There were Leap Events for Breakfast and Dinner so it seemed reasonable to have one for lunch also.
Location: Mary's Country Kitchen, Rt 4, Stanton (It is located between the east bound and west bound lanes of Rt 4 and is accessible from both East and West Delaware Route 4 We will have tables in the back room reserved and will order off the menu.
Time: Noon to 1:30 pm
Date: February 29
Quite often I have lunch with two other geocachers on Mondays at this location. Realizing that Leap day is on a Monday and I would be here anyway, it seemed logical to make the lunch an official geocaching event. This will also make it possible for local geocachers to attend 3 Leap day events or just do lunch if that is what they want.
What is Leap Day and how often does it occur? Answer once every 4 years and you would be close but not exactly correct.
The exact number of days for the Earth to complete one rotation of the sum (which we call a year) is 365.2425 days. So how to make the calander exactly correct:
Adding a leap year every 4 years adds 1/4 to the 365-day year or increases the average year-length by 0.25 days = 365.25 days, close but not exact
Omitting a leap year every 100 years subtracts 1/100 = 0.01 days from the 365-day year.
Adding a leap year every 400 years adds 1/400 = 0.0025 days to the 365-day year.
Omitting a leap year every 4000 years subtracts 1/4000 = 0.00025 days from the 365-day year.
When these are combined, the corrected average year-length is 365 +0.25 - 0.01 + 0.0025 - 0.00025 = 365.24225 days/year.