Upcoming Geocaching Events

Even though we are currently hunting Hidden Creatures

there are plans to be made in the upcoming months!!!

Here are some really good geocaching events

that I want to make sure you know about!!!
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August 1, 2018

The event is not published yet but save the date

AACC 5th Anniversary!

this will be an evening event at Pop's Diner

on Greenbriar Pkwy in Chesapeake

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September 1, 2018

GC7RA5R

16th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

Northwest River Park

Chesapeake, Virginia

16 years!!!
A picnic in a great park!!! A chance to get together
with geocachers not only from this area but from
all over.  An entire section of Northwest River Park

has been set aside for our fun starting at 9AM.

See the cache page for more info!!!

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September 9, 2018

GC7MKT3

Woodbooger Kickoff Event 2018

Norton, Virginia

I attended last year's event with geospillz - Randy and
Jo - and we had a grand time!  There is a Friday night
event to meet the locals and a CITO Sunday
morning to help clean up afterward!

There will be at least 25 new caches that publish around
the area on Friday.  

But the MAIN EVENT is Saturday!!!
The 2018 Woodbooger Trail publishes on Saturday
morning.  The 2018 version of the trail will
consist of over 20 caches.  The trail will be a mix
of Traditional, Multi, Letterbox and Gadget caches.

There is a Woodbooger Footprint geo-art nearby!!!

The Norton City Manager as well as the City of
Norton were very pleased with the turnout last year
and are looking forward to seeing us again this year!!!

Local hotels are offering a discount of rooms.

I will say this: I had a fantastic time last year and
have already made reservations for this year!!!

These cachers put on a really good event!

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October 6, 2018

GC7EXV6

Going Caching 2018

Rome, Georgia

To be truthful, I have not attended any of the
previous Going Caching Events.  But, I have been
told by numerous gecachers that this
is an event you do not want to miss.

I have been told this event is extremely well organized.

There is a ton of information on the cache page!!!

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That is all for now

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

and...
coming soon...

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

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Monthly Review - May 2018

Now that all parts of the trip have been published -
it is time to catch up on the monthly review for May.
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May - as most of you who follow us know, we started our annual

geocaching trip in the middle of the month - and you may have

already read about most of the month in the blogs about

our trip - but...let's see what the monthly review reveals!!!

A quick look at May's numbers reveals:

Total Caches found: 234

GIGA Events attended: 1

Letterbox: 1

Webcams: 1
Earth: 2

Events attended: 3
Wherigo: 7 of which 4 were reverse

Multi: 9
Unknowns: 19 of which 17 were Challenges
Lab: 30
Virtuals: 33

Traditional Caches: 128

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Caching Days in May: 18

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States We Geocached In During May:

Iowa - 7 caches found
Illinois - 7 caches found
Indiana - 11 caches found
Kansas - 1 cache found
Kentucky - 53 found
Michigan - 4 caches found
North Carolina - 6 caches found
Nebraska - 7 caches found
Ohio - 128 caches found
Tennessee - 5 caches found
Virginia - 4 caches found
Wisconsin - 1 cache found 

Caches which received Favorite Points from us in May: 

