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2020 Leap Day Flash Mob

SLAGA at Ted Drewes - 2021

Summer Picnic 2022

Rich & Charlotte - a couple of the founding members

Grilling Meat for the 2022 Fall Picnic

2022 Fall Picnic

Checking for new cache notifications

Bellefontaine CITO November 2022

2022 SLAGA Christmas Party

Cachemas 2022 Bonus Day

SLAGA at GeoWoodstock 2023

Geocaching 101 Class at Maplewood Library

GeoGolf 2023

2024 New Years Day Hike

Choking the life out of our president

2024 SLAGA Spring Picnic

Spring picnic 2024 large group photo landscape

From a relaxing stroll around the farm visiting the animals, to the hustle and bustle of activities going on at the park shelter, the SLAGA Spring Picnic 2024 was a grand success!  The event was held at Willoughby Heritage Farm and Conservation Reserve in Collinsville on a beautiful sunny Saturday (April 20) with cool spring breezes, and was hosted by mathmanbill (William Gottschalk).

Spring picnic 2024 willoughby farms collage    Spring Picnic 2024 CO MathmanBill  

SLAGA provided hamburgers, brats, and hotdogs, along with plates, napkins and utensils as always, while attendees brought delicious and varied side dishes, snacks and desserts to share with all.  There was the usual silent auction table and the 50/50 raffle, but our host, mathmanbill, also mixed things up a bit.  He had a geo-style scavenger hunt around the grounds and a TOTT skills contest too.  He also placed two additional caches onsite for those wanting to solve a cypher, take wooded hikes, and use a TOTT to gain their smilies.  Plenty of fun for participants indeed!

 

Spring picnic 2024 silent auction table NE girl and sleddog Spring picnic 2000 245050 raffle Millie 

Spring picnic 2024 TOTT contest PaulGracie Spring picnic 2024 geocache binders strider and crowsfeet

Spring picnic 2024 BBQ cook Mark Spring picnic 2024 Nan treasurer collecting meal money Spring picnic 2024 meal line 1

 Spring picnic 2024 meal time group pick Spring picnic 2024 members seated outside shelter

Along with the fun and games and great meal, there were important SLAGA announcements made, Travel Bug RACE trackables collected, and milestone and premium member awards announced.  The SLAGA MASCOT and NAME entries to date were revealed and the decision to extend that contest was decided.  New deadline to submit is now May 19th, so get your creative juices flowing.  One official announcement overlooked was the call for SLAGA board nominees for the positions of President and one Vice President for the upcoming term.  An email was sent member-wide regarding this, so please check your inbox and submit your nominations if you choose. 

Spring picnic 2024 President Cootieman Spring picnic 2024 travel bug race trackable

Following are the Milestone recipients, and winners for the Premium Member drawing, 50/50 raffle, Scavenger Hunt. and TOTT contest winners.

GEOCACHING MILESTONE RECIPIENTS

Rouseabouts (Lee and Dawn Rouse)

500 Finds Award

Spring picnic 2024 milestone win Rouseabouts

MossBoss (Jeremy Bozarth)

500 and 1000 Finds Awards

Spring picnic 2024 milestone winner Mossboss

 

PREMIUM MEMBER DRAWING WINNERS

($25 Gift Card Prize Each)

fearlessknits (Michelle Stephenson)

Spring Picnic 2024 fearlessknits

TerriBikes+ (Terri Nealon)

Spring picnic 2024 premium winner terriBikes

Iamgrateful (Cynthia Plazier) 

   Spring picnic 2024 Iamgrateful

 50/50 RAFFLE WINNER

MJK_Cache_Dragon (Mary Koester)

Won $64

Spring picnic 2000 245050 winner Mary K

SCAVENGER HUNT WINNERS

($10 Gift Card Prize Each)

SugrSkulz (Karen McKay)

mathmanbill's HS student

paulgracie (Paul Williams)

Spring picnic 2024 scavenger hunt winners

TOTT SKILLS CONTEST WINNER

($10 Gift Card Prize)

JoeBum (Drew Gourley)

Spring Pucnic 2024 TOTT winner Joebum

To all the volunteers and board members present, thank you sincerely.  Our President cootie_man (Michael Smilth) and the CO mathmanbill (William Gottschalk) both set up and cleaned up after the event venue nicely.  Terribikes+ (Terri Nealon) worked at the Attendance Table getting attendees logged in, selling travelbugs and handing out scavenger hunt forms.  Geocacher 3nina (Millie Nagel) did a fine job selling the 50/50 raffle tickets throughout the crowd.  NEgirl55 (Carol Sanders) managed the silent auction table wonderfully.  Volunteer 6dancer (Denise Muskopf) was our travel bug discover/retrieve board monitor, while HobbitTaz (Mark Derr) collected the upcoming racing trackables. Strider (Jim Greene) collected and scored the scavenger hunt forms and Gisstoddt and Drivermom (Todd and Yvonne Turner) manned the TOTT Skills game.  Our amazing grill cooks turtleladi1020nhubbs (Lynette and Mark Redenbeaux) were spectacular at their barbecuing skills once again.

 
Everyone in attendance at this uniquely wonderful venue had a truly fun time at the Spring Picnic.  For those unable to attend, you may wish to visit Willoughby Farm Park sometime soon to experience the ambiance of this heritage farm and conservation area operated by the park service, and to find some caches.  Please consider joining the SLAGA family at the next event or picnic also.  Geocachers in the St. Louis area are fortunate to have such an active caching organization and members who not only share their enjoyment of the game but also the company of one another.