June 27th marked the Westmoreland Conservancy's summer Geo-cache event on our reserves. Geo-caching is a very popular phenomenon which allows participants to locate specific locations using their GPS units.
Conservancy member Tracee Imai attended our June meeting and gave a presentation explaining geocaching and its popularity. By posting this event on the geocaching.com website she was instrumental in introducing our reserves to participants from the South Hills, Butler and Armstrong County.
The picnic at Townsend Park's lower pavilion at 5pm was for all members and participants, and there were 47 people attending. Generous donations from Giant Eagle in Murrysville, Shop & Save in Holiday Park and GFS (Gordon Food Supply) of Monroeville combined with private donations to supply the picnic fare. Everyone pitched in to make the gathering special. Even a Grill-Master!
Once everyone had arrived for the picnic, some very special awards were given out. Many geocachers take their dogs along for the excursion, and this day was no exception. The participating pooches were allowed to come up and choose their own toy from the doggie treats provided by Petland of Monroeville. Then their people got to choose a bag of treats to pamper them even more.
As before, each participant was to sign the log book at each cache and take one (1) item from each location. Those managing to gather the items representing all locations received extra tickets for the drawings, which were held as soon as everyone had a chance to eat. Hoss's, Cosmos Pizza, Table 22, Atria's, Pasqualino's, Eat-n- Park, KFC, Chick-fil-a, Bella Luna, Pugliano's, Target, Monster Golf and Half-Price Books donated prizes (treasure) for our adventurers!
The Summer Geo-Cache Treasure Hunt was well-attended and lots of fun. We're looking forward to the Autumn Edition, coming up October 24, 2009. Watch our website for details.
