The Winner For 2016 is...

The Winner of the "SUPER-COVETED"

 SNAP!!! Cache of the Year for 2016!

So last week we teased everyone with the FINAL 14!  

It is now slmost time to name the winner...

but first:

The idea of a Cache of the year came to us in 2011.  We took each of the winners of the Cache of the Day and laid them all out and eventually came down to 3 or 4 best of the year.

2011 Winner

GC59AF: Thousand Steps Cache

Nana & I at step 1000 - hint: there are still more steps after that one!

2012 Winner:

GC3PTB0: Smithfield's Porcine Parade

Note: The Smithfield Visitor's site (click here) actually lists Geocaching
(and this cache) as an activity to help bring in tourists!

Papa and one of the pigs!

2013 WINNER

GC44RDE - The Key is the Key

THIS CACHE IS NOW ARCHIVED

but there are plenty of replicas around

Another great WVTim Cache

2014 WINNER

GC4XD7M - The Hermitage Gardens: A Walking Tour

2015 WINNER

GCT397:  Train Trestle Falls

The cache is on the other side of this tunnel!

Now to 2016

In 5th place:

GC2GW5D: Benedict's Brother-In-Law

Sometimes you find surprises while geocaching.  Nana & I love caches with history.  This one qualifies both as historical and a surprise find.

In 4th place:

GC6C9HP: Dead or Alive

A really nice put together multi-cache located in Surry County.

The scenery is really nice here too.

In 3rd place:

GC6MYT6: Peace. Love and Gadget Caching!

A truely great gadget cache!!!

In 2nd place:

GC7C06: Witch's Leg

Most of you already know, we love historical caches.  Also, Nana loves caches in and around cemeteries.  So every once in a while we run across a truely great cache that is in a cemetery, has some great history and in this case: has a spooky story to go with it.  We were on our way to Canada, traveling up Rt 1 along the coast, when this cache appeared on our screens.

If you are ever up this way - make sure to put this cache on you "Must Do" List!!!

So, FINALLY:

The WINNER of the 

"SUPER-COVETED"

SNAP!!! Cache of the Year

for 2016 is:

GC190EK 

EVIL

hidden by: Frogmen83

proof:

but truth be told,

it was a group effort.

Thanks goes out to the entire crew:

C_Otter, Nana, chihuahuak94me,

micromagnet and shipwreck99

who provided moral support, suggestions,

hints, took pictures and movies, shouted encouragement, etc.

but most of all, Thanks to 

 my 2 good AACC buddies who got wet with me:

DiverVan & mbbaumann

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

2016 Winner of the "SUPER-COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Year!

First of all, we want to thank all you readers out there:

1)  those that take the time to read our blog

2) those that leave feedback or drop us a note, an e-mail

3) or those that come up to us at a meet n greet just to say Hi!

and everyone else.  

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The 2016 Winner of the "SUPER-COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Year Award!!!

I guess a brief history lesson would be appropriate here.  In our second year of caching, while traveling back to Suffolk after a long day of caching, we would talk about the best cache of day.  It didn't take long for this to develop into The "COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Day Award.

The idea of a Cache of the year came to us in 2011.  We took each of the winners of the Cache of the Day and laid them all out and eventually came down to 3 or 4 best of the year.

This year we are having a terrible time figuring out who the winner was.  We have worked on the list and have the FINAL 14 figured out and have decided to sleep on the list for a few nights to make sure the winner is the right one!

So, who is in the FINAL 14!

Back in April we ran across this really interesting Multi-cache near Surry.  GC6C9HP - Dead or Alive - hidden by kekj.  A really well laid out cache that involved a little more than the average cache.

Also in April, we ran into a cute little cache in Virginia Beach - GC68RXX - Swirly - hidden by steve-n-kim.  Interesting and cute, very cute.

We really like crafted caches so when we ran into - GC5ZJ9N - Old Virginia Beach KOA Marvel - hidden by KangaCacher and maintained by Episcodad it was a sure winner for the Cache of the Day Award.

We were in Charlottesville in June and ran across a very scenic cache - GC15ENQ - All Seeing Cache - hidden by Team Quanderers and adopted by Helpercache.

