Geocaching with Woo

After returning home from the " 2019 Metro Gathering ~ Pirates of Port Royale ," I opened my mail and found out that I won a free trackable from the FTF Geocacher magazine's puzzle contest. It's so cool! I've been entering the contests in the magazines as often as I can, and it finally paid off. My geo-nick will be published, too, so look for it in the FTF Geocacher magazine, Volume 10, Issue 2.

This year, Tom and I attended our first Metro Gathering , and had a pretty good time. This year's theme was Pirates of Port Royale, and there were plenty of things to do. Prior to the event, there was their " Golden Ticket " contest. Golden Tickets were periodically hidden in geocaches, and hints to their whereabouts were posted on the Metro Gathering website, along with a general location (the state). If you were to find the "Golden Ticket," follow the directions and bring it to the Metro Gathering, you would get a special geocoin. It took me a while to figure out the hints, but I eventually got the hang of figuring out which geocache to look in for the Golden Ticket. Unfortunately, the majority of them were in New Jersey, so I never actually found one, but, knowing how much I love a good puzzle, I'll definitely keep track in upcoming years for one that I might have a chance of finding. There were 50 Adventure Lab Caches put out in conjunction with ...

A new trackable promotion was just announced for Nickelodeon's Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Geocaching has teamed up with Nickelodeon and The Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and is giving away 4,000 trackables featuring Leonardo (Leo), Michelangelo (Mickey), Donatello (Donnie) and Raphael (Raph). To enter for your chance to win a free trackable, fill in the form here . A map of events where TMNT trackables are being given away is on the same page as the entry form. Once you get your trackable, don't forget to photograph it's adventures and tag it with #TMNTcache or @TMNT. Good luck!

Did you get your CITO 2019, Season 1 souvenir? Well, just in case you missed it Season 2 of 2019's Cache In, Trash Out starts today. Attend a CITO event in September, October or November to earn the next souvenir.