1701eh
Well done Team GHAGAFAP!!!
Saturday's camper dinner -
Magnifico! Thanx RM
Sunday's camper breakfast - Eggsalent! Thanx B&B
Congrats to the milestoners.
Congrats to the tortoise (Tomtec) and well done Hare (Nozzletime)
on learning to read (eventually).
We had a great time and I'm looking forward to my 5th
GHAGAFAP!
Thanx, Tony
Oh, first find as well...
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Aatex
Was very interesting. Nice to put a face to the names I see
regularily. My very first geocaching event. Thanks for the good
time.
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ADVILL
WOW, this was our third event we attended. Only the first time at
GHAGAFAP and the first event with de kids. We all loved it and had
a great time. Thanks TT and BQ, AA, L&T, N, B&B ect. We
camped for two nights and that was great too. At the campground we
really got to know some other cachers. Wow what a campers life:
huge campfire, good food (thanks RM), caches, Tim Hortons coffee
(thanks ?) and a excellent breakfast (thanks S (17), B&B)).
Yes ofcourse you will see us back next year again.
PS doesn't the alphabet start with an A! 
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ADVILL
Whoops, forgot to thank Ellesche in my log, who found my unique
sunglasses while we were doing the Poker Run and Fizbot's
caches.
Thanks again Ellesche.
Advill
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Algonquin Bound
A wonderful time was had by all - even those of us who were late in
arriving!  Thanks to all involved in setting
everything up and keeping it running. Special thanks to Larry
and the whole TT crew for all of the advance work, which I
know goes into such an event. The whole family gets involved,
like it or not! The caches were all fabulous and the prizes
were terrific, even though the order in which the letters were
drawn was suspect! Sorry I didn't make it back for the
campfire, but I was just too exhausted.
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Amazon Annie
Thanks to everyone for attending the event - it was a great success
thanks to YOU. Thanks to those who pitched in: Buttons and Beaux
for running another fabulous Kids Event and for collecting all
those prizes on your own! (Maybe those with "A" in their names
could get a chance next year at the kids table!)
Thanks to BQ and Teacup for jumping in and helping out at the
registration table and to Nozzletime for handling the waypoint
uploads - next year we'll have it perfected... right?
Thanks to those that put out the caches - Fizbot, 1701eh, TNC and
Rogue Monkey and Team TNC (sorry, didn't mean to miss you guys,
drat!) I heard about a few of them and got to help Fizbot collect
his. Thanks to Keith Watson aka Keith Watson for bringing the Bunny
Pinata - a few people got to take out their frustrations!
A BIG thanks to TT (and his patient wife and son) who is the
mastermind behind the whole schmozzle. Thanks for allowing me to
help out again this year. I hope thing work out well.
Thanks for those who camped over
and provided great food and lots of fun running around in the dark
chasing all sorts of interesting multi's from Tomtec and Dex. It
was great to see some familiar faces and to meet all sorts of new
people. I have tons of good memories and some great ideas for some
future fun. (Warning I just met Dex in the hardware store and he's
put out a new micro - someone must have inspired him, I know a few
others had some ideas.)
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babrshpdru
The Fours were with us today, even if this was our first GHAGAFAP!
I was here with Rayman and Urkel and it was good to see so many
friends that I've met over the years of Canadian events! I can't
thank you enough for putting this all together for all of us to
enjoy. Greetings to all! and thanks for the prize! Dru
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beeper
Unfortunately my son became sick around lunch and we had to make a
quick exit. Thanks TT, AA, BB, NS and all who put so much work into
this, our 1st event. I'm sure my Magellen made me FARTHEST from the
pin. Sorry we missed poker. Fizbot, really enjoyed your creativity.
Thanks again to all. beeper.
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Boonie Kat
Big thanks to all involved in the GHAGAFAP event,well put
together,enjoyed the night caching with the group,also the
camping,and meeting all the new people,and seeing the old ones
again.Everyone out did them selfs again this year.Thanks to B&B
for the great breakfast,and Monkey for the speghetti dinner,also to
Marywinkle for the great meatballs,mmmmmm.Thank you to the person
who gave the gift of the sports waist bag,Micd took, but a few
seconds, to empty the contents and said,now,you carry your own
water, lol.Thank you to all involved.
