GVARC GEOCACHE CONTEST DRAWING

W I N $20.00 ! !

(You don't have to be present to win)

You have two weeks: January 10 through 24.

Use your GPS to find the answers at the locations listed below.

GEOCACHING CONTEST WINNER IS WALT HARSCH KC0FGT

Congratulations to Walt Harsch, KC0FGT, who won $25 in the geocaching contest. $20.00 was for the cache hunting and five dollars was for going to www.geocaching.com for the first time. He also watched the the VCR program about geocaching and says that he is hooked.

He used a PDA and a GPS receiver connected wirelessly by Bluetooth.

His set-up is shown in the picture. The PDA is an HP IPAQ and the GPS receiver is a GPS Global Sat BT 308.

Now is the time to dust off your GPS unit and enjoy geocaching. Left to Right
Ron VE6RGP
Bob & Linda AD7FQ /AD7FP
BERNARD NX7S [Rear Center]
Bill & Sharon N9CHN / KA7GPY
Walt KCØFTG [Winner]
Lloyd N7GV
Gene WØKAD
Bill AAØTF [Organizer]

Just for practice, these were the clues and questions.

If all the answers are correct, your name will be put in the drawing. These are easily accesible. It should take less than an hour.
These directions go North to South.

Begin at the corner of Duval Mine Road and La Canada and go West on Duval Mine Road.
# 1 Coordinates : N. 31 53.936 W. 110 59.957
Question: What are the five big letters on the front of the building?

# 2 Go back to La Canada and turn right ( South) continue to Casa Verde, (there's a light) and turn right ( West) and look for a friend.
Coordinates: N. 31 53.101 W. 110 59 758
Question: On the round sign, What are the top abreviations?

# 3 Go back to La Canada and turn right (South) to Desert Bell (there's a light) turn right ( West) and go to the next spot.
Coordinates: N. 31 52.715 W. 111 00.194
Question: There are fourteen identical items in a row. What are they and what color are they?

# 4 Continue South to Esperanza. Turn right (West) take the first turn to the left (South) on Portillo and go to the next spot.
Coordinates: N. 31 51.842 W. 111 00.328
Question: What is the name of this place as shown on the sign?

# 5 Continue South to Continental turn left (East) then turn right (South) on Camino del Sol and stay in the right lane as you come down the hill past the Rec. Center.
Coordinates: N. 31 49.678 W. 111 00.791
Question: What is the warning on the metal box?

BONUS QUESTION FOR $5.00
Go to www.geocaching.com

Click on: "Geocaching The Official Global GPS cache hunt site."
On the left side of the screen is a list of choices. What is the 2nd.?
( Click on this choice to find the caches near you.)