all participants. You will have a time-out between the parts of the course to eat and refresh yourself. Accommodations: Sturgeon's Casino is offering us rooms at $37.77 a night. Reserve early, there will also be a cribbage tournament there that weekend. Sturgeons Inn and Casino 1420 Cornell Avenue Lovelock, Nevada 89419 Telephone 775-273-2971 You have three camping options:  The Lazy T campground is offering RV sites with a hook-up for $22.50 a night  The Lazy T campground is offering Tent sites for $14.00 a night Lazy K Campgrounds 1550 Cornell Avenue, Lovelock (775) 273-0577  Ryepatch Reservoir is about 20 miles East of Lovelock. They have very nice camping for $14 a night. Nevada residents get a $2 discount You will want a reservation as they do fill up on weekends. Rye Patch State Recreation Area 2505 Rye Patch Reservoir Road Lovelock, NV 89419 (775) 538–7321 ryepatch@onramp.bz There are many good restaurants in the town. You will receive a “Welcome Packet” when you arrive with maps and discount coupons. Scoring: Each division will be scored separately. We will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes in each division. Your run will be timed. You will be given a minimum and maximum time for each part of the course. You will be penalized for going too fast or too slow. The speeding penalty is twice as much as the turtle penalty. There will be several “Checkpoint Challenges” - Your team will get a score based on these. Each cache will have 40 points assigned. Those points will be distributed between the teams who find it. For example, if only two teams find a cache, it will be worth 20 points for each of them. If 20 teams find a given cache, each team will get 2 points. Note – The rally caches will be published after the rally is over and may be logged on geocaching.com. Special Activities: Pat Irwin is a member of the board of Supervisors for Pershing County and has been our contact there. He will be hosting a Bar-B-Que for cachers on Friday evening at his home. We want to support the Ronald MacDonald House Charity (housing for the families of critically ill children) as part of the rally. We will be having a raffle for a hot air balloon ride during the awards ceremony. Pat Irwin is a balloon pilot who regularly participates in the Great Reno Balloon Race. He has offered to give a ride to the raffle winners. Requirements: All vehicles must be street legal. You must have and use a seat belt for each team member. Off-Road vehicles must be designed for off-road use. Stock vehicles with 4 wheel drive and a low range option should be fine. Urban All Wheel Drive vehicles are probably not appropriate. Call us if you are unsure. Fire restrictions will be in effect and you will be required to have an axe, shovel and one gallon of water. GPX files for the rally will be available on the morning of the rally via the Internet. Many of you will be able to download those files and load your own GPS receiver. For those of you who cannot load your own files, we will have laptops and helpers near the registration table. Be sure you have your own cable. We will have GSAK and EasyGPS available. You will need to know how to get the GPX file from GSAK or EasyGPS onto your unit. Don't assume that we will know how to load waypoints onto your receiver. We will try to have at least one laptop with a serial port but USB connections are preferred. We will have a “Good Sam Honor Policy” in place. If you see a fellow rally participant in distress, stop and help them. Keep track of the time you spent and let the timekeeper know. That time will not count against you. Cost: The early registration (Before August 7th) fee is $85. This includes the team entry fee, two T-Shirts, and two tickets to the Awards Banquet. Additional T-Shirts may be purchased for $12 each. Additional tickets to the banquet will be $20 each. Kids are half-price. Registration after August 7th will be $100. Registration at the event will be $120. This is IMPORTANT. There are two steps to registering: The On-Line registration form AND paying through the PAYPAL links below. Registration forms may be filled out on-line here. Your next step is payment. Payment may be through PayPal or by Check. Registration Fee Before August 7th $85.00 After August 7th $100.00 Same Day $120.00 Note: Registration INCLUDES 2 T-Shirts and 2 Tickets to the Awards Banquet. Extra T-Shirts Extra Small Small Medium Large Extra Large Extra Extra Large Extra Banquet Tickets Adult $20.00 Child $10.00 If you would like a paper version of the registration, please call the number below and it will be mailed or faxed to you. Questions? Call Randy at 775-851-2071 There is a forum at www.gbesgeo.org devoted to the rally. You can also follow us on Facebook as “Gbes Geocaching” or on Twitter as “GBES_Geocaching” See you there! Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:55:39 GMT