While on our trip to Canada in July, we found GC2GW5D - Benedict's Brother-In-Law - hidden by gamestermike89 - a historic cache!

An interesting Virtual Cache we found, also on our way to Canada, was - GC7C06 - Witch's Leg - hidden by The Duo Plus ?

The main target of our trip to Canada was - GCBBA - Geocache--Canada's 1st geocache - hidden by ken kane.

While on our trip to Canada, we took a side trip to Prince Edward Island to locate Virtual Cache - GC7C82 - Elevation Zero - hidden by LaurieM and Dad.  This is our Northern-most cache!

Gadget cache:  GC6MYT6 - Peace, Love and Gadget Caching! - hidden by Geo Cord Buddy.

In late July, nan & I organized a group attack on: GC190EK - EVIL! - hidden by Frogmen83.

If you are ever passing through Scott County Virginia on Rt 58 - make sure you stop at GC3EY94 - HWY 23S TB DEPOT ~ TRAVELING THE TRACKS WITH KENNY - hidden by Scott County Tourism.

In August, Nana & I found this cache on our first try!!! GC2CKWN - GeoNana - hidden by Laura's Boys.

Another hard to find cache makes the list with - GC6P4YV - Bamboozled III - hidden by AllstarSS.

Last but not least - just off off I-95 near Rt 58 is a small peanut company store in a very old trading post.  Free samples of all their peanuts are inside but outside, under the front porch, you will find - GC4MK50 - Nuts for Virginia! - hidden by humphr1d

Nana & I will announce the winner soon!!!

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

August Special Souvenirs

Did you get all your MISSION GC souvenirs???

For the past few years Geocaching.com has had special souvenirs available each August.  This year was the Mission GC souvenirs.

The first souvenir available was for finding a geocache (of any type) 

with 10 or more favorite points during the weekend of July 30 & 31.

We earned ours finding a Geocache called "EVIL" - GC190EK.

Souvenir #1

The second souvenir available was for finding a multi-cache  

during the weekend of August 13 & 14.

We earned ours by finding "Confederate Cemetery at Jonesville, Va." - GC2EBY8.

Souvenir #2

The third souvenir available was for finding a mystery cache  

during the weekend of August 27 & 28.

We earned ours by finding 23 Mystery/Puzzle caches on the

 west side of Richmond, Va.  {even though we really only 

needed to find one}.

Souvenir #3

Then once you had all three of those - magically - you were
(or at least we were) awarded a fourth!!!

WOW!!!

The 14th ANNUAL GCHR PICNIC

I hope to see y'all at Saturday's Picnic here in Hampton Roads.

If you see me - please come up and say HI!

Here are some other events in the area we plan to attend.

Events within a few hours of Suffolk!!!

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

Thursday – 9/1 – Virginia Beach, VA

GC6P252 – AACC – September 1, 2016

City View Park

4 till 6PM

Friday – September 2 – Newport News, VA

GC6NACQ – Friday Night Meet and Greet

Courthouse Way Community Center

6:30 till 8:30 PM

Saturday – 9/3 – Newport News, VA

GC644HX - 14th Annual GCHR Picnic – MEGA EVENT

Newport News Park

 ALL DAY EVENT!

Sunday – September 4 – Newport News, VA

GC6P99T – Sunday Morning Farewell

Belgian Waffle and Steak House

8 till 9AM

Tuesday – September 20 – Virginia Beach, VA

GC6Q9N0 – 3^rd Tuesday – HIDEY AWARD RALLY – GCHR Sept Event

Rick’s Cafe

6 till 8 PM

Tuesday – November 1 – Virginia Beach, VA

GC6Q9TM – The Nominees Are…..

Rick’s Cafe

6 till 8 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

Last Week's Favorite Caches

Favorite Caches from Last week

So on Monday, when we normally post our weekly report, we published a quick report on our major accomplishment - completing all counties and independent cities in Virginia - so here is a quick recap of the caches we found last week and awarded favorite points to.

Alara (one of our caching guru's) and I cached in Northeast North Carolina on June 15th.

GC4HN6H - Hollywood Rodes - this particular cache took us 4 visits to find.  Clever!

