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3RD Tuesdays In Eldersburg, March '14 Edition Event Cache

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Zekester & Simon: This time for this ever has no passed. Get over it, will ya! Move on, there'll be another one!

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Hidden : Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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The 15th in a series of monthly meet and greets in Eldersburg at Panera Bread from 6:00PM to 8:00.  Well 14th, we missed May '13.  Be sure to read the entire description below, important details change from month-to-month!  We wouldn't want you to miss anything! There;s special treasure hidden here for puzzle cachers!


The Carroll County Caching Fellowship  (C3F) (what the heck is that?!?) cordially invites you to enjoy the pleasures of the social side of the geocaching hobby!  Come on out and meet fellow cachers, share stories of your trials and tribulations (or Trials and Tubulations!) in searching for that elusive hide, and swap travel bugs and geocoins.  Here's a chance for you to experience the part of the hobby that doesn't feature poison ivy, ticks, mosquitos, leeches, cockleburs, beggar's lice, thorns or greenbriar!  Instead, come observe the oddities of human behavior as your fellow cachers wander 'round the parking lot scribbling down codes from trackable vehicles, shooting photos of each other's nametags, and generally examining each other closely to insure they have not missed a trackable t-shirt or necklace!  Hear tales of DNF woe (bring extra kleenex, would ya'?).  Hear tales of FTF triumph (bring extra champagne will ya'?).  Hear tales of terror and mystery [Hey cut that out!  The People for a more Poe-Like Society Meeting is next week you nitwit!]

Now back to our originally scheduled programming....

Regular attendees at this monthly event include some truly stellar cachers from our local area, who are filled with caching wisdom, friendly, and eager to share their experience and help answer questions if you need help (Oh....that's what the C3F is!).  We have master puzzle cachers, master woodsmen, geotrail kings and queens, prolific cachers, and once-in-a-whilers.  We have Rogi!  We have bugs!  We have way too much hype and excitement!  

But beyond all that, with all sincerity, we have a tremendous group of regular attendees who are always looking for ways to give back to the geocaching community, and are truly a pleasure to be around.  

Makes you all weepy, don't it?  Ok let's get back to being silly!

WARNING***WARNING****WARNING

THE GOVERNMENT OF ELDERSBURG INTERUPTS THIS ANNNOUNCEMENT TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE THE SPREAD OF THE ZTB VIRUS.  PARTICIPANTS MAY BE EXPOSED TO MORBID HUMOR, EDGAR ALLEN POE REFERENCES, AND SUBTLE, SUBLIMINAL AFFECTS WHICH MAY CAUSE THE DESIRE TO EAT SPAM.  ATTENDENCE OF THIS EVENT MAY RESULT IN, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHAMBLING, DROOLING, MOANING, A CRAVING FOR SWEETBREADS, REALITY ALTERING PERCEPTIONS, AND A SERIUOSULY UNPLEASANT AND PERSISTENT BODY ODOR.

FURTHER DETAILS CAN BE FOUND HERE: WWW.FINDITLOGITSPRREADIT.INFO  

WARNING***WARNING****WARNING       

Bah.  Pesky government weenies.  Come on out, it'll be just fine!

A new feature for 2014 will be geocaching crash courses. At the beginning of each session, we'll conduct a ten minute crash course in some aspect of geocaching, just to get the juices flowing and the conversations started.  This month's Crash Course topic will be: GPS-101 - History and functionality of the GPS system.

Wow.  That sounds serious.  Maybe we should have a lab practical to follow.  If only there were a new local cache we could check out......  

Be sure to ask Zekester what "Be the Bug" means!  No, it is not a virus!!!

Also, there are a number of caches nearby in Eldersburg, be sure to check them out!  Especially Prog (Prolific Sleeping Bear) King's new one.  
 
For whom: This event is for YOU!!! Regardless of whether you have found a handful of caches or thousands of them, or you just have a burgeoning interest, all are welcome!   We don't bite (well our zombies do, but we don't) , we're really nice!  Honest!  Ask anyone!  
 
When? 6:00PM to 8:00PM, on Tuesday, 18 MAR 2014.  Sadly, the third tuesday this month fell after the Ides, but all are encouraged to wear togas anyway!

Note: Panera has specifically requested that all toga wearing attendees refrain from re-enacting any scenes from "Animal House."  We know what your thinking.  Don't go there! 

Where? Panera Bread, 6300 Georgetown Boulevard, Eldersburg, Maryland (or just use the convenient coordinates posted above!).
 
Why? Have dinner.  Meet a cacher.  Tell a tale.  Trade a coin or travel bug.  Meet Rogi! Find out what "Be the Bug" means!
 

This month's raffle features a geocoin!

make sure you log it out so it doesn't show up in the event list.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1. Nonchalantly approach the window of the Panera; no, not that window, silly, the one to the right of the door. Act like you are fixing your hair or adjusting your glasses or something, while secretly peering through the window. No one will be filming you, promise. If you see a fat blonde guy with a pony tail and a leach crawling up his leg, and a drop dead gorgeous brunette, you are at the right place, head on in. 2. Didn't work? Maybe they were in the back getting something to eat. Did you see a gargoyle? 3. No?!? Hmmm. Eldersburg. The event is in Eldersburg. We know, it is really not an actual official place, it has no town government, it does not really exist, it is just a "census designated place name," it is near Sykesvile. Try that. 4. You are in Maryland, right? 5. Ok, go the where Maryland route 32 meets Maryland route 26. Now you just need to go either left, right forward or backwards, depending on which direction you came from. You could walk from there if there were sidewalks. 6. Really!?! Try calling the Panera at (410) 552-4137 and having Zekester or Simon paged, we'll talk you in. 7. How does 437 feet from Geoloaf (visit link) work for you? 8. Yesterday we snuck up on the roof and tromped out a big semi-colon in the snow. Look at the photos in Google Earth, ya' can't miss it man!

Decryption Key

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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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