Congratulations to the following Manitoba MBGA members who have reached milestones during the past month.

100 Finds area51-wpg bad_dogg choralie gps grampa harvwallbanger Mardugada Myrtleman Ron Watt Shane and Bobbi	200 Finds Abeja2 bergmannfamily Hoggerjeff Ron Watt Trove Chasers
300 Finds MuStash	500 Finds GG56 Tromelin
600 Finds dani_carriere skaven The Old Bat Xplorer and Ramblin Rose	800 Finds FoodNinja JayPeg
1000 Finds Sam and Lily	1400 Finds MHz OHMIC
1500 Finds OHMIC	2500 Finds junglehair

Location: Mountain Equipment Co-op (N49 53.631 W097 08.592)

Meeting called to order at 19:01 CDT.

Committee members present: Dani (dani_carriere),Peter (Peter & Gloria), Tim (TurdleEggs), Sandra (junglehair), Jacques (OHMIC), Richard (KiteKacher), and Paula (MHz).

Committee members not present: Ray (slippery_1), Tobey (3T's&aG), Nick (bevro), Steven (ertyu), and Sean (Dragonfreys).

3T's&aG

1. How did the initiation rite of passage: 'you're not a member of the MBGA until you've been bopped by Tobey in the chatroom' evolve?

LOL! Nice question to start off with. You know, I don't exactly know how this started. I've been told its because I like bopping but I guess you'll have to visit the chatroom to find out for sure. Don't expect to be bopped right away, either. These things take time.

2. What was it about geocaching that got you hooked?

I first heard about geocaching in an article that was in the Free Press in July of 2004. After reading it, I got hooked on the idea of trying geocaching and then proceeded to do some research to purchase a GPSr that would suit my needs and my budget. When the GPSr finally arrived and I was able to figure out how to enter co-ordinates, Q! and I headed off to find our first cache, Bison Castle cache because we knew the general location of it having worked at the UofM campus for years. We rode our bikes and lo and behold, our arrow kept pointing the other way. Having no idea what I was doing (some say this hasn't changed much), I had no way to confirm my co-ordinates. So we went back home and tried again the next day. We found it fairly quickly and I was instantly hooked. There were so many aspects of it that appealed to me and mostly I felt that it was a great opportunity to get outside, especially as my kids got older.

Congratulations to the following Manitoba MBGA members who have reached milestones during the past month.

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100 Finds

antihiro bergmannfamily bofamsearchers Chewys glacier_ice icecapper Short Cache somebodybesidesyou Trove Chasers villiam

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200 Finds

Cache and Cary da6 slippery_1

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300 Finds

Code Blue

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400 Finds

Joker Granny

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500 Finds

skaven Skyhawks spaceman_baz

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700 Finds

JayPeg Ztirnats

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800 Finds

burchil Lizardo

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900 Finds

MLKoop Sam and Lily

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1100 Finds

bevro

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1300 Finds

OHMIC

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1400 Finds

1Queenand4Jokers ertyu

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1600 Finds

Peter and Gloria

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2400 Finds

junglehair

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The South Eastman GPS Treasure Hunt Challenge was an initiative of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives(MAFRI) to bring people out to this rural area and experience the sights and great attractions in this part of our province – we hope you will visit again! For more information on other GPS initiatives being planned by MAFRI please contact Joy Lorette @ 204-392-7268.

This challenge took place during the month of August and was a huge success! 44 teams participated by hunting for 20 caches hidden throughout the SE Manitoba. At least 12 of the teams found all 20 of the caches.