Lots of notes....

#1 - Thank you!!!

First of all we want to thank all of the great comments, notes, emails

and referrals concerning the last blog we did: GeoWoodstock 2018.

We really appreciate all the kind words!

#2 - AACC #100

Years ago - The first AACC event was held - on August 1, 2013.

The original idea was to allow working cachers a chance

to grab smilies for the special Challenge that Groundspeak was running

at the time called “31 Days of Geocaching”.

Now, 4 years later, we are finally at #100.

Come join us for a dinner celebration at East Side Pizza in Portsmouth.

5630 Portsmouth Blvd from 5 PM until the last geocacher leaves

#3 - GCHR Annual Picnic

 Right here in Hampton Roads Virginia

our 15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

is fast approaching.

Things are a little different this year as there are no "packages" - you simply pay for the items you want!!!

Special Note:  THE STORE CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT JULY 31ST, 2017

#4 - Other events comping up:

Events in Hampton Roads

 Mark your calendars – hope to see you at some of these events!

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC779QG 

Thursday – July 13, 2017 – Portsmouth, VA

AACC - #100

East Side Pizza

5 PM till ???

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC77TY4 

Saturday – July 15, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

The Lost Treasure of Mary Hyde

*** Earn A Souvenir for attending ***

Elizabeth River Boat Landing Park

10 AM till 11 AM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC77WV0 

Saturday – July 15, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA

The Lost Treasure of Captain Mary Hyde

*** Earn A Souvenir for attending ***

Green Flash Brewing

1 PM till 2 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC77PR7

Sunday – July 16, 2017 – Elizabeth City, NC

River City Pirate Parlez

*** Earn A Souvenir for attending ***

11 AM till Noon

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC785D0

Sunday – July 16, 2017 – Norfolk, VA

The Lost Treasure Comes to Wards Corner

*** Earn A Souvenir for attending ***

11 AM till Noon

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC76Z9N 

Tuesday – July 18, 2017 – Norfolk, VA

Third Tuesday Burger & Beer (hot dogs)

The Barking Dog

6 till 8 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC786TC 

Wednesday – July 19, 2017 – Newport News, VA

Burn 'n Brew Caching Crew (BBCC #2)

Tradition Brewery

6:45 till 9 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC77ZD1 

Saturday – July 22, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA

Ezio10 Visits Virginia Beach

Kemps Landing Park

4 till 6 PM

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 Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

15th Annual GCHR Picnic info - - - and more!!!

Here is the latest on the 15th Annual GCHR Picnic!!!

It is almost time for the next "Annual Picnic"!!!

When: SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

GC Code: GC6WW8C

Is it a Mega? - Nope - not yet

but please log your "WILL ATTEND"

and then come join us on September 2nd.

LOCATION: Chesapeake City Park

Look to the right hand side of this page... 

There is an entire page with links and other information about the picnic.

That page has links to other pages with information about geocaches

 in and around the Hampton Roads area.

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SNAP!!!-land

 Virginia's Largest Geo-art is currently scheduled to be archived

the morning of  2 October,  That leaves you about 98 more days to

find those caches.  

See GC503GY for the start of this series

Go to Facebook and search for "SNAP!!! Geocaching".

Ask to join the group.

Once you are a member you can find all sorts of "HELP"

with the series/geo-art (Hint: Look in the file section).

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 Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

2 More States Checked off... plus some other updates.

Two More States checked off!!!

Nana and I took a quick trip up north last weekend to visit some relatives and help

them celebrate 50 years of marriage!  Of course, while there we did take some time to

color in two new states, Minnesota and Wisconsin!!! 

26 States!!!

  We managed to grab 7 Minnesota caches and another 5 in Wisconsin!!!

Thanks to the COs for putting out and maintaining those caches!!! 

Witch's Hat

Great Virtuals abound around Minneapolis St. Paul

Cottontail on the Trail

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SNAP!!!-land

Virginia's Largest Geo-Art

The latest on the archiving of SNAP!!!-land (GCGC503GY) is as follows:

Due to the high number of emails requesting a hold on the archiving

of the series we have decided to wait until after the GCHR 15th Annual Picnic.

All SNAP!!!-land caches will be archived on 30 September. 

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UPCOMING EVENTS - with some info

Events in Hampton Roads

 Mark your calendars – hope to see you at some of these events!

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC76Z93 

Saturday – July 1, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

Celebrate Canada Day with a Moose

** You earn a souvenir for attending this event **

Dismal Swamp Canal Boat Ramp

8:00 AM till 8:30 AM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC779QG 

Thursday – July 13, 2017 – Portsmouth, VA

AACC - #100

East Side Pizza

5 PM till ???

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC76Z9N 

Tuesday – July 18, 2017 – Norfolk, VA

Third Tuesday Burger & Beer (hot dogs)

The Barking Dog

6 till 8 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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 Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

SLOGGERS Outing #4 was GREAT!!! - and more info

SLOGGERS Outing #4

SLOGGERS Outing #4 was a great success!!!

  

A little over 3 miles walked, 15 caches on the list and

we added another two (for some) so 17 were found.

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We had a great time with the biggest turnout so far!!!

It was very humid and warm and the start of the day but when we were at our

13th cache on the list the wind picked up.

By cache # 15 there were jokes about being blown away!

17 finds for most of the group

We then made our way about 2 miles north and had a great lunch - WITH Outdoor seating

Hope y'all come out and join us for our 5th Outing in June!!!

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SNAP!!!-land

Virginia's Largest Geo-Art

The latest on the archiving of SNAP!!!-land is as follows:

Due to the high number of emails requesting a hold on the archiving

of the series we have decided to wait until after the GCHR 15th Annual Picnic.

Archiving of the series will now be towards the end of September. 

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UPCOMING EVENTS - with some info

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC74BAV

Wednesday – May 24 – Chesapeake, VA

AACC - May 24, 2017 - #97

Chesapeake City Park

3:30 till 5:30 PM

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC75H78

Wednesday – June 7 – Newport News, VA

Burn 'n Brew Caching Crew (BBCC #1)

Traditional Brewery

6:45 till 8:00 PM

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC75VJ7

Thursday – June 8 – Chesapeake, VA

AACC - June 8, 2017 - #98

Chesapeake City Park

4 till 6 PM

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC6WWBC

Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

Chesapeake City Park

This is our BIG event each year

come on out and meet geocachers from across the globe!

9 AM till 5 PM

 Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

CONGRATS!!!

On January 1, 2017 we had the first AACC event of 2017.   Part of the festivities was the awarding of the coin below to the winner of last years contest.

The winner gets this unactivated geocoin!

The WINNER?   Congrats to Wheels!!!

We did have quite a few cachers enter the contest for next year!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Here is a list of the upcoming events in Hampton Roads

 Mark your calendars – hope to see you at some of these events!

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Saturday – January 7 – Virginia Beach, VA

GC6HYJ2 – 10 Years! Milestones M-n-G and Hidey Awards!

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

5 till 9 PM

Thursday – January 12, 2017 – Hampton, VA

GC6Y60T –AACC January 12, 2017

Moe’s off of Coliseum Dr

4 till 6 PM

Thursday – January 19, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

GC6Y60R –AACC January 19, 2017

Moe’s off of Eden Way

4 till 6 PM

Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

GC6WWBC – 15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

Chesapeake City Park

9 AM till 5 PM

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching