Celebrate Leap Day with a morning gathering to get you moving!
Enjoy some good conversation with fellow cachers!
A Leap Day virtual souvenir appears to be in the works by Geocaching Headquarters!!
Event is from 7:30 - 8:30 AM.
Copper Rock Coffee Company Downtown 210 W College Avenue
Food and beverages are available but purchase is not required.
Parking downtown can be a challenge but the end time should allow you to get back to your car before the street meters start at 9:00 AM.
Looking for more Leap Day fun? Consider joining The Happy Hodag! At Lambeau Field in Green Bay at 10:30 (GC8GGEY) for a Lambeau Leap on Leap Day 2020!
Some interesting Leap Day information (excerpt courtesy of DCR Boys – GC8JHG0, I only copied a few of the 9 items DCR Boys listed):
1. The rule: Leap Day happens every four years unless it doesn’t
The point of leap years is to help adjust our Gregorian calendar (aka, the 365-day calendar you can find on your desk or phone) to the solar calendar, and make sure we celebrate solar events like the spring and autumn equinoxes with some regularity every year. Even adding an extra day to February every four years doesn’t quite do the trick, which is why scientists sometimes call for a Leap Second like they did in 2015 on June 30th at 11:59:60 pm.
How do you remember if it’s a leap year? Simple: If the last two digits of the year are divisible by four (e.g. 2016, 2020, 2024…) then it’s a leap year. Century years are the exception to this rule. They must be divisible by 400 to be leap years—so, 2000 and 2400 are leap years, but 2100 will not be one. As a bonus, U.S. leap years almost always coincide with election years.
2. There is an official Leap Day cocktail (Sorry – not available at this early morning meet and greet)
And it’s called…the Leap Day Cocktail! This colorful cousin of the martini was invented by pioneering bartender Harry Craddock at London’s Savoy Hotel in 1928. According to the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book, “It is said to have been responsible for more proposals than any other cocktail ever mixed” (see: Sadie Hawkins Day above). Whether or not you’re in the market for a freshly soused spouse, you can make your own Leap Day cocktail with Craddock’s original recipe:
1 dash lemon juice
2/3 gin
1/6 Grand Marnier
1/6 sweet vermouth
Shake, serve, garnish with a lemon peel, and enjoy the flood of bittersweet flavors!
3. Is February 29th good luck or bad luck? Depends on who you ask!
According to an old Scottish aphorism, “leap year was ne’er a good sheep year.” The superstition that Leap Days are particularly lucky or unlucky has been debated through history and across cultures, and there’s still no clear winner. For one thing, it’s bad luck if you’re a prisoner on a one-year sentence that spans a Leap Day. Also, bad news if you work on a fixed annual salary; no extra pay for that extra day. On the other hand, Leap Day is great luck if you’re the employer or on a fixed monthly rent (one free day of living).