Event: A Two Day Caching and CITO Event

Date: March 7th and 8th 2009

Starting Location: The trailhead is located downtown Farmersville (Audie Murphy Trailhead)

Trailhead Coordinates: N 33 09.724  W 096 21.588

Directions: To get to Farmersville you will head east out of Dallas on I-30, then on the other side of Lake Ray Hubbard you will turn left or north on Ridge Road then travel north through Rockwall until you dead-end into 78 then turn right travel north on 78 until you reach Farmersville. Turn right onto Farmersville Pkwy crossing Main St. right into the trailhead.

Time: You can start anytime, however the official start time is 9 AM both Saturday and Sunday.

Food: There will be donuts and hopefully coffee Saturday A.M.

Saturday night: we will be meeting at DADDY-O'S DINER (this is a 1950 style diner on the square at 6:00 P.M.  The square is just north of the trailhead.  When you sign in Saturday morning please let me know if you will be attending the with us as I need to notify the owner how many will be eating.

Prizes: To be given away including Coins and other great stuff from Garmin and other sponsors.

Goal: The Cache in Trash Out Event consists of 2.5 miles of concrete trails heading north from the Farmersville trailhead.  There are caches along the way.
There will be two pick up points along the trail for the CITO event.
The first pickup point coordinates: N 33 10.688  W 096 20.245  On Murchison Street
The end of the trail pickup point coordinates: N 33 11.073  W 096 17.612   On CR 1122
Please Bring Trash Bags as There May Not Be Many Available for Everyone.

Trash bags will be picked up where the streets cross the trail.  If you will leave your bags at these points we will pick them up and take them to a dumpster designated by Paula at the Farmersville City Hall.

Purpose: Cache In Trash Out (CITO), Geocaching and Meet-up event at a local restaurant Saturday evening  to meet fellow cachers, trade stories and travel bug/coins at approximately 6PM

When you arrive: At the trailhead please sign in and make a request to be picked up if you need a ride back to the trailhead if you don't have transportation arrangements. 

Maps and other information regarding the trail will be available including a number to call when you need to be picked up along the 2.5 mile concrete trail if there is not a driver there when you arrive.

Parking: There is a Flea Market going on at the same time as our event, however there is plenty of parking close by.

Accessibility: This event will be a fun and safe event for all ages.  The 2.5 mile concrete trail is wheelchair accessible but getting to the caches is not.

Walking and biking is permitted on the trail only. NO motorized vehicles are allowed.

For those caching beyond the 2.5 mile concrete trail:
Distance: Approximately 22 miles from Farmersville to Wolfe City following the trail.
There are approximately 150 caches along the trail from Farmersville all the way to Wolfe City.
If you plan to cache further than the 2.5 miles concrete trail I will have maps of the trail available at the trailhead.  The map will include exit points along the trail with distances between the exit points and also from the trailhead.

I recommend that you bring a bike if you plan to cache beyond the 2.5 mile concrete trail.

If you plan to cache a large portion of the trail we recommend you have someone to pick you up along the trail or arrange transportation. If you don't have a driver to pick you up we will have communication with several people who will be able to pickup and drop off people where and when the need arises. So please make arrangements with the drivers where and when you need to exit the trail as we would like to be back at the trailhead by 6:00 PM
Remember to plan ahead if you are attending the meet-up Saturday at 6:00.

Bring plenty of water and food if you plan to stay on the trail for long periods of time.  We encourage you to travel in groups for safety and arrange transportation back to the trailhead.

Restrooms are available at the Audie Murphy Trailhead in Farmersville.

Facilities in towns along the trail:
Merit: Limited (There is a feed store on the main street just to the left of the trail)
Celeste: Convenience Store and Gas next to the trail
Wolfe City: Cafe across the street from Exit Point #20

Volunteers Needed:

• Transportation of cachers from spot to spot as needed.  (Volunteer Drivers to pickup cachers at designated points along the trail where roads intersect the trail then take them back to the trailhead.

Resources:

TRAIL MAPS: 
     Trail Maps (must have)
    
     Entry and Exit Point Coordinates (must have)
         
     GSAK Files of the Trail - Right click then click "Save Target As" to save to your desktop, then open your GSAK program, click File, the Restore, select the ChaparralTrail.zip file from your desktop then click the Restore button.  It's easy!
You will need the GSAK program to download  www.gsak.net

Accommodations: There are several hotels in Greenville.

To view the Cache Page for this Event Click Here

To download the Bookmark from Geocaching.com Click Here

What is a CITO event?

Geocaching CITO forums

The CITO handbook (PDF)