Yo, Dolls
and Dads! Fire up for MOGA
2012!
In its 9th year, MOGA is
headed north to the land between the rivers, Io-way! They say
Iowa has a time zone all of its own. Well, they might be
lightin’ up the tilt sign, but we’ll have a blast with
it anyway – so set your clocks back 50 or 60 years and get
ready to Rock Around the Clock Cache!
MOGA has teamed up with the
Iowa Geocachers Organization, the US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas
City District, Honey Creek Resort State Park, and of course,
Groundspeak to make your cruise back in time hit the top of the
charts! The date has been set – April 27, 28, and 29,
2012. The playing field has been identified – Rathbun
Lake, Centerville, IA. The headquarters has been secured
– Honey Creek Resort State Park, Moravia, IA.
The cool cats with the USACE
manage 55 square miles of land and water at Rathbun Lake, including
over 155 miles of shoreline. We’re going to make it fat
city just for you! There’s only a couple of handfuls of
caches in the area now, but when we’re done, the place will
be hoppin’ full of geocache goodness! We’ve got a
team of hipsters who are on the stick to fill the place
up!
If you’re keen with MOGA you know
it’s the original MEGA competition, and MOGA 2012 has that
made in the shade. But all you big daddies who aren’t
into competing will want to make the scene too! We’ll
be placing in the neighborhood of 150 permanent caches, and of all
styles – hikers to park-n-grabs, ammo cans
to nanos, and special
hides just for the kiddos. You’ll be on Cloud 9 with
the poker run, and sister events.
There will be coins and swag. There will
be prizes and drawings. Word from the bird is we’re
even working on something special for you mushroom people to get
you really Rockin’ ‘Round the Clock as you race for
pinks! You name it, we’ll have it! We’re
pretty sure that if you split on the 30th of April and didn’t
have a blast, you weren’t at MOGA!
MOGA 2011 raised the bar when it comes to digs.
But we ain’t square either, so you’ll flip over
the pads we’ve got this time. Honey Creek Resort State
Park has reserved all of their 105 cherry hotel rooms, 28 boss
cottages, and 20 top-notch RV sites just for MOGA. And you
know what? We sold them out! Every single room is
already spoken for by some MOGA nuts. But this isn’t
just a place to pile up some zzs. No sir! You will want to bring
your whole clan (even the muggle-types!). There’s an indoor water park at
the resort for the cubes who aren’t too keen on running
around in the woods – and if you were lucky enough to land a
pad at the resort, water park passes are included with your room!
The food at the resort is killer, and we’ve got some
unreal meals lined up for not a lot of bread with the registration
packets for Saturday. No sweat if you want to split from the
program, the restaurant on-site rocks, and you can go ape with all
the diner choices in Centerville, about 20 minutes from MOGA
central.
If you were planning to stay at
the resort, you'd better have reservations already. We sold
them out in only 4 days!!! Don't worry, there are plenty of other
digs in nearby Centerville and Albia, and some cabin options around the lake.
The Honey Creek State Park (not the resort) has a nice
campground, and is the option closest to MOGA Central. They
begin taking reservations 60 days ahead of your stay via the Iowa
State Parks website. Stay tuned for more information about that and
info on camping at USACE campgrounds just a little longer cruise on
the circuit.
We've cut loose with the
registration and swag sales, and you won't want to miss out!
If you put a watch on this listing or post a will-attend log,
you’ll be in orbit as we get cookin.' The event is free to attend, but you can bet
there is a waiver for you to sign before you head out for all the
fun. Every
one of our guests and all of our guests' guests must register on
our website and submit a signed waiver!
It’s part of our agreement with the USACE to play in their
backyard. There are also packages for purchase which include
some pretty boss swag and meals. The competitions also have
an entry fee to cover the costs associated with them, including the
killer prizes. All of this info is available on our website,
www.mogageo.com.
So fire up, lay a patch, and
get here flat out! This place ain’t Nowhere, and during
MOGA it’s gonna be straight up Antsville. Put it on
your calendar before you get too much smog in the noggin.
Iron your threads and poodle skirt, brush out your nest, and
polish your saddle shoes. Let’s get Rockin’
‘Round the Clock
Cache!
Later,
Gator!