Hidden by STL42868

GC4AENH - River Rodes - another clever little cache hidden by STL42868

GC6CQ24 - Harbor Log - Another clever cache (premium only) - hidden in plain
sight by adamwhite - this cache was the winner of the
 "COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Day for June 15, 2016.

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And, of course, Nana & I cached to Charlottesville, VA and back!

GC6FG8C - W.O.H. #1 - awarded this cache a favorite point for the entire series!

Hidden by ssgmag.

GC6DFQ3 - J.O.E. #6 - awarded this cache a favorite point for the series and because it just happened to be find #8200 for us.  Hidden by ssgmag.

GC15ENQ - All Seeing Cache - hidden in plain site at a very historical location - hidden by Heplercache - this cache was the winner of the
 "COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Day for June 18, 2016.

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GC33M0Y - Yum-Yum's Revenge - a nice size cache in a nice location.

Hidden by Heplercache.

GC15ENQ - Clover Cache - hidden in plain site near a very historical location.
Hidden by Fluvanna 4H - this cache was the winner of the

 "COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Day for June 19, 2016.

Upcoming Plans

Don't forget today's AACC event at City View Park in Virginia Beach.  See GC6K7C2.

Saturday (6/25) we will be geocaching around the Newport News area with jtmlam59.

Next week we will getting ready for our Canada trip.
  Main Target: Canada's 1st geocache!!!  GCBBA

Till next time!!!

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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

2015 Winner of the "SUPER-COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Year!

First of all, we want to thank all you readers out there:

1)  those that take the time to read our blog

2) those that leave feedback or drop us a note, an e-mail

3) or those that come up to us at a meet n greet just to say Hi!

and everyone else.  

January 2015 West Virginia Earthcache

2015 was a pretty weak year for Pam & I as I spent a lot of the year building my stamina back up after my sicknesses in 2014.

March 2015 muggles!

We did manage to found just over caches during the year which is a very low number compared to other years for us but we did have a few major accomplishments.  We attended 2015's Geowoodstock and then took a major geocaching trip up through New England and picked up quite a few of geocaches that had been on our "must do" list for quite some time.

April 2015 view from a Tennessee Virtual

We were a sponsor for GCHRs Annual picnic and had fun greeting everyone who visited our booth at the picnic.

Papa got caught in a geocache at Geowoodstock

So, enough of the small talk, let's get to the main reason for this blog.  In our second year of caching, while traveling back to Suffolk from a day of caching, we would talk about the best cache of day.  It didn't take long for this to develop into The "COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Day Award. 

Nana and some artillery in the mountains of southwest Virginia

The idea of a Cache of the year came to us in 2011.  We took each of the winners of the Cache of the Day and laid them all out and eventually came down to 3 or 4 best of the year.

We are in this picture somewhere!

In 2011 we took a trip to Pennsylvania and visited GC59AF: Thousand Steps Cache.  To this day both Pam & I think of it as our best cache ever and it was named the 1st SNAP!!! Cache of the Year.

Nana & I at step 1000 - hint: there are still more steps after that one!

The 2012 winner was in Smithfield, VA,  GC3PTB0: Smithfield's Porcine Parade.

Papa and one of the pigs!

In 2013 the winner was a WVTim cache.  GC44RDE - The Key is the Key.

Another great WVTim Cache

In 2014 the winner was a great Wherigo cache in Norfolk: GC4XD7M - The Hermitage Gardens: A Walking Tour - hidden by Prytz+1.

AND FINALLY

The runner up - 
A really devious cache located in Virginia Beach

Hidden by good friends geospillz - GC5KWYP - TWISTED !!!!!!
this cache took us almost 30 minutes to locate - and that was after a hint!

AND NOW - THE WINNER OF THE
"SUPER-COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Year:

Go thru here

Keep walking to the end

No, you don't need to go out there - but it was fun!

Now walk a ways down this way until you get to:

about 100' - then go find it!

THE WINNER OF THE

"SUPER-COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Year

GCT397:  Train Trestle Falls

the CO is Captain Crash and the cache is located just outside of Clarion, PA.

Just remember... you have to go back through:



CONGRATS!!!

Everyone please have a great 2016...

So, as always...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

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