Monthly Review - March 2019

Well...

We finally got back out in the world to
find some more geocaches!!!

A quick look at the numbers for

March 2019:
Total Caches found: 59

Traditionals: 44
Mystery (Challenge): 2
Mystery (all others): 3
Virtual: 8
Event: 2
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FTFs in March: 2

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Caching Days in March: 8

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Places We Geocached In During March:

North Carolina - 38 finds
South Carolina - 1 find
Virginia -  20 finds

Caches which received
Favorite Points from us in March: 

1. GC8498W - Over the river, and through the woods - hidden by TheBigAndy00 - located in Suffolk, VA
2.  GC1MNB0 - Old Glory #2 - Wild Hogs - hidden by Ranger TJ - located in Onslow County, NC
3. GCGEM0 - Ol' Grandpappy - hidden by ponder - located in Carteret County, NC
4. GC3BGEQ - Daughter of a Founding Father - hidden by BeenThere309 - located in Columbus County, NC
5. GCEFA7 - Webfargo #2 - I saw the light - hidden by webfargo - located in Pender County, NC
6. GCGFRX - Red #2 - hidden by BookieW - located in Brunswick County, NC
7. GC7B68N - Around and Around it Goes Again - hidden by The Alethiometrists - located in Wilson County, NC
8. GC84QFP - Near The Ice Cream - hidden by Team Slug VA - located in Gloucester County, Va
9. GC8561M - Church of the Holy Innocents - hidden by mrteb - located in Bertie County, NC
10. GC85615 - Edenhouse Point - hidden by mrteb - located in Bertie County, NC
11. GC7NEZY - (G)amma ray(Z) - hidden by Nitecheck - located in Pasquotank County, NC

March Caches Awarded the

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

1. GCGEM0 - Ol' Grandpappy - hidden by ponder - located in Carteret County, NC
2. GCEFA7 - Webfargo #2 - I saw the light - hidden by webfargo - located in Pender County, NC
3. GC7B68N - Around and Around it Goes Again - hidden by The Alethiometrists - located in Wilson County, NC

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New Souvenirs Earned during March:

Earned: 3/25

Earned: 3/25

Earned: 3/25

Earned: 3/30

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A peek into things ahead.

Nana & I will be archiving some of the SNAP!!! caches in and

around Suffolk to make room for some new caches.

Here is a list of the geocaches that will be archived.

IF you still need to find these - get to them

soon as they are scheduled to disappear!!!

GC2319B - Suffolk History #001
GC3AEHX - Suffolk History #002

GC2XJ24 - Another P&G

GC6BBVV - Nana thinks Papa Has SNAPPED!!!

GC3XA5J - Lone Star Archery

GC3XA3T - Can you see the "Waterfall"

GC3WVMY - Another Lone Star Cache

GC3WVM2 - Lakeview

GC3WVJF - The Hobbit Cache

GC3WVR1 - Lonestar Fir

GC3WVHX - Beauregard's Booty

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Upcoming Events we will be attending!

GC84R3A

Tuesday – April 2, 2019 – Chesapeake

Creative Caching Event

Pop’s Diner on Greenbriar – hosted by Geospillz

6 PM Till 8 PM

GC84QWF

Monday – April 8, 2019 – Suffolk

Creative Caching Event – Wherigo 101

Morgan Memorial Library – hosted by Cameramoose

6:15 PM Till 7:30 PM

GC855ZQ

Wednesday – April 10, 2019 – York County

Creation Celebration: North of the Tunnels

Community Clubhouse at Jamestown Village Military Housing Area

hosted by Kelgorthon

7:00 PM Till 10:00 PM

GC85F9R

Friday – April 12, 2019 – Norfolk

Creation Celebration: Let’s Talk Climbing Trees

Delaware Circle in Norfolk

hosted by LittleJoeLive

3:00 PM Till 5:00 PM

GC857ZC

Tuesday – April 16, 2019 – Newport News

GCHR April 3rd Tuesday: "She's a Brick House"

 Brickhouse Tavern

6 PM till 8 PM

GC853A8

Saturday – April 27, 2019 – Norfolk

Calvary Cemetery Spring CITO

Calvary Cemetery

8 AM till 10 AM

GC84Z7J

Saturday – May 4, 2019 – Norfolk

Chrysler Treasures M & G #9 - Watercolors & China

Worcester Porcelain Gallery

11:00 AM Till 12:15 PM

 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!!!

Suffolk Nana & Papa

 - - - or just plain ol' - - -

SNAP!!! 

#geocaching

#gogeocaching

#SNAPgeocaching

#geocache

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

Monthly Review - February 2019

Well...

