GCHR Annual Picnic THIS WEEK!!!

GCHR PICNIC!!!

It is hard to believe it is already the end of August!!!  But that means

the 15th Annual GCHR Picnic is right around the corner - GC6WW8C -

which means a day full of geocaching fun!!!

Here is just some of what you can expect!!!

9:00 - Event officially OPENS with the UNVEILING of the LOG and GROUP PICTURE!
         Welcome by Kevin Kaul, Parks Manager, Chesapeake Parks and Rec

All day:  Space Coast Geocaching Store for all your geocaching supplies!

FYI - my FAVORITE Geocaching store
9:30- 10:30 Drop off of “Who’s Your Favorite” Container entries

9:30 Egg Hunt Opens. Purchase an egg, if it contains coordinates you’ve won

a container! Find it at the coordinates in the egg.

09:30 Geocaching 101 with Wheels.

Wheels will have sample cache containers, answer questions for beginners

or anyone with questions about getting into geocaching.

09:45 - Store Opens/Chance Auction Opens       

10:30 - 12:00 Geocaching Games Ammo can toss, pole caching

11:30 - 1:00 - LUNCH (Meal Ticket Required)

12:30 Winners of Geocaching Games Announced

13:00 GeoSurvivor

1:00 - Start of Door prize drawings - Check the board near

Registration Booth for winning numbers

4:00 - Chance Auction Winners

Any Unclaimed Door Prizes will be redrawn

5:00 - Event ends/Clean up begins

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SNAP!!!-land

Geo-art will be archived October 1, 2017 !!!

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.

HINT:  I have began plotting out the next art!  What will it be???

Hint #2: If you are waiting this long - get some extra help by

 looking in the FILES section of the "SNAP Geocaching" Facebook Page!!!

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Upcoming Events

Here is the current list of upcoming Geocaching Events (and other outings)

in and around my area (Hampton Roads).

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC7AJX9 

Wednesday – August 30, 2017 – Newport News, VA

Burn ‘n Brew Caching Crew (BBCC #3)

Traditional Brewing Company

6:45 till 9 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79HWF 

Friday – September 1, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

Friday Night Meet and Greet 2017

Indian River Community Center

5:30 till 7:00 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC6WW8C 

Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

Chesapeake City Park

9 AM till 5 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79J7X 

Thursday – September 14, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA

TWELFTH Revolution Around the Sun

Neighborhood Park

5 PM till 6:30 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC7AYB7 

Tuesday – September 19, 2017 – Portsmouth, VA

Third Tuesday Beer/Burgers Meet & Greet

MoMac

6 PM till 8PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC7BGPP

- Not Published Yet -

Thursday – September 21, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

AACC #102

Elizabeth River Boat Landing Park

4 PM till 6PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79DR4 

Saturday – September 30, 2017 – Norfolk, VA

Fall CITO

You get a souvenir for attending this event!!!

Elmwood Cemetery

9AM till 1PM

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PLEASE DO NOT FORGET

THE WOODBOOGER:

Bring your GPS to Norton, Virginia and join me!!!

When: starting Sept 8

What: find out exactly what a WOODBOOGER is!!!

There will be a new Geo-Trail, a new Geo-art, and 3 events.

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

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That's All for Now!

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

Too Many Things To List...

Mary Hyde

If you have been participating, and why wouldn't you, the souvenir section 

should now contain 6 new pirate themed souvenirs 

#1 awarded July 15

#2 awarded July 25

#3 awarded August 1

#4 awarded August 8

#5 awarded August 15

#6 awarded August 15 after getting all the above

If you earned all the above souvenirs, you should have received an email stating:

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Alas! The entire treasure map has been revealed!
The treasure location has been unsealed,
Four weeks you’ve sailed the seas far and wide,
And now you’ve found the lost treasure of Mary Hyde!

Well done scallywag! To find the lost treasure, you had to find all four pieces of Mary Hyde’s treasure map, but the Captain has left one final gift for your daring efforts! To redeem this gift and continue your journey, follow these steps:

1. Find the hidden word in the treasure chest souvenir
2. Once found, head to this webform
3. Fill out the webform to receive a free tracking code!

Hurry! This free offer ends on August 20, 2017.

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Once you complete that

 

Another email pops into your Inbox stating:

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Congratulations on finding the lost treasure of Mary Hyde!

Your free trackable code will be emailed to you by (fill in the date)

with instructions on how to use it!

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I will let you know when I get my trackable code!!!

SNAP!!!-land

Geo-art will be archived October 1, 2017 !!!

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.

HINT:  I have began plotting out the next art!  What will it be???

Hint #2: If you are waiting this long - get some extra help by

 looking in the FILES section of the "SNAP Geocaching" Facebook Page!!!

SLOGGERS Outing #5

SLOGGERS Outing #5, despite all the weather woes this area has

had the last month or so, was a smashing success!!!

We searched for 10 caches and found all 10,

did some cache maintenance, and had a great time!!!

Say Cheese!!!

Upcoming Events

Here is the current list of upcoming Geocaching Events (and other outings)

in and around my area (Hampton Roads).

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79YQ6 

Saturday – August 19, 2017 – Williamsburg, VA

International Geocaching Day: Beers of the world

DoG Street Pub

You earn a souvenir for attending this event!!!

1 till 2 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 

Thursday – August 24, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

AACC #101

Chesapeake City Park

4 till 6 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79HWF 

Friday – September 1, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

Friday Night Meet and Greet 2017

Indian River Community Center

5:30 till 7:00 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC6WW8C 

Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

Chesapeake City Park

9 AM till 5 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79J7X 

Thursday – September 14, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA

TWELFTH Revolution Around the Sun

Neighborhood Park

5 PM till 6:30 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79DR4 

Saturday – September 30, 2017 – Norfolk, VA

Fall CITO

You get a souvenir for attending this event!!!

Elmwood Cemetery

9AM till 1PM

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET

THE WOODBOOGER:

Bring your GPS to Norton, Virginia the weekend after the GCHR picnic and

find out exactly what a WOODBOOGER is!!!

There will be a new Geo-Trail, a new Geo-art, and 3 events.

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

-------------------------------------------------------------

That's All for Now!

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching