Monday, July 24, 2017

All sorts of NEWS!!!

The Lost Treasure of Mary Hyde

If you attended an event on July 15th or 16th
you should have already received your 1st souvenir.


If your Friend League earned at least 30 coins, and you yourself
earned at least 5 gold coins; you should receive your 2nd souvenir
on Wednesday July 26th.

For Week #2 which runs from Monday July 24th through the 30th
you need to earn at least 10 gold coins.  Here is the scoring for week #2

  • Find and log a geocache* = 5 gold coins.
  • Find and log a geocache with 10 or more Favorite points = 7 gold coins.
  • Attend and log an event cache = 7 gold coins.
  • Retrieve a trackable from a cache = 5 gold coins.
  • Drop a trackable into a cache = 10 gold coins.
*Excludes lab caches and web cam caches.
Good LUCK!!!
Only 7 more days until the GCHR Picnic store closes!!!

Yes - hurry on by and place your orders for merchandise, meals, etc.
The store closes at Midnight July 31, 2017!!!
Click HERE for the link to the site

 


Only 70 more days until the SNAP!!!-land
Geo-art is archived!!!

This has been scheduled and re-scheduled more than once.
Delayed time and time again when my in box fills up with
out-of-town requests so a big group can come complete the art.
Virginia's largest geo-art.
Click HERE for the SNAP!!!-land #001.



Something new on the SNAP!!! schedule

I was contacted by Sewwatt - a cacher in NORTON, VA.

They have some big plans for the weekend AFTER the GCHR picnic!!!

There will also be a 50 cache geoart published on Sept. 8th. 

There will be a big event on September 9th at Flag Rock in Norton VA
for the new Woodbooger Geotrail 2017 which includes
a custom made geocoin you can receive after
completing all 20 geocaches in the trail.

Here are the events scheduled around Norton:

GC76XPR - 9/8 from 6 till 8PM
GC723NJ - 9/8 from 9 till 10PM
GC71X25 - 9/9 from 9AM till 5PM


UPCOMING EVENTS:

Events in Hampton Roads
 Mark your calendars – hope to see you at some of these events!
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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC????? 
NOT SCHEDULED YET
Tuesday – August 15, 2017 – ?????, VA
Third Tuesday Event
Unknown
6 till ? PM
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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC793MW 
Monday – August 21, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA
Don't Stare at the Sun! Event
Chesapeake City Park
1:30 till 4 PM
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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC790T6 
Saturday – August 24, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA
AACC #101
Chesapeake City Park
4 till 6 PM
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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC6WWBC 
Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA
15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic
Chesapeake City Park
9 AM till 5 PM
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Also on the horizon are:
CITO Week - September 2017 - Attend a CITO event
between 23 September and 1 October to earn a souvenir!


That's All for Now!
Till next time...
Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!


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


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