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Boxer Crew
Our first event, and what a day! Organisers, you did an awesome
job. When is the next one? Can we do it again next week??? Too
tired to log the event yesterday and the dog is still asleep.
Great caches, even better people.
Cachers sure are a good bunch!
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Bud_AV
What a great time! Myself and sister Sarah enjoyed ourselves a
lot. Great to see again some familar faces and meet some of the
other names from GC.com . Congratz to TT and everyone else
involved, looking forward to next year!
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Buttons and Beaux
Another great event. Thanks TT for all your hard work and for all
those that helped. The GHAGAFAP has become a weekend event for
Beaux and I and after last years event we didn't think it was
possible to get any better but it did. After setting up camp in the
rain the weather just got better. The Friday and Saturday night
caching was great. Spagetti dinner Saturday was excellent, even got
a hamburger. Only managed a few caches during the event but I would
have read 1701EH rules and followed them not like my other half. It
was great seeing old faces and meeting new cachers and nice to see
Half Canadian all the way from BC. Hope we helped with giving you a
memorable birthday.
Buttons and Beaux.
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Can-Seekers
The entire family had a great time for our first Cache event. Very
cool to put faces to log entries. Very neat to compare notes. The
park is incredible. The kids enjoyed all the activities. Thank you
especially to Rogue Monkey and Dex for caches the kids have not
stop talking about. We have already set this date for next year
aside - wouldn't miss it! Don't change a thing. Thanks to
TrailSeeker79 for camping with us and turning us onto Caching
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capjap
I expected nothing less than this. TT as usual, has put on a great
event with the help of all his minions. I was happy to be able to
help out this year, as it gave me the chance to get to know some of
the faces attached to the names. The weather cooperated, and that
made the day even more enjoyable. Would have been happier to have a
good poker hand, but hey, you can't have everything.
I had planned on making this one
my 500th cache, but as it turned out, it was #501. But I still
celebrated the milestone with a great bunch of cachers. Thanks for
the fantastic day, and looking forward to GHAGAFAP V-and that ain't
no jive!
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charliezulu
As usual, an awesome event!
Along with lib and saf47, managed to do the TNC multi which was
not well publicized.
Evil, nasty and creative caches to be sure, esp #2, #3 and the
final, and of course totally in keeping with the TNC team's
"fabrication" skills. And thanx for the Prize!!
Chris
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chris-mouse
Wow, once again the weather gods were smiling on us. You couldn't
have asked for a better day to be out geocaching.
This was find number 800 for me, and man, what a party to celebrate
Many thanks to TrimblesTrek,
Annie, and all the others who worked so hard to make the event such
a great success
I can hardly wait for GHAGAFAP V to be alive.
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Clamdiggers
3rd ghagafap for me!
Day turned out better than I
thought in terms of the weather. Decided not to do any caching - it
was more enjoyable just to socialize and chat with different
cachers.
Will definitely attend next
year.
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CobyCrew
Hi Folks
Many thanks to all the people putting the work into making this a
great event. It was our second GHAGAFAP and marked our one year
anniversary as Geocachers. Creative caches, nice people and great
weather - what more could you ask for? Thanks Again!
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Couparangus
Myself and Squeakieboots had an excellent time. It was great to
see everyone and enjoy the camaraderie. A very special thanks to
TT, AA & BnB. Sorry we couldn't make it a little earlier.
 Cheers!  C-A
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Dave + Jen
Well Now...That was alot of fun. It was a great day and it was
great seeing so many geocachers talking about geocaching. What an
awsome event. Hats off to all that made it happen. I would have
enjoyed staying longer but work is a four letter word. See you
again next year.
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Dennisfauchez
What an event. A million thanks are in order, and I hope I don't
forget anyone. Thanks to everyone behind the table, the organizers,
helpers, cache creators... Thanks to the sponsors, and a special
thanks to R.Monkey for the awsome Pasta dinner back at the camp,
and another thanks to those who cooked us breakfast the next
morning. I could go on to thank many more people but lets just say
that the event was amazing and thanks to everyone who made it
possible.
