Tuesday, September 25, 2018

October Friend League!!!

You might be a Caching Connoisseur if…


Here are the details about October's Friend League event!!!
You can learn more "HERE"

From October 1 at noon UTC through October 29 at noon UTC, use the Friend League to individually earn points towards the “Caching Connoisseur” souvenir.
In October, you might be a Caching Connoisseur if…
To earn the Caching Connoisseur souvenir, earn 60 points individually on your Friend League beginning Monday, October 1 and ending Monday, October 29.
During this time, earn higher points for finding geocaches with 10 or more Favorite points!
A true connoisseur could achieve this score by finding four great caches.
How many will it take you?
The scoring*:
Found a geocache with less than 10 Favorite points: 5
Found a geocache with 10+ Favorite points: 15
Attended Event: 5
Drop Trackable: 1
There are no extra points for Difficulty/Terrain ratings this month.
*The Friend League will not reflect this scoring until Monday, October 1 at noon UTC.
FAQ:
How do I play?
Find different geocache types to individually collect 60 points on the Friend League between Monday, October 1 at noon UTC and Monday, October 29 at noon UTC and earn the Caching Connoisseur souvenir.
How can I earn points?
If you log a cache, attend an event, or perform other geocaching actions, you collect points.
ActionPoint value
Log a Found it on any geocache5
Log a Found it on a geocache with 10 or more Favorite points15
Attend any event5
Drop off trackable1
*The max number of points you can earn for any find log is 15 points by finding a geocache with 10 or more Favorite points.
What is the Friend League?
The Friend League is a leaderboard that shows you and your friends’ geocaching activity. Earn points when you log a cache, attend an event, or complete other geocaching tasks. The number of points vary depending on the task at hand.
The Friend League displays the total points you individually collect during the month. You can also see how many points your friends have earned. After October 1, the Friend League will reset to zero on Monday, October 29 at noon UTC when the next souvenir challenge will begin.
Can I join at anytime?
Of course! Join anytime between October 1 through October 29 and earn 60 points individually on your Friend League and earn the Caching Connoisseur souvenir.
Do I get points for attending a CITO, Mega or Giga-Event?
Yes. Attending any event earns you five points.
Still have a question?
Having trouble logging your finds? Have a question about scoring? The best way to get answers quickly is to write to us using this form. Thanks and good luck!
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That is all for now
Till next time...

Don't forget to visit our favorite Geocaching Store
Space Coast Geo-Store

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

and...
we are less than 200 finds away from...


Suffolk Nana & Papa

 - - - or just plain ol' - - -

SNAP!!! 

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Upcoming Souvenirs

Geocachers all around the east coast are recovering from,or attempting to recover from, therecent attack of Hurricane Florence!!


As well all struggle to check on our caches let me quickly
remind you about some souvenirs you can not only currently
earn, but some upcoming souvenirs also!!!
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#1

Geocaching HQ started a brand new four month
series featuring your friend league.

September (actually 3 September thru 1 October)
you can earn an Adrenaline Junkie souvenir by earning 50 points
 individually on your Friend League.  During the month you
can earn double points for difficulty and terrain!

Note: being as Nana & I started the month off
with the Woodbooger Geo-Tour in Norton Virginia
we already earned our souvenir!  Here is what it looks like!

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#2

Next is the Fall CITO Souvenir

Attend a CITO event anytime this week (15 - 23 September)
and you will earn that souvenir


Here in the Hampton Roads area there is only one more
CITO event upcoming:

GC7WWE4
Friday – September 21, 2018 – Norfolk 
Fall CITO After Work
4:45 PM till 6:30 PM

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#3

International EarthCache Day 2018

Find an Earthcache on either October 13th or 14th to
earn this souvenir!!!


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#4

Also during October the 2nd month of the "You Might Be
A Geocacher If.." souvenir will be available!!!

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#5

GIFF 2018

Attend a GIFF Event on between 8 and 12 November
for another souvenir!!!

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That is all for now
Till next time...

Don't forget to visit our favorite Geocaching Store
Space Coast Geo-Store

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

and...
we are less than 200 finds away from...


