Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Another Item Crossed off our Geocaching Bucket List (2 of 5)

Nana and I took a geocaching trip in early April
traveling around Virginia with hopes of completing
several items on our Geocaching Bucket List.

By the end of our trip, we had completed
five, yes FIVE, of those items.
And  Yes!, we had all sorts of fun
doing them.

This is a quick story about one of the items!

#2 - Virginia Delorme Blocks 72 and 64

For the better part of a year, all we have had left as far as Delorme
blocks for the state of Virginia were blocks 64 and 72.
So you can imagine my anticipation when we got ready
for this trip and both blocks were on our target list!

Only 2 blocks left
 On the 3rd day of the trip we had plotted a route that took us west from
Harrisonburg, VA on US 33 up into the mountains.  Block 72 was the first block
colored in with finds at:
GCTVDF: Stumpville, USA - we parked at the back gate to the park and walked in for the quick grab.

Locust Springs Picnic Area
We also managed to complete a really nice Multi-cache right at the state line giving us 2 finds for block 72:
GC2AHAD: The ABCs of Geocaching: I is for Information Sign - a really
 neat multi-cache at two separate pull offs!
It had snowed recently
We continued on into West Virginia, grabbed an Earthcache at another overlook, then
took a left at Judy Gap WV and continued south until we saw the signs for
Locust Springs and the final block of our Virginia Delorme Challenge!!!


GC12PZQ: Locust Springs - Block 64B - might be the only cache in Virginia Block 64 (A or B).

Yes, that is snow in the background!


After arriving at the very nice picnic area - it was about a 1/2 mile walk to the cache.
As you can tell by the pictures, it had recently snowed in the are so the walk
to GZ was a little damp but nothing terrible.  I would like to tell you that we arrived at
GZ and found the cache right away but.... it took us far too long to make the find.
The cache is there but the winter weather had made finding the cache a little more challenging
than we had anticipated but our persistence paid off. 

Papa near GZ
We now have completed the Virginia Delorme Challenge!!!

Finally - another item marked off our Geocaching Bucket list!!!

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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
SNAP!!!-land is scheduled to be archived towards the end of September 2017
See - GC503GY
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 Till next time...
Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!



Suffolk Nana & Papa - - - or just plain ol' - - - -  SNAP!!!  


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Friday, April 21, 2017

Another item crossed off our Geocaching Bucket List

Nana and I took a geocaching trip in early April
traveling around Virginia with hopes of completing
several items on our Geocaching Bucket List.

By the end of our trip, we had completed
five, yes FIVE, of those items.
And  Yes!, we had all sorts of fun
doing them.

This is a quick story about one of the items!

#1 - Buffalo Mountain a.k.a. Floyd County, VA

Back in December of 2012, Nana & I were trying to fill in some Virginia Counties when we happened upon Floyd County.  At the time there were only three geocaches right in the heart of Floyd County and one of them had disappeared and had a long list of DNFs on the page.

That left two:
GC1J1HX - eye high - 7 favorite points
GCNNZP - Buffalo Mtn. Preserve Cache - 35 favorite points

At the time, we got lost trying to get to the parking coordinates, eventually gave up and put the county, and these two caches, on our Geocaching Bucket List.

Fast forward to early April 2017.


Thanks to Google Maps we were able to plot our path to first the main gate and then up the gravel road to the parking area.


After a hard climb, we first made a fast find at "eye high" and then a short while later the second find on the mountain - "Buffalo Mtn. Preserve Cache"

Can you see the cache?
Nana at the top of Buffalo Mountain
To be honest the Buffalo Mountain cache did take us just a few minutes to find - but we might have been distracted by the view!



After making the finds we started the zig zag trail back to the SNAP!!!-mobile
and proudly crossed Buffalo Mountain off of our bucket list!
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Several weeks later I was looking at the same area and saw something surprising!

We had found those caches on April 7th - two days later,
on the 9th, another cacher hide another cache on the mountain!!!

 Till next time...
Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!



Suffolk Nana & Papa - - - or just plain ol' - - - -  SNAP!!!  


On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching
On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

3 Million geocaches... and more souvenirs!

Geocaching Headquarters just announced we have passed 3,000,000, yes - that is 3 Million, hidden geocaches!!!


They also announced a free souvenir for those who find a geocache or attend an event on April 22 or 23!!!

Now don't forget....

CITO Week begins this Saturday also!!!


You also earn another souvenir by attending a CITO event from April 22nd through April 30th.

For those of you in the Hampton Roads area, like us, you can earn your CITO souvenir at Newport News Park Saturday morning!

GC707CK

Spring CITO at Newport News Park

10AM till Noon


 Till next time...
Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!


Suffolk Nana & Papa - - - or just plain ol' - - - -  SNAP!!!  


On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching
On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

Monday, April 17, 2017

Tuesday Night Event and other upcoming events

As most of you know, Nana & I have been on a really nice geocaching trip the last week or so.

But before we get to the highlights of our trip there is an upcoming event that needs to be talked about.

Tomorrow Night
Tuesday
April 18
6PM start
East Side (Alainas) Pizza
5630 Portsmouth Blvd
Portsmouth, VA

We will have a guest speaker from Hampton Mosquito Control.
Tim DuBois

He will be giving a presentation including the latest information on the Zika virus.

His presentation includes good to know things
for every geocacher including information on
bugs, snakes and other reptiles,
 plants, and general safety tips!!!

Hope to see you there! 

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Here is a list of the upcoming events in Hampton Roads
 Mark your calendars – hope to see you at some of these events!

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC72X9N
Tuesday – April 18 – Portsmouth, VA
3rd Tuesday Pizza & Beer - with a guest speaker!
5630 Portsmouth, Blvd
6 till 8PM
OFFICIAL EVENT – GC735YZ
Thursday – April 20 – Chesapeake, VA
AACC - April 20, 2017 - #95
South Norfolk
4PM till 6PM
OFFICIAL EVENT – GC707CK
Saturday – April 22 – Newport News, VA
Spring CITO at Newport News Park
10AM till Noon
OFFICIAL EVENT – GC717NQ
Tuesday – April 25 – Suffolk, VA
The Swedes are leaving town!
Northern Suffolk
6PM till 6:30PM
OFFICIAL EVENT – GC72828
Saturday – April 29 – Newport News, VA
April showers bring May flowers
Warrick Blvd
11AM till 1PM
OFFICIAL EVENT – GC70X5M
Saturday – May 6 – Norfolk, VA
A Mermaid Comes To Norfolk
Hint: You Do Not Want To Miss This Event!
8:30AM till 9:30AM
OFFICIAL EVENT – GC712Y0
Friday – May 12 – Virginia Beach, VA
Sassy Goes to 2017 Tidewater Comic Con
McDonalds @ N Birdneck and 19th
9PM till 9:30PM
OFFICIAL EVENT – GC6WWBC
Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA
15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic
Chesapeake City Park
9 AM till 5 PM

 Till next time...
Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!


Suffolk Nana & Papa - - - or just plain ol' - - - -  SNAP!!!  


On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching
On Instagram at: snap_geocaching