Thanks again,
-DennisFauchez
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dex4
Calvin & I enjoyed our 2nd GHAGAFAB Cache event. What an
event! Thanks to everyone, the organizers, helpers, campfire
supporters (wood, supper, breakfast).
I had fun setting up the nite cache inside the Park.
When I went back in the evening to check it out, I couldn't find
my own cache in the dark. I am glad the other 20 night cachers had
better luck finding my night cache.
Dex & Calvin
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dianefauchez
What an awesome day. Thank you to all who put this event together.
I would also like to thank rogueMonkey and BB for supper and
breakfast. We had a great time.
dianefauchez
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DNStephens
My first GHAGAFAP, but not likely my last. Enjoyed the day. Got
well stung by a hive of yellow jackets, counting welts now. Had a
pleasant day with Team GeoCite, thanks for including me in your
day, and for sharing your daughters with me. Kudos to all the
organizers and cache-hiders. Well done!
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Ellesche
Thank you TT and everyone involved in the organization of the
wonderful event. Not only was the weather perfect but I actually
won a door prize! Ralph and I enjoyed finding most of the caches,
very clever hides! We had a very good time.
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fizbot
First to log the visit. Looks like a great event so far.
Logging the cache remotely from the event wirelessly!!
Pictures from the event are available on my
web page at: (visit link)
send me an email if you want high-res (8 megapixel)versions of any
of these pictures.
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Flick
As most of you are aware, I'm rarely at a loss for words, but, in
this case, just one is sufficient......FANTASTIC!! Everything from
cache page to coleslaw was a work of art! As 1701eh mentioned to me
during the day, there are only a handful of us that have attended
all four G(H)AGAFAPS, and you can take it from me, they get bigger
and better every year! My sincere thanks to everyone involved in
organization and implementation, and to all those new and
not-so-new faces that made my day a truly memorable one!
Doof, ya throw one heluva
party!
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geocite
Awesome time had by all! The caches were excellent and we almost
got a flush in the poker run (does that count?). We enjoyed
spending the day caching with DNStephens. The kids had a blast
playing bingo, smashing that annoying bunny and his annoying theme
song and riding their bikes around the Valens area. It was great to
see familiar faces and nice to meet new ones too and we're glad our
Librarian Action Figure found a good home . We even managed a couple of door
prizes and usually we're not that lucky. Thanks so much to TT
and AA for organizing the event and to all the cachers that
took the time to hide the various caches! See you all next
year.
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GeoTub
Thanks for the great event. Nice to be able to some faces to the
names I keep reading about.
GeoTub
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Group_W
Thanks to all the two letter acronyms (AA, TT, RM, BQ, ...) who
put on this great event.
I had never done night caching before, and it is not as weird as I
thought it would be.
I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing but only flick
understood the origin of the Group W name.
Definitely attending next year.
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GuelphHiker
Thanks to all of the folks who organized this event. It was a
great success! It was a real treat to be able to put a face to so
many of the people who I have only known through their online
persona. Thanks to everyone: organizers, those who set up caches,
those who contributed prizes, food, etc. A great job was done by
all.
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Half-Canadian and Scooter the Wonder Dog
Wow, you Ontarians really know how to put on an event! This great
weekend was the highlight of my two-week trip visiting your
beautiful area, and you really outdid yourselves -- great weather,
super camping spot, good food, friendly people, and new caches. You
made me feel really welcome, and I felt like I came home with a
whole bunch of new friends!
Special thanks to AA, BB, TT, and
Rogue Monkey for all you did to make my visit so enjoyable, along
with everyone else who took the time to chat and also to wish me a
happy birthday! You guys are great!!
Hope I can make the trip back
again next year.
H-C
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hamgran
Lots of fun. I enjoyed every minute of it. Many thanks to the
organizers and cache-setters for all the hard work; you've really
got an event to be proud of, here.
I especially liked the multi-cache memorial to Terry Fox.