Suffolk Nana & Papa

 - - - or just plain ol' - - -

SNAP!!! 

#geocaching

#gogeocaching

#SNAPgeocaching

#geocache

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

WOODBOOGER!!!

The last time you heard from us we were leaving
on our search for the every elusive
WOODBOOGER!!!


Well let me say this one thing!


We had a FANTASTIC time!!!
These people really know how to put on an event!!!
is that a Woodbooger?
4 days, 3 events, 1 CITO and I lost count of how many 
 different geocaches were published each day!


I will tell you this - we didn't have time to find all of them!!!


We arrived in the Norton, Virginia area Thursday afternoon, immediately attended an event and then about 35 caches were published in and around the Norton area!!!


Nana & I started finding caches but finished up a
good portion of those caches on Friday morning.
While we were grabbing those, another 40 to 50 caches
started publishing!!!


We ended Friday by attending the
"Meet The Woodbooger II"
event where I met a Woodbooger!!!


Saturday was the main event!!!


Saturday morning just before 9AM,
the 25 geocaches that make up the
Woodbooger Geo-Tour published and then
more caches published!!!
Of the 25 Geo-Tour caches,
18 of the caches are Traditionals and
approximately 10 of them are gadget caches!
5 of them are Letterbox caches leaving
1 Multi-cache and 1 Earthcache.
Most of the geocaches were donated by
geocachers from the surrounding area!


I cannot stress how much the City of Norton,
the surrounding County and a lot of the 
local businesses helped the geocachers in the area.  

Part of the Woodbooger Crew!
The local businesses contributed everything from door
prizes to reduced pricing for all of the visitors for these events.


Nana & I really enjoyed the entire weekend!
We met all sorts of geocachers as well as a
City Councilman, the City Manager and
even the Mayor!


Thanks goes out to Space Coast Geo Store
who attended the event
Dale & Barb always have new interesting items!


Special thanks goes out to the members of the
Woodbooger Crew who put together this
wonderful weekend event!!!
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Biblemanrick (Rick Watts)
Sewwatt (Sally Watts)
KickenChicken (Treavor Calhoun)
VA_Woodbooger (Chris Sartin)
MtmanVa2 (Chuck Miller)
Ladybug44 (Val Miller)
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So, I think it goes without saying, but just in case... 
The Woodbooger Geo-tour is highly recommended!!!

Link to the Passport for the GeoTour - front - inside

oh, and by the way...
take our advice...
save the date now..
September 7, 2019
The Next Woodbooger Event!!!


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That is all for now
Till next time...

Don't forget to visit our favorite Geocaching Store
Space Coast Geo-Store

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

and...
coming soon...

Suffolk Nana & Papa

 - - - or just plain ol' - - -

SNAP!!! 

#geocaching

#gogeocaching

#SNAPgeocaching

#geocache

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching



Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Come Join Us In Our Search...


For The Woodbooger!!!

Nana & I are planning on searching for and finding..
The Woodbooger!!!

Last year I found the Woodbooger all by myself!
This year... Nana is joining me! 

You are more than welcome to come join us on our journey!!!

Here are the events!!!

GC7VACN - Woodbooger on the Greenbelt
GC7QXRX - Meet the Woodbooger II
GC7MKT3 - Woodbooger GeoTour Kickoff
GC7RJHE - The great woodbooger cleanup version 2.0

YES!, this year the Geo-Trail will be a
Geo-Tour!!!

GT8E

This means when you complete and log all
25 geocaches in the  GeoTour, you will
receive a custom souvenir.

Link to the GeoTour page
Link to Parking Pass - put in on your window,
it lets the local LEOs know you are a cacher!!!

Link to the Passport for the GeoTour - front - inside

If you scroll through the announcements
on GC7MKT3, you will find:

  •  instructions for $10 off your camping
  • instructions for discounted hotel rooms

This crew, puts on a really nice event!

And, Space Coast Geocaching
will have their store at the event!!! 

Come join us!!!
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That is all for now
Till next time...

Don't forget to visit our favorite Geocaching Store
Space Coast Geo-Store

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

and...
coming soon...

