Geocaching - Cache In / Trash Out month

[ps56k]

Every April, Geocachers around the world get together and clean up their local parks. It's just one way we can contribute to the maintenance of our outdoor spaces and to say "thanks" to the land managers that help to make our parks a great place for Geocaching. Learn about how you can start your own CITO event, or just how you and your family can CITO every time you go geocaching.

 

This year, Trimble has partnered with Groundspeak to help sponsor Cache In Trash Out Day.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/

 

Trimble Outdoors has 3 GPS related items for a general user -

 

1 - GPS software for the Nextel phones

 

2 - PC Planner software for mapping out a Trip, or importing cache locations

 

www.trimbleoutdoors.com/cito_geocaching.aspx

 

3 - Website for posting Trips and Search Trips

http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com

 

Of course, the GPS software, the Trip Planner software,

and the Web Trip sharing are all purchased/bundled items.

 

Here's a sample Trip of a couple of local caches.

 

www.trimbleoutdoors.com/TripViewFrameSetGuest.asp?TripID=2021

 

Trimble Outdoors is offering the PC desktop Planner for 90 days.

 

You can also visit the forums, if you have any questions...

 

www.trimbleoutdoors.com/forums/default.asp

 

[SemperParatus]

ps56k,

 

Thanks for sharing this information.

[cliffgolden]

Our district used CITO day in conjunction with the Spring Camporee.

 

Kishwaukee District held their Spring Camporee this past weekend, April 15-17 at Three Fires Scout Ranch near Rochelle, Illinois.

 

The program was "geo-caching". Our Camporee dates coincided with the 3rd Annual International CITO Day. http://www.cacheintrashout.org/

 

The district assembled 24 gps units, one for each patrol to use.

 

Patrols spent the day searching for 100 caches (many film cannister size), hidden on 536 acres of scattered woodland, marshland, and grass meadows. Patrols were also given garbage bags to use for carrying out trash.

 

The top Patrols were awarded a Garmin e-Trex GPS unit for their troop.

 

One of our patrols won 1st Place for finding the most caches, with another patrol recovering the most trash.

 

The top cache patrol temporarily renamed themselves the "Cache Crashers Patrol" with new patrol flag and custom t-shirts for each Scout.

 

The top trash patrol was the "Eagle Patrol", which

besides finding caches, also dragged out of the woods; three tires, a carseat, and five bags of trash.

 

I was very proud of each patrol.

 

It was a fantastic weekend; fun, educational, great weather, good team building, plus we now have a brand new Garmin e-Trex GPS for our troop.

 

Try incorporating CITA into a district event.

It was great fun!

 

YIS,

Cliff Golden

Scoutmaster Troop 33

DeKalb, Illinois

[FScouter]

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