Geocaching HQ’s latest promo, Memory Lane, started Monday. The promo lasts seven months, so most geocachers around the world can have a chance to complete the challenge. Basically, find between 20 and 40 caches and you earn five new souvenirs. Today, I found a traditional cache and attended a Community Celebration event and got a …
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Happy birthday, Geocaching
Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of the hiding of what is considered to be the first geocache. On May 2, 2000, the U.S. government ended selective availability on the Global Positioning System, which allowed civilians to have accuracy on their GPS readers to within 30 feet. Dave Ulmer buried what he called the first GPS …
20th anniversary on hold
This year is supposed to be a big year for geocaching. Geocaching turns 20 in a few days. According to a 2017 Geocaching HQ blog: On May 2, 2000, just past midnight, the U.S government discontinued its use of Selective Availability in order to make GPS more responsive to civil and commercial users worldwide. Twenty-four …
Solving puzzles and other ideas
During this time of stay-in-place orders what is a geocacher to do? We could watch videos on YouTube. Or we can create cool cache containers. Or we could do as I’m doing: solving puzzles. The Geocaching Vlogger this month began season five of the Geocaching Challenge he and Lookout Lisa from Cache Advance have been …
Trackables and trolls
A fun part of geocaching is discovering and moving trackables along. Each trackable has a unique code and mission. The mission is decided by the trackable’s owner. Stardustzzz gets a Cachekinz trackable in the mail every month and posts a video of her opening the envelope. She then puts up a Twitter poll asking her …
366 grid complete, now what?
I did it. I found a cache Wednesday to complete my 366 grid. I have officially found a geocache on every day of the year, from January 1 to December 31, including February 29. I found GC50JZO I Wanna Walk Like You Challenge. I had completed the challenge some time ago, but just found the …
From zero to 10
When I woke up Tuesday morning, I had yet to ever find a geocache on the First of October. When I went to bed Tuesday night, I had found 10. Seven of those 10, by the way, were FTFs, or first to finds. Monday evening when I was at work, I thought my phone was …
Another month down, one more to go
I began the year with a goal of completing my 366 grid. That is, find a cache every day of the year, including 29 February. I don’t recall if I needed to find a cache in January, but I know the whole family (three of us, plus Capt TailWagger) loaded into the car and drove …
Wiffleball and geocaching
I have watched movies at geocaching events, picked up trash, had breakfast and supper, eaten ice cream and drank coffee. I have been to three mega events (500 or more people in attendance) and one giga event (5,000 or more people in attendance). But until Saturday, I had never played Wiffleball at a geocaching event. …
Streak Week complete
Saturday proved to nearly be my undoing. My hay fever erupted with a vengence. I couldn’t stop sneezing and blowing my nose. I was miserable.
Geocaching with Capt. TailWagger 