Last year (2013) this event was held with the following description:
August 27, 35 years ago, Nana & I were married. Now, 35 years later, here I sit in a parking lot holding a flash meet n greet. I might need a really good excuse when I go home!!! When you log this event, please give me a very detailed explanation as to where I have been and why I was late. Maybe if I use the best log as my excuse, it might get me out of the preverbial dog house I might be exiled to for the next few days, weeks, months or years.
Thank you in advance!
Now, of course, it has been 36 years and thanks, in part, to the winner of last year's event - I did not spend a single night in the dog house for being at this event instead of home with the wife.
Here is the winning excuse from last year:
SNAP, the Southern Natural Atmospheric Prognosticators, has been conducting a month long survey of atmospheric and climaticological conditions in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Due to the confluence of various river and estuarian systems coupled with the swamplike condiitions of the area between the Atlantic coastal plain and the barrier islands, there are certain locations in the region where microclimates exist and require extensive data collection and study. Those areas are known as parking lots.
During the month of August, just before the peak of hurricane season and before the onset of Monarch Football season, climatologists from the SNAP support network, the August Atmospheric Climate Collection team (AACC) met in atmosphericly significant parking lots in the region to collect data, tag samples, record findings and compare field studies. Occassionally they lament about distinct notable failures (DNFs).
To keep the data from this month long study statistically significant, the researchers have been keeping a consistant timetable to record their findings. Among those findings were extreme temperatures, lack of tree coverage, sudden downpours, A.S.S. sightings, pen flinging and "Squishy" creatures. The occasional Roxy sighting was recorded as well.
In spite of the Director's 35th wedding anniversary on this very date, the necessary data was collected and recorded. The Squishy hand off was made in the required time frame and the team was sent out to their respective comfort zones until the designated time for the next micro climate data collection point.
Given his dedication to this study and it's pending conclusion, two days hence, it is hoped that the National Architect of Natural Atmospherics (NANA) will look favorably on the ongoing study and reward the SNAP director for his years of faithful and dedicated service.
No armadillos were vaccinated during the development of this log.
Ever-so-special thanks goes out to mbbaumann, the winner in 2013. And an honorble mention to all those that participated.
Now, on to this year... Who will claim the winning excuse, alibi, out-right lie, story, confab, tale of woe, etc to keep Papa SNAP!!! out of the dog house this year???
Remember - your log is your entry - make it a good one!!!
Thanks in advence.
Papa SNAP!!!
Who: All geocachers are welcome members of the August Afternoon Commuters Club
When: Swing by the meet and greet anytime between 4:15 and 6:00 PM.
What: The logbook will be at the cache coordinates.
Please RSVP with a "Will Attend" so we'll have an idea how many people to expect.