I decided to host a parking lot flashmob early in the morning before it gets too hot so you can either pick up some breakfast for your family, go back home to your air conditioning, or hit the cache trail. Either way, you are under no obligation to buy anything from the nearby coffee shop where the only thing remotely Canadian is the maple flavoring...or perhaps a stray Canadian penny in the register.
When: July 1 8am - 9am
Where: Listed coordinates or 6796 Laurel Bowie Rd. (rt. 197) in Bowie
Who: All geocachers, young and/or old
Why: so we can discuss our Northern neighbors love of Canadian bacon, their hockey hullabaloo, and how the mom of their Prime Minister once knew Keith Richards.
Here are some (not so) random facts about Canada:
- Canada has over 45 National Parks, many of which support geocaching! Psst in honor of Canada 150, admission to all National Parks are free in 2017, too!
- According to the 2017 World Happiness Report, Canada is the 7th happiest country in the world.
- Canada has the most doughnut shops in the world per capita. Maybe this is why they are so happy?
- There are over 230,000 active geocaches in Canada. That’s a lot of adventure!
- Canada is home to the only town in the world with not just one but two exclamation points in its name: Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
- Over 200,000 pancakes are served during the Calgary Stampede. Perfect to go with all of the pure Canadian maple syrup, after all, Quebec is the top producer of maple syrup in the world.
- License plates in the Northwest Territories of Canada are in the shape of a polar bear, and here at HQ, we support all things animal!
- The oldest cache in Canada was placed less than a month after geocaching began. GCBBA is in beautiful Nova Scotia and has over 500 Favorite points!
- The world’s first UFO landing pad was built in 1967 in St. Paul, Alberta.
- Canada has a physics lab located 2 kilometers underground! It is the world’s second-deepest underground lab facility—just think of all of the lab caches that could be made!
I look forward to seeing you there!