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I was at the event and wasn't sure where to log them either. I found the link in one of the event announcements that was posted by Lackey Grillography on 8/29/13. Here is the link. It worked for us. We were able to log all 5. They show up in your profile afterwards as Lab Cache finds and it updates your total finds, but they don't show up individually on your list of found caches yet. That's a bug they are still working on from what I understand. http://bit.ly/178Hj2S Once you log all 5, a big hog shows up on your screen congratulating you for finding them. Good luck!

It seems that the opinions on this is very mixed, but that makes sense. At a recent Geocaching presentation at a the WV Civil War Trail Event, the presenter talked about how Geocaching is evolving and has aspects that appeal to all sorts of people. Geocaching is what YOU want it to be ... whether you are only interested in 5/5's, you like finding earthcaches, you want to find interesting containers, or you never want your shoes to leave pavement. From a family with two kids, we would like to say we enjoyed the Lab Caches yesterday at the Hatfield McCoy MegaEvent. While the organizers have put two AMAZING permanent trails in place (the Hatfield/McCoy Trail and the Hog Trail), we participated in finding some of the trail caches and all 5 Lab Caches yesterday. We went to this event over Labor Day weekend and had a great time meeting new people and checking out the vendors. While we casually enjoyed our lunch, the kids played on the playground, made new friends, and got completely filthy in the mud. We were not there to necessarily find 145 caches on the trails on that particular day. The 5 lab caches were close to the event, brought us to very interesting places (the flood wall and the HM Street sign being our favorites), and provided us with an "accomplishment" for the day that wasn't overwhelming and allowed us to enjoy the other event festivities as well. I've seen arguments that these caches should just be made permanent caches that remain in place by the event organizers rather than being temporary lab caches. If this were the case, we would not have been able to enjoy these caches and seeing these historical sites yesterday because (1) some of these spots had other traditional caches within 528 feet (2) some of these caches were within 528 feet of each other. I'm glad they made exceptions to normal GC rules for this event because (1) we were able to see pieces of history without the Event Organizers having to convince another GC member to deactivate a nearby EGG and (2) sometimes historical places happen to be closer than 528 feet away from each other. So, while others may have different opinions, which they are certainly entitled to, I would like to just say for the record that our family of 4, who attended the Mega Event yesterday and participated in the Lab Cache, enjoyed the caches, the history, and the photos we took at these cool places. Thank you.