New Year's Day Hike at Hawn Event Cache

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Strider: Well it's been three weeks since the event, I'll archive it now. Thanks everybody, where is it gonna be next year?

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Hidden : Sunday, January 1, 2012
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Happy New Year!!!

Let's get 2012 off to a great start with the annual New Year's Day hike, this year it is going to be at Hawn State Park just outside Farmington, Mo. First, we will meet at 8:00 am at the above coordinates in Farmington, Mo. for a buffet breakfast. This buffet is $7.50 including tax. Please RSVP so we can give the management a good idea what to expect.

After the breakfast we will head out to the trailhead at Hawn. Hawn was the site of the first MOGA event back in 2004. It is a beautiful park and we will be hiking along the Whispering Pines trail. There are 6 caches out there, including River Aux Vases which was placed in 2002. Expect a 5 to 7 mile hike, depending on which ones you want to go for. The main hike is about 5 miles, with 2 possible side hikes to get River Aux Vases and then 2 other caches along another side trail. You can also just go for a couple of the closer ones and make it about a 3 mile hike with some easy bushwhacking.

After breakfast, we drive east on Highway 32 to Highway 144 which goes directly to Hawn State Park. Follow the road past the park office towards the campgrounds. The trailhead coordinates are N37 49.788 W90 13.821. It is just over 16 miles to Hawn from the breakfast. We hope to see you there!!!

After the hike, we will have hot dogs and hot chocolate for everybody, and maybe a fire too. I'm sure we'll work up an appetite along the trail.

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