We finally did it!!!!

10,000 FINDS

We finally passed that mark, even though for
most of the month we were in a funk!!
Not sure if it was the weather, 
the passing of a dear friend, 
or maybe a combination of both - but
for most of February, we didn't find anything.

That being said...here is the review!

A quick look at the numbers for

February 2019:

Total Caches found: 7

Traditionals: 4
Virtual: 1
Events: 2

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FTFs in February: None

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Caching Days in February: 4

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Places We Geocached In During February:

Virginia -  7 finds

Caches which received
Favorite Points from us in February: 

1. GC18E4 - LakeSteps - hidden by: JK-n-VA - located in Williamsburg, Virginia 

February Caches Awarded the

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

1. GC18E4 - LakeSteps - hidden by: JK-n-VA - located in Williamsburg, Virginia  

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New Souvenirs Earned during February:

None

Other Accomplishments during February

- Finally reached 10,000 finds

which means we can now

release this into the world!!!

now available for trade

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A peek into things ahead.

Nana & I will be archiving some of the SNAP!!! caches in and

around Suffolk to make room for some new caches.

Here is a list of the geocaches that will be archived.

IF you still need to find these - get to them

soon as they are scheduled to disappear!!!

GC2319B - Suffolk History #001

GC2XJ24 - Another P&G

GC6BBVV - Nana thinks Papa Has SNAPPED!!!

GC3XA5J - Lone Star Archery

GC3XA3T - Can you see the "Waterfall"

GC3WVMY - Another Lone Star Cache

GC3WVM2 - Lakeview

GC3WVJF - The Hobbit Cache

GC3WVR1 - Lonestar Fir

GC3WVHX - Beauregard's Booty

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Upcoming Events we will be attending!

GC837DH

Tuesday – March 19, 2019 – Chesapeake

GCHR 3rd Tuesday Event for March 2019

At Pop’s Diner – hosted by SNAP!!!

6 PM Till 8 PM

GC84CW6

Thursday – March 28, 2019 – Chesapeake

AACC #125

Eliz. River Boat Landing Park – hosted by SNAP!!!

4 PM Till 5:45 PM

GC???? – not published

Tuesday – April 2, 2019 – Chesapeake

Creative Caching Event

Pop’s Diner on Greenbriar – hosted by Geospillz

6 PM Till 8 PM

GC84QWF

Monday – April 8, 2019 – Suffolk

Creative Caching Event – Wherigo 101

Morgan Memorial Library – hosted by Cameramoose

6:15 PM Till 7:30 PM

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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 now

Suffolk Nana & Papa

 - - - or just plain ol' - - -

SNAP!!! 

#geocaching

#gogeocaching

#SNAPgeocaching

#geocache

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

The passing of a friend - alara

On January 23, 2019 the geocaching community lost a really good friend.

alara - 1958 - 2019

Most of the geocaching community knew him as alara.  Some in the geocaching

community knew him as the creator of "alara's wacky adventure" a yearly event

which always involved a road trip to hike up a mountain somewhere.

These hikes all involved friends, fun and geocaching but most of all scenic

views where we all could consider life, family and see the majesty of the world.

The last time we were together on the trails

Nana & I also knew him as Alan.  He was frequently our geocaching companion

on road trips and in the local area.  Truth be told, he is the primary person

responsible for SNAP!!! Geocaching.  He is the one how showed us

the ropes and taught a few simple rules to geocaching.  He taught us that is 

not always about the numbers, but about the adventure of finding the cache.

Resting on the way to the top

Back in early June of 2009, Nana & I had a total of 3 finds when alara

took us on a circular day trip from our home in Suffolk, down into North Carolina,

over to Murfreesboro, and the back to Franklin, VA before returning home.

16 finds on that day and we were hooked.

alara (and others) at The Rune Stones at Hardwood's Mill

Two years later, in October of 2011, alara introduced us to his Wacky alara Adventure.

He explained it was a yearly trip he undertook to tackle a geocache with

a lot of favorite points.  It usually involved a mountain with a really good hike.

The main target of this particular Wacky Adventure took us to

Thousand Steps Cache (GC59AF) located in central Pennsylvania.

alara at Thousand Steps Cache

    

 Nana & I found close to 2500 caches with alara.  He was one of the those

cachers who didn't log every cache he found.  I know he had found

over 100 SNAP!!! caches here in Suffolk that he had never logged.

He found his first cache on 6/11/2004 and his last, with Nana & I,

on 1/21/2018.

He was not only my friend and fellow cacher.

He was my best friend.

He will be missed.

SNAP!!!