5th Foley Geo Weekend Attracts 70 Participants

5th Foley Geo Weekend Attracts 70 Participants
The City of Foley reccently hosted a Geo Weekend, the fifth straight year the city has sponsored a weekend of events. Over 70 attendees made it to all the events. Geocaching is the recreational activity of hunting for and finding a hidden object by means of GPS coordinates posted on a website. It is also a fun and interesting family hobby. A Meet & Greet event was held at the El Paso Mexican Grill restaurant in Foley. Geocachers shared stories and gained information about the events planned for the weekend. A good meal was also shared and a few prizes were given out. On Saturday, a Geolympics event was held at the Wolf Creek Park in Foley. Games such as The Wheel of Caches, Geo Human Bingo, and Geo Wordsearch were played, with over 65 prizes were handed out to those in attendance. On Sunday, a CITO (Cache In/Trash Out) event was held. This is the way geocachers thank the area for allowing them to come in and have events and hide caches. Trash was picked up from along the Foley Beach Express. Quite a lot was found and returned to the Foley Public Library for pick up by the City’s Sanitation Department on Monday morning. Please watch for next year’s Foley Geo Weekend at the end of February. It is sure to bring in lots of local geocachers as well as snowbird geocachers. Check Foleylibrary.org for this and other fun programs throughout the year.
Pictured: Jarod, Edward, and Marianne Diamond of Mobile, AL at Meet & Greet; Geolympics attendees playing Human Geo Bingo; CITO attendees showing off their trash haul.