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09/08/2009 at 4:10 pm #1728833
If you attended in years past, or maybe just heard about this event, to all those who have sent us requests to host this event again, I’m happy to annnounce, it is done! We will once again be hosting The Great Northwoods Gathering III at Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya on the south shore of Chute Pond (near Mountain, WI) from Jan 8-10, 2010.
Estimated cost is $20.00 – 25.00/per person. This fee covers the cost of 2 nights lodging in the cabin, and use of all camp facilities and equipment.
About Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya
Cabin::Each heated cabin has three rooms. Two sleeping quarters and a main room. Inside each cabin are bunk beds with matresses, a table, chairs (not too comfy though), fireplace, full electricity and lighting, gas furnance, private deck/porch, firewood, outdoor grill for cooking and a terrific lake and forest view. Parking is located near each cabin with heated bathrooms centrally located offering flush toilets, private showers and changing areas, and electrical outlets. Each cabin sleeps 20 people. But to make it more comfy for everyone, we try to limit the number to about 12.Camp Facilities: Camp offers the following for your enjoyment: cross country boots and skies with miles of trails (rated easy to expert), sledding hill (equipped with plastic sleds, fire pit and floodlights), ice skates, 2 skating rinks, hockey sticks, broom ball equipment, snow shoes, an ice shanty (bring your own poles and license), and the ever popular sauna.You are welcome to bring your own equipment as well. From experience, if you really want to go sledding, bring a snow tube ( I have recorded speeds of 35 MPH+ down the hill with one)!
Food: You are on your own! You can bring a small grill to put on the deck of the cabin (no grilling inside), a pizza oven or small microwave and/or coffee maker to use in the cabin. There are several restaurants nearby serving all kinds of food. The main dining hall does have coffee and hot chocolate available during the day and early evening for your consumption. There will be a group dinner& photo on Saturday evening at the Camp.
Geocaching Activities:
Caches: We will be hiding about 10 temporary caches on the 140 acres of camp property. You will have from check-in Friday until Sunday 10:00 AM to find all the temporary caches. There are also plenty of permenant caches within a 20 mile radius of camp if you still want to cache. We are also plannig a few geocahing games for prizes!Group Dinner/Door Prizes: On Saturday evening there will be a group dinner at the Camp. We’ll hand out the Camp Geo-Awards and door prizes! Of course, being a weekend event allows plenty of opportunity to meet new friends, learn from others and share geocaching stories all while having fun!
REGISTRATION:
It is not open yet, but will be as soon as we can get the cache page up. Registration is on a first come first paid basis and will have a strict cut off deadline to register (By the end of December at the latest). Sorry, we cannot accept walk in registrations.So plan now for a great weekend of geocaching fun in the northwoods “Camp Unie” style. Don’t know what we mean by that? Ask someone who’s been there! Any questions, drop a line! This is a great family weekend event – geocaching, leisure (for some), and a lot of fun all in one place!
09/09/2009 at 12:41 am #1913916It has been 15+ years since I have been there. Is “Kiss the Moose” still in the dining hall?
09/09/2009 at 2:15 am #1913917I hope we are available this weekend to attend. We attended the first two and had a blast. Marc sure knows how to “tend a cabin fire.” Looking forward to seeing when the cache page comes out. Tami
09/09/2009 at 2:24 am #1913918Oconto County is our second geocaching home so we’ll be looking forward to this event.
09/09/2009 at 12:40 pm #1913919@frmr wrote:
It has been 15+ years since I have been there. Is “Kiss the Moose” still in the dining hall?
As of last year, it still was!! Hm…that gives me ideas……
09/09/2009 at 3:22 pm #1913920@frmr wrote:
It has been 15+ years since I have been there. Is “Kiss the Moose” still in the dining hall?
Kissed it myself just two winters ago 😀
Am looking forward to this…the camp is great! Oconto’s 7th graders do winter camp activities there each year and have a blast. And there are a good number of caches in the area, but I don’t think there are that many winter friendly ones. Hmmm…I’m thinking something could be done about that though 😉Oconto...the birthplace of western civilization:)
09/15/2009 at 3:17 am #1913921This will be my first one, and I Can’t Wait!!! Looking forward to it!
09/15/2009 at 3:02 pm #1913922Looks like we will be attending also!!!!
09/20/2009 at 1:29 am #191392310/12/2009 at 6:53 pm #1913924OOOOO!!! Mountain is smack dab in the middle of one of two areas I still need to complete for the DeLorme Challenge. Plus I hear this is a super-fun time!
Definately looking at trying to go this year!!!
10/12/2009 at 9:21 pm #1913925We hope to make it this time again.
TE10/13/2009 at 11:34 pm #1913926I’m stuck having to travel to Illinois for a wedding reception.
Burn lots of wood for me!
10/14/2009 at 12:52 am #1913927I can’t make it. My daughter turns 18 that weekend.
10/14/2009 at 9:54 pm #1913928Looking forward to it. Hope there is enough firewood…. 😀 😀
10/15/2009 at 12:40 pm #1913929@benny7210 wrote:
Looking forward to it. Hope there is enough firewood…. 😀 😀
If not, we’ll send you into the woods to forage….. 🙂
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