Come one, come all...What a great way to start the new year, meeting old friends and making new ones. You might want to team up or go solo. A hot meal, and good company on a snowy cold winters morn, what more could one ask for? Whether you're new to geocaching or an old pro come on out and grab some grub and share your caching stories with fellow cachers. Then, if you are so inclined, head on out and find a cache or even make a day of it.
You can make it an event filled day:
Attend any of the four events today or all of them. Just be sure to have fun!
Blustery Photo Contest:
Do you like to geocache in the winter? Do you enjoy photographing your adventures? This year consider entering the Blustery Photo contest and you may be the photographer elite in the community, well at least garnish bragging rights and a prize. The photo contest starts December 1, 2016 and the deadline to enter is midnight on December 31, 2015. Learn how to enter the contest here.
Door Prize Drawing:
8:45am we'll have the door prize drawing. This year I've got a few Greenback Geocoins which have a matching trackable sticker for your car, thanks to Jamie Holley and her trackable making skills:) Not sure what else we'll have, if anyone wants to donate, see me, Mike Swaney at check-in.
When:
Saturday January 7, 2017
from 07:30am to 09:00am
Where:
Golden Corral Restaurant
6803 W 159th St
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Phone (708) 444-8480 (Mgr. Ricardo Marquez)
Gratuity:
We ask that each adult attending drop $1 in a tip jar which will be located at the sign-in table. The tip $ is given to the servers who work our area at the end of the event.
Trackables:
Trackables which will fit in a regular sized container are welcome and will be assured to move on from the event. Large trackables are the responsibility of the person who brings them, you must find someone who agrees to be responsible for moving them on.
Will There Be Snow?:
Maybe the right question is; will there be a polar vortex? Through the history of this event we've had a foot of snow within 24 hours prior to the event twice, temperatures below zero once, an absolutely lovely day once, and the rest were a mixed bag of cold windy days. That's the point of the event, the worse the weather the warmer the food and fellowship will be.
Event Caches:
Every year we encourage the placement of caches for the event. If you would like to hide caches in conjunction with this event your efforts are truly appreciated. Please take into account the following guidelines for placing event caches....
- Ask the reviewer to publish the cache Thursday 01/05/2017 so that folks can download the waypoints prior to the event. (simply add a reviewer note to your cache page before submitting it.)
- Email Mike Swaney aka greenback@gogeocaching.com with the name, and GC number of the new cache and it will be added along with your name to the list of event caches.
Event Cache List:
GC6X4V2, Breakfast and a Cache By: tattooedmomof4
GC6X4TN, Filling in the Gaps! By: tattooedmomof4
GC6X4TE, BITBB 2016 Tribute Cache! By: tattooedmomof4
GC6X9VX, Corner Pocket By: Greenback
GC6XR0D, #1 Bremen Grove by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR0J, #2 Bremen Grove by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR0M, #3 Bremen Grove by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR10, #4 Bremen Grove by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR1E, #5 Bremen Grove by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR15, #6 Bremen Grove by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR18, #7 Bremen Grove by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR1A, #8 Bremen Grove by: JustUsTwo
GC6XTCH, #1 McCarthy Park Pines by: JustUsTwo
GC6XTCN, #2 McCarthy Park Pines by: JustUsTwo
GC6XTCV, #3 McCarthy Park Pines by: JustUsTwo
GC6XTD0, #4 McCarthy Park Pines by: JustUsTwo
GC6XTD3, #5 McCarthy Park Pines by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR1R, Oh the changes that took place here by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR28, High Meadow by: JustUsTwo
GC6XR2A, Come take a walk by: JustUsTwo
GC6XHGE, Bobcat by: Greenback
GC6XHFW, Willow of the Lake by: Greenback
GC6XHH8, Veteran's Creek Side by: Greenback
GC6XHFJ, Tunnel Rattata by: Greenback
GC6XHFE, The Troll of Orland Hills by: Greenback
GC6XHGY, Tennis Anyone?? by: Greenback
GC6XHFY, Sprucing Up The Neighborhood by: Greenback
GC6X9W8, Middle Eastern Bridge by: Greenback
GC6XHFV, Just A Step UP by: Greenback
GC6X9T9, Into the woods by: Greenback
GC6XHHA, Green Wall by: Greenback
GC6XHFP, Green M&M's Tube by: Greenback
GC6XHG1, Gory by: Greenback
GC6XHGW, Get The Knaack Tinely Park by: Greenback
GC6XHG3, Cracklin' Rosie by: Greenback
GC6YT91, Unk's Rule #1...by: JustUsTwo
GC6PT98, Unk's Rule #2...by: JustUsTwo
GC6XWT1, Downtown By: tattooedmomof4
GC6XWT9, snip-snip By: tattooedmomof4
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Flash Mob FTF Caches:
GC6X9TN, Will Cook For Cache by: Greenback
GC6X9VK, Waters Edge by: Greenback
GC6X9W2, The Inner Circle by: Greenback
GC6X9V9, Overlooking Suburban Sprawl by: Greenback
GC6X9VR, Interstate 80 Creekside by: Greenback
GC6X9VZ, Dead End Pond View by: Greenback
GC6X9VH, Circle Fountain by: Greenback
GC6X9V0, Charlie Brown Inspired by: Greenback
GC6X9VE, Bike People Ahead by: Greenback
GC6X9VP, Barbed Wire by: Greenback
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