- hamgran
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hikerboy
Not much original I can say after reading all the logs preceding
this one, other than to echo the thanks and accolades to TT and all
others involved in this great event. Second to putting faces to
names, highlights for me included the night-caching (very cool!),
as well as standing up atop the fire tower looking out over the
tree tops on a moonlit night. Can't wait until the next one!
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hikergirl_1
I had a great time. I liked all the dogs especially smudge and
calvin. I liked the red and white night cache. It was cool. Thanks
for making it.
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Hiking Cockroachess
Wow! This one just gets bigger and better every year! There were so
many fun event caches that it was tough to decide which ones to do
in the time I had...a cache for every taste! It's always fun to get
to hobnob with my fellow geocachers! I'm already looking forward to
next year!
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hollowtree898
Thoroughly enjoyed this event and really appreciated all the
effort from all the organizers. We'll definitely be back again next
year, and hope to have enough energy to take in the night caching
next time. Thank you all for another outstanding weekend, including
clearing up the weather!
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InteractiveWolf
The kids and I had a great time. It was super meeting everyone. We
had a lot of fun and look forward to next year.
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IsqubaAndNawty
Our second GHAGAFAP and hopefully not our last. TT and team did a
bang-up job. Always nice to see the faces of familiar names.
1701eh showed us that many people
do not read instructions and the Monkeytail cache was a spectacular
container. Well done.
It is too bad that the wasps and
hornets are just as bad here as at our caches near Barrie. Must be
a bad season.
Hope to see everyone who attended
GHAGAFAP at the COG Spring Fling in May of next year or on the
trails before then.
Thank-you very much for all the
hard work, Chris & Renate
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jeff-trex
So last year I was ther in the morning to place a few caches and
had to leave in the afternoon. This year I missed the morning and
showed up in the afternoon. Hopefully next year I will be there for
the whole thing.
I did manage to finally get a OGA
membership and to unload the 14 lb Evil TB. I also decided to spend
the night.
What else can I say that hasn't
been said before. TT, AA, NT, B&B , BQ, RM, Fizbot, 1701eh you
guys all did a super job on your contributions to the event. I am
sorry that I missed out on doing the RM, fizbot and 1701 caches
they sounded like alot of fun.
The night caching after the event
was a blast as usual. Numerous people wandering the woods with
hundreds of dollars in electronic equipment looking for reflective
trees, Hehe!!
The group camp fire was a perfect
way to wind down after the event and I like when TT brought out his
laptop and was playing name that tune.
The other high "LIGHT" was Mr Mom
and his VBFL show.
All and all another great Ghagafap
event can't hardly wait for Ghagafap V
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Jiminie Crickets
Well all i can say is another great event. Nice job TT and crew
(too man to mention) looking forward to the next one.
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jtee
this was my first ghagafap event and im sure it wont be my
last..had a great time..finally got to do some camping this
year..am looking forward to next year's event..thanks for a great
event!!
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JWID
Had a great time as the entire team came out for our first
Geocaching Event.
What a prize table! What great
fun/games organized! What wonderful caches planted.
What a shame there isn't more time
in the day.
It was nice to meet some of the
locals, and be able to say hello and thanks for planting the caches
that have gotten us started.
This is #25 for us ... not a huge
milestone, but a milestone none the less.
Thanks Everybody!
JWID
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Keith Watson
A very enjoyable day with my fellow cachers. I am quite sure there
was a lot of fun in the destruction of the bunny. Thanks 1701eh for
making a few of look like fools. At least we didn’t run line Nozz.
Found a few caches and managed not to get sting. Mud Dog was not so
lucky as she got sting with in about 10 minutes after sitting down
to do some colouring. Looking forward to next year.
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Kit_Kat_Bar
Wow! Another successful year at GHAGAFAP! Thanks to everyone who
pulled this together so smoothly, and thanks to everyone who came
too. Especially the campers, otherwise it would have been an
awfully lonely weekend on the site. It's only the day after and I'm
already looking forward to going again next year!
Thanks for the fabulous event!
Everyone really outdid theirselves this time around!
--KKB
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Kitten on the hunt
Thanks to the organizers for the hard work they put into this
event. I heard some truly hilarious stories about geocaching
adventures from friends. My family had a wonderful time. I feel
inspired to get out and do more caching now!
