Ah.... the holidays have wreaked their annual havoc on schedules, we've eaten too much and now we settle in to wait out the cold for another season of caching.  Well, maybe for some of us.  Others are taking this time to empty out their swagbags, repair their gear, shop for new shoes and boots.  Still fewer are taking advantage of the cold to enjoy one of the best times of the year for caching!  Geotrails in the snow, no bugs, an unusually warm winter and crystal clear coords without all the leaves are pretty great incentives to get out on the trail. 

As I sit this morning with bits of snow, ice and rain drifting by my office I bide my time.  The weathermen all agree we have all kinds of great weather coming our way in the days ahead.  So clean out that bag and resupply.  Check your gear and waterproof your boots.  The time to enjoy caching in the winter is now!  Particularly this winter with its unseasonably warm weather. 

Do you even remember what you did 10 days ago?  No lifelong memories come to mind?  Want to change that?  Shake off that urge to hybernate and gaze at electronic stories of other people doing things.  Get out there and do some yourself!  There's no time like now to make the most of it.  You'll never get these days back so spend them making memories worth having.  Get out caching! :)

    We can rebuild it...  bigger... better... brighter...  and it didn't even cost $6 million!  Thank you to all our local cachers and to our not so local sponsors for your help in getting the new NEPAGeocachers Banner Project II from start to completion.  Look for this new addition proudly displayed at upcoming events and gatherings of NEPAG all over northeast PA. 

    The school year has started, the yard work is about done, the light is ending earlier and we're retiring to the comfort of warm blankets as the cold settles in.  Don't let that stop you from enjoying caching more than ever though!  Less tree cover means better signals.  Colder weather means less ticks and mosquitoes.  Fall and early winter are by far some of the best times and conditions for caching all year!  Get out there and pack them in before the snow arrives.  If you can't get out, write some articles about your summer caching experience and submit them for publishing here at NEPAG.  We have holiday vacations coming up soon and time to do both so let's hear from your geo experiences.  Tell us all about it!