1. GC7N4FE - Wherigo - Smithfield's Reverse Wherigo - hidden by Chihuahuak94me - located in Smithfield, VA 
2. GC94DA - Virtual - Judicial Regular Quadrilateral - hiddenby The Li'l Bears - located in Barbourville, KY
3. GC7KMMV - Traditional - the walking dead - hidden by pop-pop67 - located in Cynthiana, KY
4. GC31A - Traditional - Shawnee Lookout Cache - hidden by OKIC & the Great Parks of Hamilton County Ohio - located in Hamilton County, OH 
5. GC29GEE - Traditional - Sycamore Log - hidden by kevinpike25 - located in Hamilton County, OH
6. GC4VMT9 - Traditional - Safety First! - hidden by fitzfd92 - located in Hamilton County, OH
7. GC9F8 - Traditional - Pioneer's Honor - hidden by Ender1701 - located in Hamilton County, OH
8. GC5FD9 - Virtual - Under Cover- hidden by TripLeader - located in Hamilton County, OH
9. GC5EHNA - Traditional - AFK to Chateau Laroche - hidden by AFKarchive - located in Hamilton County, OH
10.  GC4KB7C - Traditional -  Esther's Hawks II - hidden by eslusher - located in Warren County, OH
11. GCA691 - Virtual - Don't miss at Sharon Woods - hidden by cincinnatti cacher - located in Hamilton County, OH
12. GC653C - Virtual - "Newport KY" World Peace Bell *Virtual* - hidden by The "Wild Willy's" - located in Newport. KY
13. GC1YGC4 - Earth - Confluence of Ohio and Licking Rivers - hidden by ARF! - located in Newport, KY
14. GC55RKP - Traditional - Mutter Gottes Little Free Library 2.0 "Alexandria" - hidden by voodoofish65usf - located in Covington, KY
15. GCB6FD - Virtual - Let's go watch some planes - hidden by regoarrarr - located in Boone County, KY
16. GC7D2X3 - Traditional - Hungry for a Gadget? - hidden by Borchers - located in Boone County, KY
17. GC2MGV2 - Traditional - I-275 & 5 Mile Rd. Travel Bug Resort - hidden by Iscandar - Located in Hamilton County, OH
18. GC3NK19 - Wherigo - Geocaching around the World - hidden by Iscandar - located in Cincinnati,OH
19. GC2Z5TT - Wherigo - Geocaching thru the Ages - hidden by Iscandar - located in Cincinnati, OH
20. GC22PZV - Traitional - RED SILO TB HOTEL - hidden by lilliejim44 - located in Butler County, OH
21. GCFA54 - Virtual - Evens Monument - hidden by Team Geo. Trek - Located in Butler County, OH
22. GC5RMA6 - Traitional - Mrs. geocat's Trackamobile - hidden by geocat - located in Bridgeport, OH
23. GCPZQB - Traditional - Buffet TB Hotel - hidden by majkmricker - located in Hancock County, OH
24. GC6NKZM - Traitional - Neapolitan Ice Cream - hidden by Handyman & Fam - located in Fulton County, OH
25. GC94B2 - Virtual - Take a Seat - hidden by Happy Hikers - located in St. Joseph County, IN
26. GCA525 - Virtual - Take Council - maintained by One Angel - located in St. Joseph County, IN
27. GCK8ZV - Traditional -  BIG Orange Travel Bug Convention Center - hidden by MaxB on the River - located in St. Joseph County, IN
28. GCJMYD - Virtual - Buffalo Tree Two - TheGeoRovers - located in Berrien County, MI
29. GC8FBF - Virtual - Stone Faced - hidden by camp637 - located in Chicago, IL
30. GCMDAX - Virtual - Chicago's Water Tower - hidden by baloo&bd - located in Chicago, IL
31. GC4AC9D - Traditional - Duck Tape - hidden by EnPleinAire - located in Cook Country, IL
32. GCGAXY - Virtual - Dickeyville Grotto - hidden by YawningDog - located in Dickeyville, WI
33. GC3C0WG - Traditional - Hwy 151 Exit 77 Travel Safe House - hidden by Aceey - located in Dubuque, IA
34. GC359Z4 - Traditional - "The Original 1988 Field of Dreams" - hidden by The-DuHawks of Sumner, WA - located in DuBuque, IA
35. GCHJ67 - Virtual - Double-take  - hidden by Squeamish - located in Black Hawk County, IA
36. GC1J4Q8 - Traditional - Iowa's Premiere Five Star TB Hotel - Bucknuts - located in Polk County, IA
37. GC2532 - Virtual - Treetop Getaway - hidden by spinwebby - located in Madison County, IA
38. GCX0GM - Traditional - Train Yourself to Cache! - hidden by bumanfam - located in Omaha, NE
39. GC6CKYT - Traditional - Portal LAN Travel Bug Hotel - hidden by LadyCache - located in Douglas County, NE
40. GCM97B - Virtual - The Holy Family Shrine - hidden by McGator - located in Sarpy County, NE
41. GC10N63 - Traditional - Center of the United States - hidden by Shelter1 - located in Smith County, Kansas

May Caches Awarded the

"COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Day Award:

• GC7N4FE - Wherigo - Smithfield's Reverse Wherigo - hidden by Chihuahuak94me - located in Smithfield, VA 
• GC9F8 - Traditional - Pioneer's Honor - hidden by Ender1701 - located in Hamilton County, OH
• GCB6FD - Virtual - Let's go watch some planes - hidden by regoarrarr - located in Boone County, KY
• GC22PZV - Traitional - RED SILO TB HOTEL - hidden by lilliejim44 - located in Butler County, OH
• GC5RMA6 - Traitional - Mrs. geocat's Trackamobile - hidden by geocat - located in Bridgeport, OH
• GCA525 - Virtual - Take Council - maintained by One Angel - located in St. Joseph County, IN
• GC8FBF - Virtual - Stone Faced - hidden by camp637 - located in Chicago, IL
• GC1J4Q8 - Traditional - Iowa's Premiere Five Star TB Hotel - Bucknuts - located in Polk County, IA
•  GC10N63 - Traditional - Center of the United States - hidden by Shelter1 - located in Smith County, Kansas

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That is all for now

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

and...
coming soon...

