Why are we out in the State Parks?

This is the 75th anniversary of the NM State Parks. Dave Simon, State Parks Director, was aware of the NMGeocaching County Challenge and contacted us to see if we could combine efforts for a new series. The Hartman Catwoman team, bob8bear, uuesley, av8ndv8 and tealeaf formed the core committee to get it going. Then 32 other members of the NM geo-community jumped in to place 34 caches, one in each State Park.

The caches are permanent but there is an incentive to visit all the Parks by the end of 2008. Everyone who completes the series by the end date will receive a State Parks day use pass, good for a year. Of those finishers, there will be a drawing for an annual camping pass, good for one year. This is not a race. There is no premium for being the first to finish. We want you to spend some time in each park. To be eligible for the pass, you must sign the log, post the on-line log and take a picture in each park. If you are not a camera person, get a disposable camera just for this series. If you are caching alone, your hand holding your GPS unit is sufficient.

The state will be publicizing the series and we may be giving many newbies their first cache finds. For that reason, these hides are consistent and straightforward. They are all ammo cans filled with swag provided by State Parks. If you plan your trip, you should be able to find many existing caches with a wider variety of styles in each general vicinity.

So now, cachers, start your GPS units, take your time, discover your parks and have loads of fun.