Suffolk Nana & Papa

 - - - or just plain ol' - - -

SNAP!!! 

#geocaching
#gogeocaching
#SNAPgeocaching
#geocache

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching
On Instagram at: snap_geocaching




Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Monthly Review - August 2018

Just one quick note before we get
to the August Monthly Review

GC7MKT3 - Woodbooger Kickoff Event 2018
A fun filled weekend of events
A new Geo-trail which is also
an Official Geo-Tour!!!

Here are some links for you:
Woodbooger GeoTour Kickoff Event
Woodbooger GeoTour Passport
Woodbooger Parking Pass
(place on dash to let local LEOs know you are a Geocacher)

so let's get to the Monthly Review...

August Monthly Review

Our finds for August were more than July but not really fantastic either!!!

We knew we were going to be taking an in-state trip in September
so we were kind of saving up!!!

The other reason we were down on numbers
was we were staying in town expecting the arrival
of our 2nd Great-Grand-Daughter!!!


A quick look at August's numbers reveals:

Total Caches found: 40
Traditionals: 30
Multi: 2
Letterbox: 1
Puzzles: 1
Virtuals: 3
Events attended: 3 
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FTFs in August: 1
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Caching Days in August: 8
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States We Geocached In During August:
North Carolina - 18 finds
Virginia - 22 finds

Caches which received Favorite Points from us in August: 
  1. GC7B8A0 - Virtual - Colonial Williamsburg - Virtual Reward - hidden by Scottish Cavalryman - located in Williamsburg, Virginia 
  2. GC7VNH1 - Traditional - Cemetery on Longstreet Lane - hidden by steve-n-kim - located in Suffolk, Virginia
  3. GC26638 - Traditional - Let's Eat - hidden by sbogie264 - located in Yadkin County, North Carolina
  4. GC3F1FD - Traditional - Boydton Plank Road - hidden by tirmite - located in Boydton, Virginia
  5. GC4H60D - Traditional - Hold The Onion - hidden by mount_airync - hidden in Surry County, North Carolina
  6. GCJF95 - Multi - Mayberry Cache - hidden by Sauratown Smokey - located in Mt Airy, North Carolina
  7. GC4NZNT - Old Methodist Cemetery - hidden by MAMRH - located in My Airy, North Carolina
  8. GCGCAZ - Virtual - Rock House - hidden by joycgib - located in Stokes County, North Carolina
  9. GC7HF2V - Traditional - A view and a chew - hidden by TurtleDoves34 - located in Suffolk, Virginia
  10. GC7NGV3 - Traditional - Windy Warrior - hidden by steve-n-kim - located in Virginia Beach, Virginia
August Caches Awarded the
"COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Day Award:
  • GC7B8A0 - Virtual - Colonial Williamsburg - Virtual Reward - hidden by Scottish Cavalryman - located in Williamsburg, Virginia 
  • GC26638 - Traditional - Let's Eat - hidden by sbogie264 - located in Yadkin County, North Carolina
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Upcoming Events we will be attending!
GC7VACN - Woodbooger on the Greenbelt on September 6th
GC7QXRX - Meet the Woodbooger II on September 7th
GC7MKT3 - Woodbooger Kickoff Event 2018 on September 8th
GC7RJHE - The Great Woodbooger Cleanup version 2.0 on September 9th
GC7WWDV - Fall CITO Calvary Cemetery Project Day on September 15th
GC7W7PZ - Third Tuesday Burger and Beer-GCHR September Event on September 18th
GC7WWE4 - Fall CITO After Work on September 21st
GC7X12V - AACC #117 with Food Trucks on September 27th
GC7W09X - Chrysler Treasures M & G #5 - Vic Muniz exhibit on September 29th
GC7WQPX - 10th annual Halloween meet and greet on October 27th 

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That is all for now
Till next time...

Don't forget to visit our favorite Geocaching Store

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

and...
coming soon...

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

SNAP!!! 

#geocaching
#gogeocaching
#SNAPgeocaching
#geocache

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching
On Instagram at: snap_geocaching