Next Meeting: Friday, May 9, 6pm, The Grill
Restaurant
It's hard to believe, but this is already the last MGE before
the big Tri-State Treasures Picnic! (There will be no MGE in June,
but we hope everyone makes it out to Tri-State
Treasures TWO! on June 29).
Tri-State Meet Greet and Eat is a monthly event held at the
Grill Restaurant (formerly the Apple Grill) on Pennsylvania Avenue
(routes 6 & 209) in Matamoras, just off Route 84 (exit 53).
We've got the entire downstairs dining room to ourselves at 6:00pm.
The Grill is offering our group another all-you-can-eat menu for
$13, and that price includes everything except dessert -
coffee/tea/soda, tax and tip is included. This will again be a
great casual environment to kick back and relax. Just come out and
enjoy chatting with other cachers. Bring your stories of caching
adventures.
For those who would like to join us afterward, we typically have
a night caching adventure with a new night cache posted for event
attendees. If you want to join in the after-party fun, be sure to
dress appropriately and bring a bright flashlight.
Family members and new cachers are welcome! Please log your
intent to come and include the number in your party.
This month's menu: Roast Turkey and
trimmings
PAST MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
May 9, 2008: While attendance was the lowest
this month, we still had a great time enjoying a great roast turkey
buffet with all the sides, maybe the best meal we've had yet. The
cold, rainy weather wasn't optimal for caching, but that didn't
stop anyone in this group from heading out to Shoob&Sheeb's
newest night cache,
Frog Trail Day and Night Cache.
Since this dinner was held on Mother's Day weekend, it was only
fitting that the door prizes went to the mothers in attendance. It
just so happened that both mothers in attendance had caching kids
in attendance with them! Stellarscapes, mother of Stellar Jr., and
Mrs. CaptainMath, mother of FirstMate_25 received gifts from
Garmin. This was our last Tri-State MGE until at least August and
possibly September, while we have our big picnic event on Sunday,
June 29... Tri-State
Treasures TWO! Hope to see you all there!
April 18, 2008: Another great time included new
friends and old, including the return of Gilwell1 after his
faster-than-expected recovery - great to see you back Barry!
Attendees enjoyed beer-a repeat of the Grill's Chicken Parm and
Penne a la Vodka, and Shoob&Sheeb again provided for our night
caching entertainment with his Following
Turkeys. After finding the night cache on a warm, moonlit
night, everyone was just content to continue the social hour
standing around deep in the woods chatting and having a great
time!
March 14, 2008: We welcomed new friends from a
wider range of places than ever before, including one all the way
from Alaska. Our door prizes were all Alaskan coins and pins
donated by LadyBugKids, and the game for the drawing featured
Alaskan trivia. Attendees enjoyed beer-battered cod and pasta
parmagiana, and Shoob&Sheeb provided for our night caching
expedition with his Little
pine @ SGL 209.
February 8, 2008: Just one month after we
honored her daughter's 500th find, Stellarscapes was honored for
scoring her 800th find at the event. The dinner featured giant
hamburgers, hot dogs, and fixin's. The night crew headed up
afterwards to find 3Bunts new night cache,
Bear Night.
January 18, 2008: The first event of 2008
featured the honoring of two of our regulars hitting major
milestones, both at the event. The January dinner was StellarJr's
500th and Shoob&Sheeb's 1000th, and both were honored with
award ammo cans. The 26 attendees enjoyed the Grill's chicken
fajitas and the return of our door prize giveaway. Afterwards, many
of us did Shoob&Sheeb's new cache, Bog
Monster (set up exclusively for this event as a night
cache).
December 14, 2007: The 32 attendees at the
Christmas holiday event had to sign our own yule-log cake before we
cut it up for dessert. No problem - many raved about the roast beef
and fixins served up by the Grill for our holiday buffet. Instead
of receiving door prizes, this month we gathered canned goods and
toys for the needy which were desperately needed by the Milford
Food Pantry - thanks to all who donated! Afterwards the good will
continued as we visited the home of Gilwell who is recovering from
his broken leg. We sang Christmas Carols, grabbed the cache on his
front lawn, and went after the night-cache version of Get
Well Gilwell.
November 16, 2007: A nice mix of experienced
and new cachers enjoyed all-you-can-eat fried chicken, potatoes,
and fixin's. FirstMate ran the door-prize giveaway and saw many
newbies take home prizes - can't wait to see the new hides!
Afterwards many of the attendees formed a group hitting the local
woods out after another JakeW night cache,
jakewilliams3's Find-A-Cache.
October 19, 2007: Participants braved the storm
to join us for our first all-you-can-eat buffet dinner of chicken
parm, pasta, etc. More door prizes and giveaways included a copy of
Delorme's Topo 6 East, unactivated geocoins, a compass, and more.
Afterwards over 20 cachers got soaked in the pouring rain and mist
while braving the haunted woods searching for JakeW's, Haunted
Knights.
September 14, 2007: Our first event of the
series had approximately 40 attendees. Door prizes and giveaways
included gifts from Garmin, Buji, WorldCaching, CoinsAndPins, and
Gilwell1 won a free registration for GSAK software. A special
giveaway were the Tri-State Meet, Greet, and Eat wooden nickels
provided by Geocoins.net. An estimated 18 people went out after
dinner to do Shoob&Sheeb's night cache,
Night Time at SGL 116. |