#The amazing maze kendallville in full

Our theme was 'Birds of the Round Table' a medieval theme.Ģ020 marked the first year since 2004 without a Midwest Geobash event. This was also the first year that the Flamingo Club was created for special edition swag items!Ģ019 was one of our largest events to date. Our theme was Circus and the mascot was the Ringmaster Chicken.

#The amazing maze kendallville in full

Our time-traveling Penguin joined us for a sci-fi theme.Ģ018 was the first full year for the new planning committee. Everything worked well in the end as the Force was with us. The Falcon keep an eye over the fun and follies.įor 2016 we dug out the ol' college sweatshirt, the foam fingers and had a great time with all of our favorite sports and teams! The mascot, the Cardinal, hung out with us for some wild, wacky sporting good fun.Ģ017 was a year full of various challenges, along with bringing on two new members of our planning team, multiple changes were made on the event grounds, including the location of our beloved 'Area 51'.

The call went out in 2015 for all Superheros to join us at Geobash, and that call was answered. It was the 10th anniversary and we all ended up on the 'Nice' list, well almost all of us did. The burn ban was not with us this year and a great theme/mascot made this one of the best Bashes yet.Ģ014 was our 10th annual Geobash! The theme was Christmas in July and we brought back not only the original mascot - the Flamingo - but all the mascots made a reprise appearance this year. We've really felt the growing pains this year, we've more than doubled the number of campsites reserved in the last 3 years, and we're working to keep up with our growing attendance!Ģ013 saw Mardi Gras come to Wauseon. Many people supported the theme and dressed in amazing costumes for the event. We decided to make Wauseon our permanent home in 2012, and brought Halloween to July with Spook the Owl! No one was happy about the burn ban, but thanks to local volunteer firefighters, we were able to keep the A51 tradition going. We had our first attendees from Australia, the Hula Girl made her first appearance, and Rockin Roddy even brought a Jetski to decorate his campsite! This year the Wauseon Reporter stopped by and wrote an article about us to share with the community. We kept our love for Wauseon in 2011, and threw a Pelican Beach Party. We learned a lot from the previous year and added things like porta potties at A51, Tin Foil Hat night, and condensed activity locations. It was the year of the Cowboy Chicken, and we started off with a bang by giving away 20 GPS units at the event! We also tried 8am coffee and donuts this year, and it has gone down as the worst idea ever :)įor 2010, we stayed in the same location and celebrated Casino-style with the Eagle. Being the 5th MWGB, we had a special Thursday party at Harrison Lake State Park where it all began, just a few miles down the road. In 2009 we decided to not have the event next to live train tracks, and we moved it to The Fulton County Fairgrounds, in Wauseon, OH. This year was when Area 51 really became a great attraction when you had to 'Walk The Plank', a local Spiderman came to the event, and the Batmobile made its appearance late one night. We stayed in Kendallville for 2008, where we started adding a theme with the mascot, The Pirate Parrot. It was the year of the Duck, and we had shortened the event back down to 3 days. In 2007 the event moved to The Noble County Fairgrounds in Kendallville, IN, and we grew to over 1000 geocachers in attendance. This was also the year that Area 51 was born, Groundspeak released lots of Green Jeep travel bugs at the event, and the first Geocoin Poker Tournament was had. The event was a full week long, and the mascot was the Penguin. This year, MWGB was the first Mega Event ever in geocaching history, which we obtained after confirming with more than 500 signatures in our log book. The 2nd MWGB was in 2006, at the Oakland County 4H Fairgrounds in Davisburg, MI.

The original event organizers were: Trippy1976, Bjorn74, Team Hydnckr, Sherwood Forest, and Girl Geek. Camping in a public park, cachers identified themselves by decorating their campsites with Flamingos. It started as 'A Casual Gathering of Geocachers of the Midwest and Great Lakes Region of North America', and had at least 450 cachers in attendance. The first MWGB was in 2005, at Harrison Lake State Park in Fayette, OH. We are a registered business in the State of Ohio. is the non-profit organization behind the event.