Geocaching with Woo

Pretty soon CITO Season 1 for 2023 will begin! March 1 through May 31 we will have the opportunity to beautify the areas that we geocache in, and earn a souvenir while doing it.

Signal's final challenge is upon us - the lair of a hungry, fire-breathing dragon! Beginning February 6, earn 50 points to enter the dragon's lair and 500 points to escape it. The point values for each cache type are as follows: Found an Adventure Lab Cache (Adventure Location) - 10 points Found a Multi-Cache - 35 points Found a Mystery Cache - 30 points Attended an Event - 25 points Found a cache with 10+ Favorite points - 20 points Found a Signal’s Labyrinth item (ham) - 50 points Found it - 15 points We have until April 3 to complete this challenge, and if you've earned all of the Signal's Labyrinth souvenirs to date, completion of this challenge will earn you the "You brought Signal back to HQ" meta-souvenir. Keep track of your progress on your leaderboard and learn more about the next labyrinth in the blog post .

For me, this year of geocaching was mainly about the fulfillment of souvenir requirements. Aside from a trip to Washington state for the 20 th Anniversary Celebration, where we were able to complete the Trifecta and punch a few GeoTour tickets, most of what we did was local. On top of that, previously found caches in the Caribbean warranted the receipt of a few new country souvenirs, which were released in 2022. The graphic show below summarizes all that we accomplished. In addition to earning all of the souvenirs offered by Geocaching in 2022, I was quite pleased to complete many goals that have been on my list for several years - all due to the trip to Washington. Now, I only have two outstanding goals - the completion of the Experience Tioga County and the Berkeley Gadgets GeoTours, and I do need to work on the Find Your Chesapeake GeoTour . Now I need to come up with some new goals! The last time I checked, I have an Adventure Lab credit, so I'll try to put one of t...

Well, did you get your Hider souvenir in 2022? Well, if not, you'll get your chance to get a similar souvenir for your profile in 2023. In order to earn the 2023 Hider souvenir, all you have to do is hide a geocache or host an event in 2023. That's it. Easy, right? Well, if it was that easy, there would be many more geocaches to find and events to attend, but for me, I overthink things, so it's a little bit more difficult. But, I have plenty of ideas, so I'll try to throw at least one of them out there - but not until after the beginning of next year :-) Read the official blog post to learn a little bit more.

It's time for the next challenge - an old, stone Castle! Beginning December 5, start earning points to earn your souvenirs, 50 points to enter the castle and 500 points to escape it. The point values for each cache type are as follows: Found an Adventure Lab Cache (Adventure Location) - 10 points Attended an Event - 35 points Found a Mystery Cache - 30 points Found a Multi-Cache - 30 points Found a Letterbox Hybrid - 25 points Found a cache with 10+ Favorite points - 20 points Found a Signal’s Labyrinth item (lantern) - 50 points Found it* - 15 points Keep track of your progress on your leaderboard and learn more about the next labyrinth in the blog post .

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As another year comes to an end, there are two new souvenirs to keep an eye out for. Earn Drop Anchor 2022 by finding any geocache, attending an Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from December 24–31, and earn Full Sail 2023 by finding any geocache, attending an Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from January 1–8. Learn more on the blog post .