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Lepidoptera
A beautiful day for it! Thanks to the organizers for putting it
on,...I thoroughly enjoyed watching those playing the memory race
game run around the empty field.
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lib
My first ever Geocaching event but for sure not the last one.
Thanks to all the organizers, helpers and prize doners for a very
well organized and fun day.
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Lil Jeeper
My first Geocaching event! Met lots of new people and nearly
everyone was commenting how big I am for only 3 months. I can't
wait until next year 'coz I'll be walking by then, then watch my
Mum try and keep up.
Thanks for a fun & tiring day, I'll sleep through the night for
sure tonight 
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logger&trail
Just another WOW event from TT productions! His crew of helpers
who oddly enough have two letter abbreviations (AA, BB, BQ, CJ,
etc.) did a tremendous job of pulling together all of the small
details. You outdid yourselves once again!
1701eh proved once again that we
as cachers cannot or do not read. Very evil plan Tony ... I knew I
liked you!
Thanks to all who visited the OGA
table, it was great meeting you and getting your feedback and
input. You had some great ideas that I hope we can implement very
soon.
It was great meeting our out of
province cachers who stopped by and Trail is looking forward to her
scrapbooking excursion with Mrsbusymom in the near
future.
I can go on and on, but Trail and
I are so tired out from the days activities that we are gonna kick
back for a while.
Wish we could have stayed for
tonights festivities and I'm sure Rogue Monkey's pasta supreme will
blow your socks off. Do a couple of night caches for me
b
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lordfishman
Had a great time today!
Got to meet a lot of cachers from
the area who I have read about, and even met flick. Did the poker
run caches with Flick, Buttons, Cap Jap, and Rouge monkey.
This was a well run event and am definately going to be there next
year!
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M3J
Had a great time, thanks for the fun. Too bad we couldn't have
camped after all....maybe next year.
Mike
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marywinkle
We are sorry we missed most of the day's events but we certainly
enjoyed a great evening!!
Looking forward to future events,
a hearty thank you to everyone who participated in making this a
great event.
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Micd
To many fine people to mention separtly, in case I would happen to
miss one. So I will do it this way. Another fine job to each &
everyone who had anything to do with this past weekends GHAGAFAP IV
event. So nice to see everyone again & meet new ones as well.
HATS OFF!!! to you all. I will return next year.
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mrmom
Hats off to the all the folks who worked so hard to make this
event a success! A fantastic time was had by all. I enjoyed seeing
all of the Northern geocaching friends. We will be back camping
with the group at next years event. I did learn to always look
before before I drink...that darn bee...
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MsBusymom
MrMom and I had a fantastic time camping. A big thanks to our host
TT (and also for the "Chocolate milk" friday night) and all the
others who did such a great job putting on this event! Thank you to
Tomtec and Dex for the fun night caches and to Rogue Monkey for
dinner. As always it was a pleasure seeing all of our Ontario
friends as well as those from back home. We're looking forward to
next year!
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murfster
Anothr great event!! hats off to TT, BQ and AA for all their hard
work. Hope to see you all next year!!!
Murfster
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Newtons Crew
I don't know what you do for a
living, but you sure do know how to run a Geo event! It was
our 1st GHAGAFAP. We had a great time and enjoyed the food,
events, and meeting other Geocachers!!! See you next year.
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Northern Eagle
Spectacular! What can I say! Although I was
unable to stay for the night time festivities, the day was
absolutely fantastic. Thank You Annie, TT, BQ, and everyone
involved in helping out and particulariy in organizing this
event.
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northernpenguin
Ghagafap III was one year ago. It was also the first geocache I
ever found. Shortly after G-III, I went out and bought my first
GPSr, an eTrex Legend. The event day made such an impression on me
(and Kitten on the Hunt) that we planned our fall getaway in Lake
Placid with geocaching in mind.
Fast forward one year, and I've
been to three picnic events, numerous pub nights, met several new
friends and visited 500 geocaches. Not bad for one year.
Ghagafap IV was just as good for
me as geocache #1 was, but this time I at least had some idea what
was going on with all these people running around with the
electronics.
