On September 26^th geocachers from around the state, and a few from outside the state, gathered at Pattison State Park for the WGA Fall Picnic.  The day began in a haze as the dense fog made it difficult to see the beautiful fall colors that were erupting all around.  The beautiful northwoods forest was full of variety of green, yellow, orange and red leaves.  Of course the main attraction was the impressive Big Manitou Falls, the highest waterfall east of the Mississippi.   As the day went on the fog lifted and it turned out to be a sunny day.

A huge thank you goes out to Lostcheq for all of her help.  Lostcheq hid all of the 21 new caches in the park, including a new EarthCache at the falls.  People were seen along all of the many trails in the park digging through logs, staring up into the sky and walking in circles (a.k.a. geocaching) all day long.  There was plenty to do to keep all the attendees busy and most weren’t able to find all of the caches in the park in one day, but a few hearty teams were able to find them all!

Along with the new caches hidden in the park there was a new game to keep everyone on their toes.  This year there was a medallion hidden in the woods and clues were given out every hour to narrow down the search.  A big congratulations to Raslas for finding the elusive medallion and being the recipient of a whole bunch of WGA merchandise!

A huge thank you goes out to all who helped make this event possible, as well as all of those who attended the event.  The WGA continues to reach out to as many members as possible over the years.  This event was held in the North-west part of the state so that means that the campout will be in the South-east.  Watch out for more details to come soon!