Saturday September 13th, 2025 from 9:00-11:00 am
Come & meet some fellow geocachers on Saturday September 13th, 2025 from 9:00-11:00 am at beautiful Nelles Beach Park in Grimsby, ON. This park is home to a peaceful Lake Ontario shoreline.There is a parking lot also at the park. A beautiful playground is also here if you have children. They will enjoy playing here. Dogs are welcome on a leash. Feel free to bring a lawn chair if you wish to sit at the event. This park truly is a hidden gem!
The return of my annual baked good themed event. I picked freestone peaches at my neighbour's tree & decided to try to make a baked good with peaches for this year's event. I went on-line & found a recipe for peach muffins & I experimented and made them. Did you know that peaches are part of the rose family & related to almonds. The Niagara region is the heart of peach cultivation in Canada, producing the vast majority of the country's crop due to its unique climate & fertile soil.They can be picked from late July to September. Niagara produces 80 % of Canada's peaches. Niagara-on-the Lake & Winona have peach festivals.There are many ways to use them; peach pie, cobbler,crisp,smoothies,muffins, jam & of course peach sundaes.
The record for the largest peach in Canada belongs to a peach grown in Kelowna,B.C. The peach weighed 810 grams and was sent to the Guinness Book of World Records in 2016. Did you know that the fuzzy skin of a peach acts as a protective layer. Peaches are a good source of fiber,vitamins & antioxidants. There are thousands of different types of peaches worldwide, with varying characteristics like white or yellow flesh.
Peach muffin recipe:
Ingredients
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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2 cups white sugar
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1 ¼ cups vegetable oil
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4 large eggs, lightly beaten
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1/2 teasoon almond extract
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla
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1 tablespoon peach liqueur{optional}
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3 cups peeled, pitted, and chopped peaches
Directions
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Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 16 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
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Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
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Beat sugar, oil, eggs.vanilla,extract & liqueur together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture until moist. Fold in chopped peaches.
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Spoon muffin batter into the prepared muffin cups.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto wire racks to cool completely.
Peach trivia for geocaching prizes throughout the event.
Community Celebration Events - 2025
This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 25 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between
January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.
Congrats to the Peachy gang for FTF!