My apologies to George Gershwin
Summertime
And the cachin' is easy
Caches are hid
And the events are nigh
Your partners are smart
and eagle-eyed lookin'.
So, hush you cachers,
go and try.
Oh, my sweet summer children! It's been a long, cold, dark winter... in more ways than one. So let's sway in summer, shall we? 🌞 Summer Solstice has just passed! Cache on, my friends! Come on out for a little meet and greet as we cache our way into summer.
Please obey all current COVID-19 protocols including
Social Distancing and face masks,
particularly if you have not been immunized against COVID-19.
There's plenty of room to park and to spread out here,
but we encourage carpooling to the event.
Join us for a celebration of all things geocaching - from travel bugs and geocoins to PathTags and best of all, geocaching stories and experiences! We'll be meeting at the end of Kateland Court in Abingdon (see posted coordinates). This location is also the northern trailhead for 10 new Mystery Geocaches that we'll be publishing during this event, and this will allow time that we can work on the fairly difficult puzzles.
Some may even want to park their cars in the Lowes Parking Lot
(the southern trailhead of the to-be-published Winters Run Trail)
and carpool to the event site.
Where: Posted Coordinates (Kateland Court)
When: Saturday, June 26th from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Although the actual Summer Solstice was on Sunday, June 20 at 11:31 pm, we celebrate the beginning of summer on June 21. This is the day that has the most daylight. The Summer Solstice is the moment that the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer, an imaginary line that circles the globe. This marks the astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Fun facts about the Solstices:
On Monday, June 21, 2021, the Summer Solstice - the sun rose at 6:21 a.m. and set at 8:27 p.m. for a total of 14 hours and 5 minutes.
As you can see, daylight during the summer is just over 14 hours long. Longer to go geocaching or longer to be out in the Maryland heat?
Solstice comes from the Latin words sol, meaning Sun and sistere, meaning to come to a stop or standstill. On the day of the June solstice, the Sun reaches its northernmost position, as seen from the Earth. At that moment, its zenith does not move north or south as during most other days of the year, but it stands still at the Tropic of Cancer. It then reverses its direction and starts moving south again.
One of the world's oldest evidence of the summer solstice's importance in culture is Stonehenge in England, a megalithic structure that clearly marks the moment of the June solstice.
Even though most people consider June 21 as the date of the June solstice, it can happen anytime between June 20 and June 22, depending on which time zone you're in. June 22 solstices are rare - the last June 22 solstice in UTC time took place in 1975 and there won't be another one until 2203.