AAR: Country Roads Challenge

The Country Roads Challenge was released on May 22, 2025, as a side event for GeoWoodstock XXI. It included ten locations, with an approximate drive time of 1.5 hours, from beginning to end. These locations were intended to bring geocachers to venues that were off the beaten path, but still worth a visit. An Adventure Lab was also co-located with eight of the ten stops, with an additional two along way.
These caches were well placed for us. While travelling to West Virginia for GeoWoodstock via I-68, the caches fell in line with our travel plans and the whole challenge took us about 3½ hours to complete. Our final destination, before retiring for the evening, was Woodstock on the Wharf, and the last cache left us close to that location. The caches were easy to find, and the code words for the Adventure Labs well placed, especially for venues that happened to be closed.
Retrieval of the trackable geocoin was easy, too. Just bring the completed passport to the Visit Mountaineer Country CVB booth at GeoWoodstock, and there you have it. A coin was "reserved" for anyone who purchased a package for GeoWoodstock, but there were plenty of extras.
I felt like this was a great way to kick off the GeoWoodstock weekend for us. Good caches, great locations, and a sense of accomplishment for being able to complete the entire challenge, as well as the associated Adventure Labs, in a decent amount of time.