Lunchy get-together at the usual Wednesday time and place :)
Bonus week! More weird naming, to help with goofy grandfathered challenges.
We might be INSIDE *or* OUTSIDE this week. Hopefully outside. If it is a nice day, *please* grab the outside tables nearest the corner, on the side facing away from HT. Nice would be maybe 50ish or warmer, not pouring, and not windy enough for the cold-averse CO to be shivering. If we're inside, grab that high, long table in the middle if it's available. Doggos are welcome outside but not inside.
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.
Here are some of the many challenges this event might help you with:
* animal "bulldog": https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC40JB6 in California (alpha), 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, ...
* color "blue": https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC572DY in California (64 Crayola colors) and various others
* "Buchanan": Presidential names for https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3R4V8_z-challenge-25-presidents in Wisconsin
* "dog" (including embedded within other words): https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3BABQ in California
* "ville": https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC44G8G in Kansas
* starts with 'b': alphabetic challenges such as https://coord.info/GC15Y83 AND https://coord.info/GC1B07A in Utah, https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4Q88A_alphabet-puzzle-challenge in New Mexico, https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3DEX8 in Minnesota
* GC code is all letters: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC48G0M in Florida
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
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. Distancing is easy when we're outside; inside, not as much.
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