We are meeting at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar 2386 Taylor Square Drive, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068. A big thank you goes out to the owners for allowing us to hold it here, and their willingness to reserve the back patio area for us!
Come be a part and share your thoughts! We want to make this YOUR meeting (or ONE of your meetings... you know who you are!!!)
Come and meet other cachers from the Central Ohio area and talk about Geocaching. If you need help - bring your GPS and/or questions. We have a knowledgeable group. It's a meet & greet - come talk about your caching travels and recent finds.
We hope to hold this meeting the third Saturday of every month. Be sure to put this cache on your watch list for updates.
OMGIC
OK, everyone! I think it's about time to run another OMGIC contest!!! For those who don't know, OMGIC stands for "Oh My Goodness It's Cold!" The goal is to get the highest point total before the next cache and wings event. Points are determined like this:
- It MUST be below freezing for the high for the day.
- Terrain rating times 2. So if it is a 2.5 star terrain cache, it is worth 5 points.
- Add Difficulty rating. If it is a 3.5 difficulty rating, you add 3.5 points. In this example, you now have 8.5 points.
- Add a point if it is a multi-cache. If this were a multi, you would now have 9.5 points.
- Multiply by the degrees below freezing (Fahrenheit). I will be keeping track and posting the daily HIGHS for Columbus according to weather.com and their point value (if it is 29 degrees for the high, 3 points). I will only post for days that are below freezing. If you cache on a day that is below freezing, you get points for that day! In our example, your final point total is 28.5.
THE FIRST DATE ALLOWED WILL BE THE DAY OF THIS EVENT. Nothing before the 19th will count. The last date will be the day before the February event, February 15th. If there haven't been many qualifying days during this time span, I'll look at expanding the qualifying into March.
Some rules:
- Only caches found in Ohio count. No caching in Florida while we're all freezing up here!
- Remember, it is based on the high for the day you logged the cache. This is a friendly game... please don't cheat.
- If a puzzle or other type of cache is CLEARLY a sort of multi-cache, the bonus point can be awarded. It's my game, I'll make the ruling.
- If it takes you more than one day to find a cache, the day you LOG THE CACHE is the day that counts. Again, please don't cheat.
- In order to win, you will need to come to the February Cache and Wings and bring your score. If there are extenuating circumstances (you're going out of town, etc.) and you REALLY want to play, you'll need to talk to me beforehand and get me your score beforehand. If you just don't want to come to the event because it's too cold outside, YOU LOSE!!!
There will be a winter-based geocoin awarded to the winner!!! I'll try to remember to bring it with me to the event. Good luck and HAVE FUN WITH THIS!!!