I enjoyed meeting the familiar
faces again, and meeting some new ones. It was good to see that the
event was attracting cachers from Windsor and other areas we've
been caching before.
I didn't spend a lot of time on
the actual caching, save for that cache of Tony's that demonstrated
that first line that says "Please read all the instructions
before..." can be useful sometimes. Kudos to TrimblesTrek and all
the other cachers that participated in organizing this wonderful
event. I'm looking forward to next year's event for sure!
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Nozzletime
A great event and it sure shows how much people enjoy caching.
People coming the weekend before scouting out areas for caches,
and setting them up, to make sure folks had stuff to do at the
picnic.
The amount of organizing TrimblesTrek, Buttons and Beaux and
Amazon Annie did for it all.
You can see how dedicated to the hobby everyone is when an event
like this is pulled off, with rain the night before, and a mediocre
weather start in the morning.
The turn out was bigger than the previous year I believe.
Thanks too all that attended and the organizers, all were needed
for a fantastic time.
I'm looking forward to next
year
Nozzletime & Smudge
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Off the Edge
Great day and nite! Thanks to Rogue Monkey for the great spaghetti
dinner. Looking forward to seeing Fizbots pics. Special thanks to
Trimbles Trek and all else who planned this event. Thanks for
helping me find the campsite last nite Annie! Looking forward to
next year!
OTE
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Olar
Thanks to all the organizers and helpers for a fantastic event.
Without a doubt "The fours were with us"; weather, caches (day
& night), old friends, new friends.
Cheers, Olar
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Othum
WOW! Cant say anymore, Thanks to all for thier effort. I really
liked the "Ice Breaker". I invited my sister and children to this
event, My nephew Tim did all the breaking and my sister signed many
sheets as the "Muggle", they had a great time and so did I. It was
my three day old Garmin Legend C that was closest to the pin. See
you next year!
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Outdoors Nut
TT, AA, BQ, Nozzeltime, and the rest of the Ontario Geocachers
group who worked so hard but made it look like it was fun, a big
THANKS. Oh wait, it was a lot of fun, at least for those of us who
took advantage of their hard work. This was my first GHAGAFAP but
certainely not the last. My geodog, Goldie and my grand-daughter
Kirsten had a lot of fun too.
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Pichu
I guess it's time I log something...
Great time, great weather... Not
so great bugs, but who cares?
Thanks to all those who set this
up. It was awesome, and you did a great job!
And to Chris-Mouse for beating the Bunny!
Looking forward to GHAGAFAP V,
~ Pichu
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Rayman77
My first event cache, and I had to come all the way from Buffalo
to get it. Had a great time meeting some local cachers. We arrived
a little later than planned, so we didn't have a chance to
participate in many of the events. Did complete the poker run and
one of Fizbot's caches though, and that was fun. Grabbed Sharks
Stick Boy TB. Thanks to everyone who organized the event.
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res2100
Another wonderful time at my 3rd GHAGAFAP. Really enjoyed meeting
and chatting with everyone and also finding the ingenious cache
hides out there by Fizbot and Rogue Monkey and also Blue Quasar's
Poker Run. It sure was lots of fun and we once again look forward
to next year's event!
Oh and the Bunny will get it's
revenge...you can't kill him off that easily. Fortunately I was not
present for the slaughter. And you better check the corpse, as it
may just be a clone.
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Rideau Rangers
Our second GHAGAFAP and cache #1000! Thanks to all for a fantastic
day of caching and yakking and eating and waterballoons!
Thanks to the GHAGAFAP Executive
Committee and Cache Placement Directors for creativity and
dedication to the game.
Rideau Rangers
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robngill
We had a fantastic time at our first GHAGAFAP! It was really nice
to put some faces to the names, and to walk away with the big
basket of goodies that was donated as a door prize by B&B!
Thank-you sooooo much! We will definitely be attending this event
next year!
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Rogue_monkey
I only have 30 sec to make this speech before they cut me off with
the music so i'll make it fast.
