Here's the answer to the BIG 4 Questions:
The Hot Tub and Sauna area will be closed this year due to liability. We are using the area as a memorial to cavers we have lost, so if you have some memories to add or gear from a caver you'd like to share, please bring it to the new memorial area to display. We have all experienced a hard year, with so much loss to the Caving Community and our families. This is a tribute to memories.
Also, LASER POINTERS are banned, along with AIR HORNS and BOMBS.
Laser pointers will be confiscated.
If you placed an order for a "Buff" / Neck Gaiter: there have been supply chain issues and we will not have them in time for the event. We will refund your purchase price on those at registration at the event. Our apologies.
THURSDAY
ON SITE REGISTRATION will be Thursday 12PM until Saturday 4PM EASTERN TIME.
We always need volunteers to help staff registration, and we'll give you a (special edition) t-shirt if you stay for 2 hours or more.
Please sign up HERE if you want to give us a hand! TIA!
THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE starts at dark. It's always a mystery what will show, but my bet is on something PIRATEY Matey!
FRIDAY:
Caver's Pirate Themed Parade (evening)
Decorate your own float or create a grotto float, and join our band of scurvy PIRATES! Bring your piratey finest dress, me lads and lassies! There'll be a parade to sail your pirate vessel through muddy seas, and a contest with TREASURES awarded, yo ho!
FRIDAY NIGHT FIRE / SCULPTURE and BAND: Strings of Indian Creek (see above)
SATURDAY:
Morning YOGA
Monkey-Butt 5K Run
The Amazing Race
Survey Skill course - Beginner / Intermediate. Learn to map!
Rope climbing / Ropes course - brush up, race, or learn new skillz
Newly re-furbished old-time squeezebox (the original and best) come get small!!
SATURDAY NIGHT WEE-TINY BONFIRE and BAND: Flying Buffaloes (see above)
SUNDAY
Walker County Breakfast: Help support your local rescue squad by buying a ticket for a TAG famous breakfast!
Sunday Morning Give-Back: After you're packed up, please help clean your area, and the whole site. Lets leave it as good as we found it, like CAVERS are famous for - and PLEASE PLEASE recycle all of your cans and plastics! Cavers really do make money that winds up funding caver projects - so it's worth the extra few seconds to find a recycle bin - they're everywhere!!
NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THIS ALL WORKS? Click here for the FAQ
Vendors, email tagvendors@dogwoodcitygrotto.org or see here for vendor registration info.