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

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The Last Part - Annual Geocaching Trip - 2018 version

For those that may have missed a previous part 1 - here are some links!!!
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6

Day 18 - June 4

So after visiting with family - it was time to get back to geocaching!!!

If you remember the start of this adventure,
we actually delayed the start of our trip by one day due to weather.
Clingman's Dome was originally the target cache
for the first day but was moved to the end of the trip.
But first we have to get across Tennessee!

When I was first laying out caches for this trip,
I noticed quite a lot of Challenge Caches in and around
Madison County Tennessee.


We didn't get the entire grouping but we did manage
to find just over 20 of them.

We arrived in the area of the Dome but, it was to late in the
day to attempt the climb.  We elected to stop for the day, 
grab a couple of LPC caches and call it a day.

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GC1KJ5K - Sevierville Visitor Center 2 - 154 Favorite points
GC3HG7D - Night Moves TB Hotel - 129 Favorite points
GCJFKF - Minnie's Pearl - 125 Favorite points
GC8ED9 - Something "Odd" - 105 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GCJFKF - Minnie's Pearl - 125 Favorite points
GC8ED9 - Something "Odd" - 105 Favorite points

States Cached Day 1:

Tennessee

Total Finds Day 18 = 27

Types of Finds Day 18

Unknown (Challenge) - 21
Traditional - 4
Virtual - 2

Total Finds for Trip - 286

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Day 19 - June 5

The agenda for the day is Clingman's Dome - plain and simple.
Anything we get after that is an extra!!!

We awoke, made sure the SNAP!!!-mobile was full of fuel
and good to go and then commenced the 
climb to the top of the Smokies!

It took some time, but we drove the switchbacks all the way to the top!!

We arrived at the parking area for the Dome and still had
the half mile trek to the top!!!

We arrived at the top and we were extremely glad we had
rescheduled this stop!!!

A panoramic picture

We made it!!!

After making our way back to the SNAP!!!-mobile, 
we made our way down the mountain.  We stopped and
found two more caches but we are so
anxious to make it back home!!! 

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GC84C0 - Top of the Smokies Virtual Picture Cache - 496 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GC84C0 - Top of the Smokies Virtual Picture Cache - 496 Favorite points

Winner of the "COVETED" SNAP!!!

Cache of the Day Award (and a favorite point):

GC84C0 - Top of the Smokies Virtual Picture Cache - 496 Favorite points

States Cached Day 19:

North Carolina

Total Finds Day 19 = 4

Types of Finds Day 19

Traditional - 1
Virtual - 1
Benchmarks - 2

Total Finds for Trip - 290

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Day 20 - The Last One - June 6

The main agenda for the day was yo get HOME!!!

20 days on the road is more than enough for us!!!

After the terrific day we had yesterday at the "Top of the Smokies"
we considered the trip to be a huge success!!!

We did stop for just one more cache!!!

It was a Virtual cache that had been on our to-do list
for many years, we had just never gotten close enough 
to grab it!  Well, today is the day!!!

States Cached Day 20:

North Carolina

Total Finds Day 20 = 1

Types of Finds Day 20

Virtual - 1

Total Finds for Trip - 291

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20 Days
5,355 Miles
12 States
291 Total Caches Found
Total Favorite points for found caches:
23,352

WOW!!!

Just wish we had geospillz stamina!!!

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That is all for now

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

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Part 6 - Annual Geocaching Trip - 2018 version

For those that may have missed a previous part 1 - here are some links!!!
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5

Day 15 - June 1

Today is the day we, or more specifically, I have been waiting for!!!
IT IS MINGO DAY!!!

It is MINGO day!!!

But first - there are some caches on the way to Mingo!
There was a gadget cache right down the street from our hotel - Grain Bin.

The we traveled a few miles to a really cute cache - 
There's A Bug On The Bump On The Log!