Yet another great ghagafap event. Thank you to all those that
helpped out and made this a great event. I'd like to also thank
mother nature for making saturday a little nicer then friday. the
day was excellent as well as the night time festivities afterwards.
I hope everyone enjoyed the pasta dinner. and congrats to all who
found my cache.
See you all next year if not on the trails before then.
Thanks again to all those who
helped out with the event.
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Rubi Jane "TNC"
Great weather, great people, great event! What more could you want?
Hats off to TT and his team on delivering another successful
GHAGAFAP! Thanks to everyone who had a hand in making this such a
fun event.
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saf47
Another great event. The weather was perfect and it was nice
getting to see everyone together in one place. Thanks to the
organizers for a well run and very enjoyable event.
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SkyRattlers
Lots of fun and interesting caches. Enjoyed the poker run...would
have been first back to camp had DNStephens not had a bike. :)
Witnessed the run in with the yellow jackets and felt bad because I
was the only 1 of 4 that didn't get stung.
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Suzie Homemaker
Well, it was another great day. This was our second year and we all
had fun once again. Poor Mud Dog got stung in the first 10 minutes
but we managed to minimize the damage and she enjoyed the rest of
the day. The kids were having so much fun playing with the other
kids they did not want to cache so I only got to go to 2 caches. I
enjoyed meeting new people though and really liked the idea of the
ice breaker cache. What better way to find out about other cachers
experiences. We took along a friend who has done some caching with
us and his son. They both enjoyed the day. Probably too much since
they both slept all the way home. Thanks to all involved in
planning and executing this picnic and hope to see you all next
year.
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Swifteroo
Wow what a great time! Geowife and I sure had one of the best
times yet at a Caching event. Hard to believe that this was my
first GHAGAFAP. I have heard so much about them and certainly this
event lived up to all the expectations.
We certainly got the best possible
weather for a caching event. I was equally impressed with Geowife
who rounded the entire trail system With Earthquake and I with ease
at 5 weeks pregnant!
Cheers to GHAGAFAP Central for
orchestrating a bang-up job on a perfect day's events. You have set
the bar for these types of Geocaching "Summit" events. We were able
to formulate some great ideas for Spring Fling too! (We'll find a
way to get you back Fizbot!  )
Swifteroo + Geowife
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team aurora borealis
Thanks to all who made this a great event. We are already looking
forward to next year!
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Team Jedi
Had a great time. Wished I had more time to stay. We had
to get down tothe fall before we had to get home to
rescue the gradparents from Master Christopher LOL
Talked with alot of other cachers
on the trails and
heard alot of good stories. Maybe next year we'll
bring Master Christopher and camp.
Very well done guy's!
Happy HIking
Doc
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The Blue Quasar
What a day. Or should I say… What a weekend!
We (Teacup, Tae Kwon Dude and I)
arrived about 3pm on Friday for the Pre-Event camping. This also
allowed me the time to put out the Poker Run.
It was a dark and storm day on
Friday, and we arrived just as the rains stopped. We started to get
the tent set up and it started again. I had been fighting the urge
all day to not camp, but Teacup insisted. We finally got everything
together and I left to set up my part of the Event… and came back
drenched.
It was great to spend the evening
with some good friends before the Event and even got to do some
night caching, and then be there in the morning to see the happy
faces arriving.
First and foremost from the OGA
side of me, I would like to thank Logger and Trail, Pups Best
Friend for setting up the OGA tent and manning it most of the day.
Glad to see some other OGA Members like Advill, Flick, Dex and
others that I am forgetting helping out. Next year, we are only
having the tent open till lunch, if at all.
On the GHAGAFAP Central side of
things… Trimbles Trek as always, did a great job and with
everything involved internally and externally I am really impressed
how you managed it all. Annie and Nozzletime were instrumental in
getting all of the GPS’s units going so everyone could enjoy the
huge amount of things to do… And all those Events… so many people
that I would be afraid to start listing in case I miss one, that
I’ll put the pressure on TT. Special big congrats should go out to
Buttons and Beaux for the Kid’s table and activities… you did great
keeping all of those little monsters busy and smiling (and away
from me ).
