Geocaching with Woo

   I just received Volume 10 Issue 4 of FTF Magazine in the mail, and the 2500 Find Geo-Achievement that I submitted was published in it! The find was " Multi in Morosini " - GC7QXB1, and it was back in November. The previous December, Tom and I went to visit my parents (DragonSoldier45 and DragonLadyHue) for Christmas, and we went out to the Morosini Reserve to do the Wherigo located there. After we completed it, we decided to attempt the Multiple cache, rather than some of the Traditionals in the area. We found the first two stages and solved the field puzzle with the help of a tool of the trade. Since it was getting dark and was close to the time of a broadcast of an NFL football game we wanted to watch, we decided to abandon our search for the day. Fast forward eleven months. Tom and I were once again visiting, this time for the Thanksgiving holiday, and we were almost at 2500 Finds. I convinced my parents to go out, we grabbed one cache that was find 2499, an...

I just heard about this potentially cool activity happening in the Seattle area in the week between HQ20 and GWXVIII . If you like Going Caching , you just might like this - Sherlock - A Novel Cache . According to their website , this is a seven geocache geocoin hunt. Each cache represents a "witness" that you will need to "talk" to in order to deduce the location of the final, or "M," and open the reward prize. In order to participate, you need to order a Sherlock game hunt package, which will contain "vital case files, information, directions, exclusive event swag and a trackable prize solution geocoin!" These packages can be picked up at HQ20 , the Sherlock Mystery Event , or, if you're staying at the Issaquah, WA Hilton Garden Inn, it would be delivered to you (maybe directly to your room???). Apparently, if driving, this activity should take one hour to complete, if walking, two to three hours. I think it will be a great time fil...

Season 1 for CITO 2020 begins today, and lasts until May 31. Make sure to go out and do your part to maintain our playing field! Update: Due to Covid-19, the new deadline to earn your CITO 2020, Season 1 souvenir is August 31 - phew!

You can get a new souvenir by finding a cache on Leap Day, February 29. If you're into challenges and challenge caches, this will help fill in a 366 days of the year challenge. Four years ago, there was a hidden message in the Leap Day souvenir. Unfortunately, I'm not seeing it this year.

Another trackable promotion has been announced featuring Nickelodeon's Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This promotion celebrates the 35th Anniversary of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with a give-away of an additional 1,000 limited edition Total Turtle Power group trackables across the globe. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to "help these half-shell heroes discover new adventures and hidden locations around the world by moving them from cache to cache. Find all four Turtles + the bonus Total Turtle Power trackable and share your TMNT finds on social using #TMNTcache and tag @TMNT!" Request your free trackable here !

The Experience Tioga County GeoTour consists of 27 geocaches, 25 of which contain code words which are needed to fill in the passport . Five additional code words can be obtained from local partners. At three locations, the code word is available with a purchase, at two other locations, you just need to ask for the code word. If you unscramble the code words into a phrase, you get two points, and you can get additional points for submitting up to 4 receipts for purchases from locally owned and operated businesses (no chains or gas stations) and a hotel (which can be a chain). If you get 25 points, you're eligible for a giveaway from Tioga County Tourism, if you get 30 points, you're eligible for a Silver Experience Tioga GeoCoin. So, that's all of the information that I received when starting this GeoTour. It was only later that I realized that I had questions that needed to be answered. Does a code word equal one point? What about the two geocaches that don't...

A new souvenir? No way!!! But yes, there is one. On February 2, 2020 (02022020), log a find on any cache, attend an event or complete an Adventure Lab in order to get your souvenir .