We then toured downtown Mingo before grabbing 

Geo-General Store before driving down County Road 25!!!

Papa with Mingo in hand!

After signing our name, dropping some trackables and, of course,

paying homage to those that keep this cache alive we
continued eastward towards home - and of course,
other caches!!!

One of the surprises of this trip was "Cathedral of the Plains."
It is a  beautiful limestone cathedral was built between 1908 and 1911.

And just down the road from the Cathedral was an old
cemetery - with some really unique crosses.

Nana fell in love with not only the cathedral but all of the 
unique headstones and crosses.

Another interesting location we happened upon was the old
Wilson County Jail.  It was actually used for over 50
years and no one ever escaped!!!

We did several other caches before ending up in
Wamego Kansas - they actually have a Wizard of Oz
Museum and in the lot next to the McDonalds - 
there is an old white house - if you look carefully - 
there are a pair of legs sticking out from under the house!!!

We finally called an end to the day once we reached the
outskirts of Kansas City!!!

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GC30 - Mingo - 2492 Favorite points
GC4K4QN - There's A Bug On The Bump On The Log -
 747 Favorite points
GC5P98P - Geo-General Store - 573 Favorite points
GC598PW - United States CACHE-OPOLY - 269 Favorite points
GCYC7A - Grain Bin - 257 Favorite points
GC559M6 - Mingo the Merciless - 251 Favorite points
GC57FC - Cathedral of the Plains - 233 Favorite points
GCPGXD - Where in the World is Toto - 191 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GC30 - Mingo

GC4K4QN - There's A Bug On The Bump On The Log

GC5P98P - Geo-General Store

GC598PW - United States CACHE-OPOLY

GCYC7A - Grain Bin

GC57FC - Cathedral of the Plains

Winner of the "COVETED" SNAP!!!

Cache of the Day Award (and a favorite point):

GC4K4QN - There's A Bug On The Bump On The Log

States Cached Day 15:
Kansas

Total Finds Day 15 = 15

Types of Finds Day 15

Traditional - 9
Virtual - 4
Webcam - 1
Unknown - 1

Total Finds for Trip - 245

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Day 16 - June 2

Our agenda for the day, other than caching, was to try to make it into Tennessee so we could spend some time with family tomorrow.

We woke up and started the day by finding our

9600th find - and it was Missouri's Oldest Geocache

& our first Missouri cache!!!

One of the geocaches on our list for today we actually found on
a Facebook page called the "Geocaching Bucket
List" - BLR - Salt Creek Church

We eventually made our way over to Missouri's First
State Capitol and found 3 separate caches in that area. 

It ended up being a relatively short day for us because of
the schedule for tomorrow.

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GC37 - Missouri's First - Watts Mill - 803 Favorite points

GCEBC8 - Firefighters Memorial - 264 Favorite points

GCB4C4 - Missouri's First State Capitol - 168 Favorite points

GC4P4XT - TB Express - A Travel Bug Resort - 137 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GC37 - Missouri's First - Watts Mill

GC4P4XT - TB Express - A Travel Bug Resort

Winner of the "COVETED" SNAP!!!

Cache of the Day Award (and a favorite point):

GC4P4XT - TB Express - A Travel Bug Resort

States Cached Day 16:

Missouri (new state for us)

Total Finds Day 16 = 8

Types of Finds Day 16

Traditional - 4
Virtual - 4
Benchmarks - 5

Total Finds for Trip - 258

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Day 17 - June 3

The main agenda for the day was family!

But before we could hang out with family - we have to get to Tennessee!!!

So, while traveling to Tennessee, we grabbed a cache which ended
up being the only find of the day - but what a find it was!!!

A really lovely country church with a complete outdoor setting complete with the stations of the cross, an altar - everything is here!!!
Complete with an underground spring comes out of the ground, travels around the altar and disappears back into the ground!!!

Even though this was the only find of the day - it was well worth the visit!!!

Welcome to Tennessee!

 Finds with the most favorite points:

GCD672 - Schnurbusch Karst Window - 122 Favorite points

We awarded Favorite points to:

GCD672 - Schnurbusch Karst Window

Winner of the "COVETED" SNAP!!!

Cache of the Day Award (and a favorite point):

GCD672 - Schnurbusch Karst Window

States Cached Day 17:

Missouri

Total Finds Day 17 = 1

Types of Finds Day 17

Virtual - 1

Total Finds for Trip - 259

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That is all for now

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

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