Geocaching with Woo

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 ...

This weekend, Tom and I started - and completed - the Heart of the Civil War US 250th GeoTour . This GeoTour was released on September 19, 2025, and it brings geocachers to the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, three counties in Maryland where there is a lot of history from that time. We had completed the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area GeoTrail several years ago, and while we visited several of the same sites this time, the GeoTour focused more on the general history of some locations, rather than their relationship to the Civil War. This GeoTour consisted of 21 geocaches of all types that needed to be found or completed to earn the souvenir, but 15 physical caches had to be found, and the code words inside recorded, to be eligible for the geocoin. As a "bonus," for three of the mystery caches, Adventure Labs had to be completed in order to receive the coordinates. There were also two GeoTour-related events (Kick-Off and Coin Redemption events), as well as a...

September treasures have just been announced , as well as a new user interface having been introduced . The new user interface will apparently allow you to choose a priority for the treasures received on caches that you find, which will, in my case, decrease the need to plan out the order that caches are found in, maximizing any geocaching outing. I was trying to be very careful in planning which caches to attempt based on the criteria for each treasure, and trying to make sure that these wouldn't overlap, I believe that this will negate some of that. Prerequisites, except for the Geocaching Origins collection, have been done away with - I personally didn't mind those, as long as they weren't too difficult - and you can choose to have one to three collections active at any time. The number is based on your membership level - one for Basic, up to three for Premium. Read up on the changes on the official blog post and check out the new interface on your Treasures page ...

International EarthCache Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in October, and this year it falls on October 11. This year's souvenir can be earned by visiting and logging any EarthCache from October 10-12, 2025. Read more about it on the official blog post .

Adventure Day is on October 18, 2025 and you can celebrate it by earning a souvenir from October 17-19 by logging five Adventure Lab locations. Visit the official blog post to learn more.

The Geocaching International Film Festival 2025 will be held from November 6-16. A souvenir can be earned by attending a GIFF event, and if you'd rather host your own event, an official blog entry describing how you can host a GIFF event has been posted. I'm bummed because I'll be missing it this year - I'll be on a cruise, but luckily there's a website where I can watch the film reel after I get back. The shorts are always fun to watch, and sometimes there are even trackable codes to be discovered!

A new season is fast approaching, the September Equinox. Geocachers can celebrate the season by finding a cache, attending an event or completing an Adventure Lab location between September 19 and 22, 2025 and earning a souvenir. Read a little more about it on the official blog post .