Leap Day Meet-and-Greet
Saturday, February 29, 2020
2:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Oakland Terrace Park
A Leap Day, February 29, is added to the calendar during leap years. This extra day makes the year 366 days long – not 365 days, like a common year.
Leap days are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the Sun.
It takes the Earth approximately 365.242189 days – or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds – to circle once around the Sun. This is called a tropical year.
Without an extra, or intercalary, day on February 29 nearly every four years, we would lose almost six hours every year. After only 100 years, a calendar without leap years would be off by approximately 24 days in relation to fixed seasonal days such as the vernal equinox or the winter solstice.
Tig_N_Kit and k1ngjame5 are teaming up to host a meet-and-greet in Panama City! We'll have games and raffles; you never know when someone might win some geocaching goodies! When you reach GZ, just walk on in to join the fun!!
Please let us know if you plan to attend by logging here so we can plan accordingly. Thank you!