Who: Anybody that caches in the NW Ohio area, whether you are new, experienced, or just wanna know more about geocaching.
What: A monthly Meet & Eat at Schlotzsky’s Deli in Maumee, Ohio. Come alone, bring a friend, bring the family, plan on dinner or just grab a coffee, it’s all casual. Stay all night, stay an hour, stay 10 minutes, or just open the door and say "Hi", it’s up to you.
When: The first Tuesday evening of each month at 7:00pm, ie. September 6th, October 4th, November 1st, December 6th.
Where: Schlotzsky’s Deli, 1419 S. Reynolds Rd., Maumee, Ohio, 419/893-9266 – the coordinates at the top of the page
Why: To allow new cachers and experienced cachers to meet and mingle. Normally in this hobby it’s a solo effort and you only read the names of fellow cachers in the cache logs and online, but here you can meet those whose caches you hunt and the cachers who find them.
So...why Schlotzsky’s you ask ? Well, some thought went into this and there are a few reasons:
Schlotzsky’s in Maumee has free, that’s FREE, wireless internet connections for computers as well as having 3 computers that are free for use right there at the restaurant. For more info on the WiFi connection click here.
This means that you can bring your laptop along with you and show everyone a caching or mapping program you like or pictures from a caching expedition or the cache page for a great cache that you think everyone will like. You can even bring a caching and technology question with you and the computer gurus in attendance will be able to offer advice. There are smart people in our group that have info on caching and mapping programs as well as websites and wireless internet.
Another reason is that they have darn good food. Here is a link to their menu so you can find out ahead of time what tempts your tastebuds.
Also here’s a link to some e-coupons for the restaurant, print ‘em out and bring ‘em along.
The third reason is that it’s a relatively good location. No one particular place will serve all cachers in NW Ohio conveniently but this one is very close to the turnpike as well as I-475. The restaurant is just north of the Meijer store in Maumee. If you are on the turnpike you can exit at the Maumee exit and follow your GPS from there. From I-475 it’s the Salisbury/Dussel Road exit. Here’s a link to a zoom in/zoom out map for this restaurant.
If there are any questions, post a note here on the page and someone will happily answer it. Also, if anyone wishes they can log Travel Bugs into this event cache and we can swap 'em.
