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
Santa Cachemas Steps Down from His Sleigh
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Santa Cachemas has been flying his sleigh over St. Louis since 2015, but at the end of December 2022, he parked the sleigh and set down the reins, as he stepped down from coordinating our holiday caching fun we all know as Cachemas in St. Louis. But Major134 (Peter Shaw) wasn't SLAGA's first Santa Cachemas, as that honor goes to the creator of the 'game,' 87preludea20a3 (Brandt Teske), for whom we are all grateful.
As a matter of fact, Pete was an FTF hound himself in those early days, that he says were very competitive. He was fortunate to make two FTFs and get the coveted ornaments that Brandt made back then. Pete recalls his first thrill of Cachemas: "In 2012, I was traveling down I-270 with Nick1081, when Nick’s phone pinged for a new cache. It was Day 7 and in Winter Park, Fenton. We were right at the I-44 exit so we immediately exited, raced over to Winter Park and were able to make the puzzle FTF, a co-FTF. I gave the ornament to Nick since he solved the puzzle while I was driving. It was being “in the right place at the right time” that allowed us to log the FTF as the parking lot filled with cachers just minutes behind us. Both of us were hooked on Cachemas."
Cachemas 2022 Hall of Fame
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Congratulations to all of those who chased after a coveted Cachemas ornament this year! Will next year be your year?
Average time to FTF this year was 33.5 minutes, the shortest was Day 8 at 13 minutes, the longest was Day 11 which was an hour and 13 minutes.
Link to this year's Cachemas caches: https://coord.info/BMBTHBQ
Group at Cachemas Day 6
SLAGA Sticker
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Introducing the SLAGA Sticker!
This 3” by 5“ oval sticker is the perfect way to show off your membership to others, especially when attending MEGAs or just out and about. Get yours for only $2 and display it proudly on your car, luggage, clipboard, or other surfaces where stickers are commonly placed. Available for purchase at most future SLAGA events.
Cachemas 2021 Hall of Fame
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Congratulations to all of those who chased after a coveted Cachemas ornament this year! Will next year be your year?
Average time to FTF this year was 36.5 minutes, the shortest was Day 11 at 8 minutes, the longest was Day 8 which was just shy of two hours.
List of this year's Cachemas caches: https://www.geocaching.com/plan/lists/BMAFJQC
The largest FTF group this year at Day 11 in Fenton
CACHEMAS 2021
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THE SLAGA TWELVE DAYS OF CACHEMAS ARE BACK!!!
Here’s how it works: For 12 consecutive days beginning December 13th, 2021 (Day 1), a new cache will be published and every day afterwards until December 24th. If you are able to First to Find, FTF, one of these daily caches, an FTF Cachemas Ornament will be in the container for you to keep. Once again, L Frank has designed a unique ornament that can be converted to a cache container for a future hide; or, you may keep it, your choice. PLEASE, if you get an FTF on one of the 12 days, do not go for another one until Bonus Day, let someone else have the fun.
This year, there will be a Bonus Cache on December 31st. EVERYONE is eligible to FTF the bonus whether or not you have FTFed a Cachemas hide. This cache can only be found by using all the codes inside of the container of each daily cache. Keep these codes and use them to solve the location of the Bonus cache which will publish on the final day, December 31st. The Bonus solution will be included in the final day Cache description and I am promised, it is not a difficult solution. We are publishing the Bonus 7 days after the 12th day of Cachemas in order to give cachers time to acquire all the 12 codes.
THE BONUS CACHE CONTAINS TWO LARGE PREMIUM GEOCOINS
AS WELL AS AN AWESOME ORNAMENT
St. Louis County Park Ranger Earns National Recognition
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St. Louis County Park Ranger Earns National Recognition
We are happy to announce that St. Louis County Parks Ranger Laura MacLeod received the award for Ranger of the Year from the Park Ranger Institute. This national award recognizes an individual who exemplifies all the personal and professional traits necessary to carry out their duties in the most efficient and effective manner possible. This can include work production, arrests/citations, voluntary overtime, program development, community relation efforts and education efforts with school groups, scouts, disadvantaged youth, elderly.
"Ranger MacLeod is a Ranger who is an avid programmer with both geo tracking, spelunking and equestrian programs. Ranger Macleod does an excellent job when interacting with the children involved in programs and is constantly making herself available to groups both inside and outside the park system,” said Deputy Commander Richard Banahan. “The St. Louis County Park Rangers are extremely proud of this national award.”
Ranger Macleod also coordinates outdoor scouting opportunities and the Junior Ranger program. Ranger Macleod has been with the department since 2011.
For over 50 years the St. Louis County Park Rangers have provided public safety for visitors to the parks in our system. The main goals of the Ranger division are public relations, programming and protection.
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