SLAGA Upcoming Events
Spring Picnic at Tower Grove Park
Monday, 29 April 2013 18:49 | 
Written by Denmother | 
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Sgtmta will host the annual SLAGA Spring Picnic at the Stone Shelter in Tower Grove Park! The date is Sunday, May 5, 2013, Cinco de Mayo (and sgt’s father’s 91st birthday). This beautiful municipal park in the City of St. Louis is also a National Historic Landmark, with much to explore, including a bird sanctuary, a wide variety of trees and flowers, reflecting ponds, faux ruins, architecturally diverse pavilions and buildings, playgrounds and more.
SLAGA will supply hot dogs, hamburgers and bratwursts, with condiments, plates, napkins and utensils. We ask that you bring something to share and your drinks. The prices will be Adults $5.00, Children ages 5-12 $2.00, and Children age 4 and under free. For all the details and to RSVP, see GC48DHK. Let us know your preferences for meat, as well as what you plan to bring to share.
Best of SLAGA: Earthcaches and WherigosMonday, 18 March 2013 10:15 | | |
Best of SLAGA: Earthcaches
Top Earthcaches in the SLAGA area, sorted by Favorite points by Elonka as of March 2013: * 52, Cahokia Mounds, bjbest and Big Jimmy, GC1FXND * 49, Nature's Circus Elephants, Ladybug STL, GC14E8E * 37, RT66:IL Mighty Mississippi's Chain of Rocks, bitter/sweet, GC1JRBG * 32, Creve Coeur Lake Waterfall, Tollybrew, GC159ZJ * 22, Missouri High Point-Taum Sauk, -=ARF!=-, GC1A5DX * 22, Mark Twain Cave, joranda, GC1B2F4 * 20, Graham Cave, N0WNV, GC28VWC * 19, Confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, Cvivor, GC1G6GK * 18, Mina Sauk Falls, -=ARF!=-, GC1A35P * 18, The World's Only Inland Cape, Gone2theDogs, GC1KRCT * 17, Trail Through Time, Know Future, GCKTG3 * 17, Tower Rock, Gone2theDogs, GC1KREF * 16, Klondike Quarry, Tollybrew, GC1969F Best of SLAGA: Wherigo Caches
* 14, WHERmIzombieGO, Elonka, GC3RWQM * 13, The Awakening, Didg Guy, GC1VN1A * 12, Working in the Coal Mine - MOGA Booty, MutherAndSun, GC2HJ1F * 8, Glendale WheriGo Cache, Didg Guy, GC1AA0B * 8, Hiking at Powder Valley, Didg Guy, GC1MQ17 * 7, Tour De Grant, Didg Guy, GC1BQ4V * 5, Pica's Treasure Hunt; WBSSTL, animuse, jpbefx; GC2XCYF Last Updated (Monday, 18 March 2013 10:24) Favorite Caches in SLAGA TerritoryThursday, 13 December 2012 12:24 | Written by Denmother | | |
Due to increased interest in the "Best of SLAGA," Elonka has put together a list of the most popular caches in SLAGA territory by type of cache, based on Favorite Points. This list includes all active caches, no matter when they were placed. Enjoy! Best of SLAGA, Virtual CachesCreated On: 12/12/2012 23:31:42 * St. Louis Arch Virtual Cache, bjbest and Big Jimmy, GC7ED
Best of SLAGA, Puzzle CachesCreated On: 12/12/2012 23:24:35 Best of SLAGA, Multi-CachesCreated On: 12/12/2012 23:24:05 Best of SLAGA, Traditional CachesCreated On: 12/12/2012 23:23:07 Best of SLAGA, 2008-2011Thursday, 06 December 2012 10:03 | | |
by Elonka
We do, however, have a new method of rating caches, with the Favorite points. Out of curiosity, I decided to do some Pocket Queries to learn which caches might be considered "Best of SLAGA", based on the number of favorite points that they've received since they were placed. With the understanding that these numbers are fluid and caches are moving up and down the list all the time, I decided to combine a few caches as "ties". The results as of November 2012 are as follows: ************************************* Caches placed in 2008 ************************************* Best Traditional Cache: "Rockin' on Route 66", GC1G43E Best Multi-Cache: "Flags of Our Fathers", GC1A14J Best Earthcache: "Cahokia Mounds, a World Heritage Site", GC1FXND Best Puzzle Cache: "Tilting Redux", GC18MGY Best Wherigo (tie): "Tour de Grant", GC1BQ4V, and "Glendale WheriGo Cache", GC1AA0B ************************************* Caches placed in 2009 ************************************* Best Traditional Cache: "SO CONFUSED", GC1NABN Best Multicache: "A Cassily Way to Find a Cache", GC21JK7 Best Challenge Cache (tie): "Well Rounded MO Cacher (Fizzy Challenge)" GC1T965, and "SLAGA County Challenge", GCZPRB Best Earthcache (tie): "The World's Only Inland Cape", GC1KRCT, and "Tower Rock", GC1KREF Best Puzzle Cache: "Fried Insomniac - Eureka", GC1YX08 Best Wherigo: "The Awakening", GC1VN1A ************************************* Caches placed in 2010 ************************************* Best Traditional Cache: "Turn your wheels toward church. TB Hotel", GC2EHT6 * Traditional Runner-up (almost tie): "I Spy Academy", GC24TVE Best Multicache: "Citygarden Tour", GC2AZ7Q Best Challenge Cache: "Alphabet Soup Challenge - Missouri Style", GC2CCVM Best Earthcache: "Graham Cave", GC28VWC Best Puzzle Cache: "Mr. Cotton's Parrot - MOGA Booty", GC2HJ08 Best Wherigo: "Working in the Coal Mine - MOGA Booty", GC2HJ1F ************************************* Caches placed in 2011 ************************************* Best Traditional Cache (tie): "Wicked Witch of West County" (GC305X9), "Wehner Hollow", GC33Z65 Best Multicache: "64 Echoes", GC39190 Best Challenge Cache: "Missouri Top 10 Challenge", GC2P7ZQ Best Earthcache: "Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse on Limestone", GC2PGHX Best Puzzle Cache: "Treasure Island", GC2PBKB Best Wherigo: "Pica's Treasure Hunt", GC2XCYF Congrats to all! Last Updated (Thursday, 06 December 2012 10:12) ‘It’s a High-Tech Treasure Hunt’Wednesday, 27 February 2013 15:30 | | |
Susan Benedict, Washington, and her sons Alex, 13, and Matt, 10, didn’t mind the snow as they trekked through patches of it Sunday afternoon to check on a hidden treasure.
With them were friends Mike Willming, Washington, and his son, Mark, 11, who had created the hidden treasure, known as Bye Bye Birdie, back on Oct. 20. The treasure is out in the open, if you know where to look and if you have the right equipment to narrow down the search area. All you need is a GPS device, or a special app on your Smartphone, said Benedict. This is the world of geocaching. If you’re not familiar with it, geocaching is described as a “worldwide scavenger hunt” where people all over the world hide “caches” in random places, then post the GPS (longitude and latitude) coordinates of the location on the geocaching.com website along with a brief description and sometimes a few clues or codes to crack, so that others wanting to take on the challenge can go in search of it. Read the entire article at emissourian.com. Last Updated (Wednesday, 27 February 2013 15:45) |
Elonka wrote a new blog "Best of SLAGA, Earthcaches" - 03/14/2013- Elonka wrote a new blog "Best of SLAGA, Wherigo Caches" - 03/14/2013
Wh0M3 wrote a new blog "Starting the new website for SLAGA" - 02/10/2013
