Geocaching with Woo

It's time for my yearly geocaching review! I don't feel like I accomplished much, but maybe I did? I found less than 200 caches, but still more than the previous year. I missed out on two official souvenirs, the International Geocaching Day Hider and the GIFF 2026. I overthink putting out caches, so in my desire to put out a quality cache, I missed the window. I actually never put the cache out at all, so I even missed qualifying for the next round of Virtual Rewards. And then, I was on a cruise for the entire period of the Geocaching International Film Festival. I did, however, complete nine treasure collections, two of which had souvenirs, so I decided to make homemade souvenirs for the other seven. I'd have to say that my favorite part of last year was attending GeoWoodstock in West Virginia and completing the Country Roads Challenge and enough of the Middle of Everything GeoTour to qualify for the geocoin. We visited some really interesting places and I really...

Being a Premium Member has it's perks, especially when collecting treasures. Instead of being able to collect treasures for three different collections, which you have to select ahead of time and ensure that they are in the priority list, all treasure collections are open and available for collection. Premium members can prioritize five collections, but can still collect treasures from non-prioritized collections, as long as the toggle is in the correct position on the Treasures page . That way you can collect treasures now, or later, and you choose which collection fills up first. Another new perk for Premium Members, cache pages have a new selection in the upper-right menu - "View Treasures." Click on that to see which treasure collection(s) that particular cache qualifies for. It seems like that will come in handy. I've had times where I've switched between maps of different collections in order to plan a trip in order to get the most treasures, and it ...

The Solstice is approaching, so it's time for another souvenir! In order to earn the December Solstice 2025 souvenir, we must find a geocache, attend an event or log an Adventure Lab location from December 19-21, 2025. Read the official announcement here .

Three new treasure collections were released today - here's what you need to know: Dog figurines - This is a collection of nine treasures any non-event geocache, except Adventure lab locations Size: micro Attribute: dog friendly Origami animals - This collection has fourteen treasures Traditional geocaches Size: small Favorite Points: 4 minimum Snow globes - There are seven treasures in this collection Traditional, Multi-cache, Mystery Size: regular, large, other Favorite Points: 2 minimum Check your Treasures page to stay updated on your progress and new collections!

2025 is coming to a close, so it's time to wrap up this year, and start the new one, with souvenirs! Each can be earned by finding a geocache, attending any event or logging an Adventure Lab location. Get the Closing 2025 souvenir from December 24-31, 2025, and the Unboxing 2026 souvenir from January 1-8, 2026. Read a little more about it in the official blog post .

Guess what just came in under my radar. Yup, a new treasure collection. Released on October 21, 2025, the Plush bird watching treasure collection has 21 treasures, earned by finding Traditional and Letterbox geocaches with a minimum of one favorite point and the Scenic View attribute. It'll be a while before I complete this collection!

Oooo look, new treasures! We've got two new treasure collections coming down the pike, and they look interesting. The way I read it, the first requires Premium Membership. Kind of crazy, I know, but I decided years ago that although I hate having to pay for anything that could be free, I wanted to support Geocaching and all that they do to create this hobby that I enjoy so much. I can't even imagine all the work that goes into it, and to support millions of people - so yeah, I bit the bullet and started paying for a Premium Membership. Anyway, the River expedition puzzle collection is just that, a puzzle, and it's laid out like a difficulty/terrain grid, from 1 to 2.5 in either direction. So, sixteen treasures, one of each difficulty/terrain combination, all geocache types, except events and Adventure Lab locations. As an added bonus, you get a souvenir upon completion, pretty cool! More information about this collection can be found on the official blog post . I ...