SLOGGERS Outing #4 was GREAT!!! - and more info

SLOGGERS Outing #4

SLOGGERS Outing #4 was a great success!!!

  

A little over 3 miles walked, 15 caches on the list and

we added another two (for some) so 17 were found.

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We had a great time with the biggest turnout so far!!!

It was very humid and warm and the start of the day but when we were at our

13th cache on the list the wind picked up.

By cache # 15 there were jokes about being blown away!

17 finds for most of the group

We then made our way about 2 miles north and had a great lunch - WITH Outdoor seating

Hope y'all come out and join us for our 5th Outing in June!!!

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SNAP!!!-land

Virginia's Largest Geo-Art

The latest on the archiving of SNAP!!!-land is as follows:

Due to the high number of emails requesting a hold on the archiving

of the series we have decided to wait until after the GCHR 15th Annual Picnic.

Archiving of the series will now be towards the end of September. 

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UPCOMING EVENTS - with some info

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC74BAV

Wednesday – May 24 – Chesapeake, VA

AACC - May 24, 2017 - #97

Chesapeake City Park

3:30 till 5:30 PM

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC75H78

Wednesday – June 7 – Newport News, VA

Burn 'n Brew Caching Crew (BBCC #1)

Traditional Brewery

6:45 till 8:00 PM

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC75VJ7

Thursday – June 8 – Chesapeake, VA

AACC - June 8, 2017 - #98

Chesapeake City Park

4 till 6 PM

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC6WWBC

Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

Chesapeake City Park

This is our BIG event each year

come on out and meet geocachers from across the globe!

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

Another Item Crossed off our Geocaching Bucket List (5 of 5) and other stuff...

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.

1)  Buffalo Mountain Geocaches
2) Blocks 72 & 64  of the Virginia Deforme
3) Visit Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg
4) Find the Virginia Delorme Challenge Geocache
5) Find the Geocaches for both the Virginia Independent City
and the Virginia County Challenges

This is the last story of our April trip - item #5!

#5 - Find the Geocaches for both the Virginia
Independent City and the Virginia
County Challenges

It was over a year ago when Nana & I completed the requirements for both
the Virginia Independent City Challenge Cache (GC244VZ) and the Virginia County Challenge Cache (GC244RF).  We submitted our caches to the CO and received
both corrected coordinates.  The only thing left to do was go find the cache.
We passed by (within a few miles) both caches several times throughout that
year and a half - but were in time crunch situations each time.  

After we finished up in Lynchburg, we slowly made our way down to
Lawrenceville, VA.  We had visited this park before which was when we first
learned of the two challenges.

We were surprised to find out both caches were a very short distance from
the parking area which allowed us to spend about half the time we had allotted
to make both finds and return to the SNAP!!!-mobile.

The last item (for this trip) was marked off our Geocaching Bucket List!!!

The Best Caches of our April Trip

GC33KA6 -  Take Me Out to the Ball Game II

Traditional - Mecklenburg County Virginia - 5 favorite points

GCNNZP - Buffalo Mtn. Preserve Cache

Traditional - Floyd County Virginia - 24 favorite points

GCGCH61V - Millin' & Stillin'

Virtual cache - Floyd County Virginia - 62 favorite points

GC2EQA6 - Mason Mill Park

Traditional Cache - Roanoke, Virginia - 1 favorite point

GCW7Q6 - Spinners End Redux

Traditional Cache - Roanoke, Virginia - 1 favorite point

GC2HAD - The ABCs of Geocaching: I is for Information Sign
Multi Cache - Rockingham County Virginia - 3 favorite points

GC12PZQ - Locust Springs
Traditional Cache - Highland County Virginia - 25 favorite points

GC2A78 - Bluegrass Valley Crossroads
Virtual Cache - Highland County Virginia - 30 favorite points

GC3RGB6 - Stonewall's Last Ride
Traditional Cache - Lynchburg, Virginia - 4 favorite points

GC546D - Vita Abundantior
Virtual Cache - Lynchburg, Virginia - 11 favorite points

GCVYD4 - The Virginia DeLorme Challenge
Challenge Cache - Lynchburg, Virginia - 42 favorite points

GC244RF - Virginia County Challenge
Challenge Cache - Brunswick County Virginia - 27 favorite points

GC244VZ - Virginia Independent City Challenge
Challenge Cache - Brunswick County Virginia - 27 favorite points

SLOGGERS Outing #4

As of right now, we are tentatively planning our next outing for

Saturday – May 20 – Virginia Beach, VA

Ashville Park 

Rain Date May 21

More info will be coming soon.

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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!!!  

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

Two more items crossed off the Geocaching Bucklet List (3 & 4 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.

1)  Buffalo Mountain Geocaches

2) Blocks 72 & 64  of the Virginia Delorme

3) Visit Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg

4) Find the Virginia Delorme Challenge Geocache

5) Find the Geocaches for both the Virginia Independent City

and the Virginia County Challenges

This is a quick story about items #3 and 4...

#3 - Visit Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg

Ever since we found our first cemetery cache, Nana has been hooked on cemeteries.

The history, the beautiful surroundings - both have made us look for

cemetery caches ever time we visit a new city.

Several months ago, Nana saw an article about Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg Virginia.

7 different museums, guided tours, 27 acres of history.
Old City Cemetery is the oldest continuously maintained cemetery in Virginia.

We added the location to our Geocaching Bucket List!!

While Nana toured some of the historic sites, I took a few minutes to

grab a local geocache on the property.

I then caught up with Nana and joined her while visiting the rest of the historic

places around the cemetery.

We spent the better part of the day tour the grounds and talking with the different

volunteers in the area.

3rd Item marked of our Geocaching Bucket List in one trip!!!

4) Find the Virginia Delorme Challenge Geocache

GCVYD4 - The Virginia Delorme Challenge.

I will let you in on a little (very little) secret.  If you look at the cache page

for the challenge you will notice that the "?" on the map is

located in Arlington Virginia.  In fact, if you zoom in on the map,

you will notice that the "?" is actually in the center courtyard of

the Pentagon!!!

The secret:  Look at where the parking coordinates are!

Lynchburg, VA!!!

In fact, if you investigate the parking coordinates as well as the final coordinates

for the actual cache, you can get a lot closer before leaving your vehicle and starting out on foot

than you could of back in 2006 when the actual cache was originally hidden.

I will tell you this - be prepared for a very steep climb and descent!!!

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!!!  

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching