NEO Events

Just thought I'd mention two events that are coming up before Christmas
12/6/2008 Let's Get Together Event GC1J9BC in Timmins ziploc n baggie
12/14/2008 Milestones and Wings GC1JBVF in North Bay Mag Magician and Team MacKenzie

Keep the long weekend in August 2009 open! We will have an event in Cochrane and in Moosonee! How about a picnic on the shores of James Bay and dinner with the polar bears, not to mention a scenic, peaceful, train ride!

We will put more information as the story unfolds, but keep that date in mind

connie&keith wrote:How about a picnic on the shores of James Bay and dinner with the polar bears

That would be amazing!!!! It has been a long time since I have been on that trip!

Wow! The Moose Factory Express. Does it still involve an overnight stay? I'm in, if accommodations are readily available.

that is the Polar Bear Express Yes accommodations are available. We will post up some information during the holidays about this event.
I am glad that there is interest!!!

there is a hotel up there, and I am sure noone will mind if we pitch a tent somewhere on the outskirts of town either

There are 2 hotels up here, plus my own bed and breakfast (but it has been booked already for that weekend), and a couple of other really nice bed and breakfasts. We would also accommodate tents in our yard too. There is a Provincial Park on an Island on the River, Tidewater Provincial Park, and there are accommodations on Moose Factory Island as well. The long weekend is also the time of the "GOOP", Gathering of Our People, a Cree celebration up here, so there should be some interesting things to do besides hunting for the gazillion caches I will hide by then

Cool! GOOP has a particularly personal meaning for me, but that's another subject. Book me a tent spot in your yard.
Roger

Which weekend do you have in mind?

The Island OP also has some great Fossil hunting spots - might be a good spot for an Earthcache if someone has an "in" with the land manager?

August Long Weekend 2009. planning an event in Cochrane on the Saturday night, train up Sunday morning, event that night, train out on Monday. All in the planning stages at the moment. I have one earth cache here now, and I never thought about Fossil Island as an earth cache, I will get that one set up too! thanks for the idea!!!

My pleasure! The specifics will be different, but you can use my fossil Earthcache as a template if you like:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1752f7ca-153c-441d-8cf2-6aa9cee7d25b

People really seem to enjoy the logging requirement on that one