Also, I think that there might
have been too much to do at GHAGAFAP this year. But variety is the
spice of life, so there was plenty to do, so better too much
right?. But it was also nice to see some many people socializing at
the pavilion instead of going out.
There was very little clean up afterwards, which I thought was
great, since everyone did well cleaning up after themselves or
picked up stuff that they saw lying around.
That evening back at the camping
was fun too. Trimbles Trek held an impromptu game of “Name that
Tune” which Buttons seemed to miss out on, and I enjoyed talking to
Dex and Dex jr (Aurora Borealis) while most others went out Night
Caching again. I was way too tired.
Another great event, and if it
wasn’t so damp at the camp, we would have stayed for the
breakfast…. But a bad sleep and feeling run down.. we snuck out
relatively unseen.
OH! And thanks to Rogue Monkey for
teaching me about my gas stove… a little useful thing I didn’t know
for over 30 years.
Getting back to the Event itself,
it was nice to meet all of you again or for the first time, and
Trimbles Trek… I’ll be one of your little minions next year if need
be.
The Blue Quasar – Done logging his
500th Find!
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The Daniel Boone Gang
My wife went to GHAGAFAP III last year, so this was my first time.
What a great way to spend a Saturday. And I have to say, what a
well orchastrated event - my thanks to EVERYONE who helped out -
from the cache hiders to the OGA folks. Thanks for a great day.
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The Umpalumpas
We had a great time. Many thanks to all who helped out. It was fun
for the whole family. Night caching under the full moon felt
awesome. Group camping was a treat.
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TheWhiteUrkel
This was my first outdoor summer event, but I can tell right away
they don't get any better than this. Came up from Buffalo with
Rayman77 and Dru, and had a great time. Completed the Poker Run,
and thought I had a pretty good hand, but not even close. Thanks to
all who planned this excellent event.
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TOMTEC
My Fourth G(H)AGAFAP picnic, and the best one yet! Lots of great
caches to find during the day too... Glad I was able to prove that
cache instructions are written that way for a reason... he he, nice
shades Nozz! And my 2 years of poker run organizing experience
helped me "stack the deck" in my favour... (Actually, it's a
tradition, the last hand submitted has always been the winning
hand!) Glad to hear everyone enjoyed the night caches... keep your
eyes peeled for a future night caching event! Same time, same place
next year?
TOMTEC
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trailseekers79
Our family of four had a great time. We want to thank all of the
organizers for a great event. The convervation area was amazing and
the caches especially the night caches in the park were a lot of
fun the kids got a real kick out of them.We will definately mark
our calenders for next year. R. Monkey we loved your cache. Great
idea!
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Tylor2100
I attened the event with my dad and Lisa. I once again had lots of
fun at my 3rd GHAGAFAP. Thanks Buttons and Beaux for the kids event
and really enjoyed playing with the others with the water
balloons.
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walking woody
Great time, great weather, great caches, great event with great
people. Thanks a million this weekend was just what the doctor
ordered (when he gave me the weekend pass!)
See you at this event next year God willing.
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WannaRam "TNC"
Our 2nd Ghagafap.....big thanks to TT and his group for putting
this together!!! We had a great day and got to put some faces to
the names...can't wait for next year.
WannaRam "TNC"
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Warlord
Well TT once again you set up another successful picnic. The help
from AA and Nozzletime was immense. BQ and Teacup should also be
commended for their efforts as well as al those who set up the many
diverse caches for everyone. It truly shows evil is alive in hiders
no names mentioned OK Fizbot...OOps. I knowthere were others
involved that either I didn't know or can't remember but to all I
am very thankful and proud to be part of such an
organization.
Thanks again for the good
time.
Warlord
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Waterfall Crew
My son and I had a great time, thanks to everyone for all the hard
work and thought put into this event. This was our first event but
definitely not our last! Yes, we were the ones that got misplaced
on GeoPoker 5. It was nice putting faces to the names we so often
see in cache logs. Thanks again and hopefully the next event we
will have the full Crew!
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Wise Eagles
This was our first event and we will be sure to attend the next
one. Had a great time, and met some really nice people.A special
thank you to War Lord and Pups best Friend for letting us tag
along. You were a great help!
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