Lunchy get-together at the usual Wednesday time & place :) 

2024 events here will be the same type of event as our 2023 Lunchy events unless otherwise noted.  But they'll have weird names:  alliterations, palindromes, foods, animals, etc., to help with those fun, older, name-based challenges*. They'll hopefully be every three (or six) weeks, at least to start the year.

We will be INSIDE this week (that high, long table in the middle) unless it's unseasonably nice out.  If it is a nice day, *please* grab the outside tables nearest the corner, on the side facing away from HT.

New cachers and the caching-curious, family, friends, etc. are welcome.  All ages.  Bring any trackables you'd like to have discovered - or removed from your possession.

There are multiple options for sustenance in this center should you want to get yourself a drink or additional edibles.  No purchase required and no obligation to eat/drink.  This eatery does not serve jambalaya, but they might have jam in some of the desserts.

Event runs at least *45 minutes* this week; more when folks feel like sticking around.  Distancing is easy when we're outside; inside, not as much.

Facilities: 
Plenty of parking, with space enough for RVs/trucks.  Restrooms inside the corner food place, at least one other food place, and the grocery store.  There are public bus stops within a few blocks, along Route 50.  Gas station near the traffic light.  Hotel across the street.

Meeting place has been happy to have us.  Their info in case you need it:
Corner Bakery
3903B Fair Ridge Dr
(703) 934-8703

* Some challenges this cache *might* help you to qualify for include, but by are no means limited to:

* various general animal-themed challenges, such as https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5KQP8_a-day-at-the-zoo-rm-challenge-96 in Florida, https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4C8PP_arkansas-animal-crackers-challenge in Arkansas, https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5ADDT_caching-with-the-animals-challenge in Mississippi, https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC40JB6 in California (alpha), https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2DA8X in Colorado, ...

* foods, such as https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3CAV1 in Delaware

* pro sport mascots ("Jaguars"), https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC520KN in North Carolina

and of course any of the many that want you to find an alphabet of caches (either first or last letter).

* alliterations/tautograms:  https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC47M9H in Oregon, https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC51QNW_tautogram-challenge in Minnesota, etc.

* possibly https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC45DZY helicopter/airplane name challenge in Nebraska for https://www.airhistory.net/aircraft-name/8859/The-Jabberwock

As usual, please don't attend if you have or might be coming down with COVID, the flu, etc. or if you're feeling sick in general.  We'd rather see you when you're feeling well.

background image generated via Stable Diffusion AI.  Took a while to get a silly pic instead of a creepy one.