Geocaching with Woo

Are you ready for a challenge? Geocaching has teamed up with GeoGuessr for a limited time souvenir challenge. From March 26 through April 12, play the location guessing game on GeoGuessr. It's my understanding from reading the official blog post , that after guessing at least one out of ten locations correctly, you will be rewarded with a tracking code, which, when logged, will earn you a souvenir. The locations are shown using Google Street Maps, and are centered on actual geocaching locations. This is a limited time challenge, so don't forget to log your tracking code by April 12!

In addition to the Summer and Winter Solstices that we'll be celebrating this year, it appears that the Equinox will also be honored. For the March Equinox, logging three geocaches, Adventure Lab locations or events from March 17-23 will earn a souvenir. Learn more on the official blog post .

CITO, Season 1 begins March 1 and ends May 31, 2024. Earn your souvenir for this season by attending or hosting a CITO in that time frame. For more information, read the official blog post .

What did I accomplish this year? The answer is easy - nothing! At least where geocaching is concerned. That's not to say I didn't go geocaching, I did, and pretty often, but I kept busy this year trying to keep up with all of the souvenir campaigns. Check out my summary graphic to see what I mean: I started the year off by finishing up the Signal's Labyrinth campaign, then moved right in to the next multi-month souvenir campaign, the Wheel of Challenges. Taking two cruise vacations got me geocaching on four new Caribbean islands, where I earned location-specific souvenirs. My goals for 2024 are varied. I have some more travel planned, so getting new country souvenirs is something I'm working towards - I've even planned one leg of a flight so that it would go through a specific country that has Adventure labs in the airport. In December, I was contacted by an officer of the Maryland Geocaching Society and asked if I would like to hide a cache for their annu...

Leap Day come every four years, on February 29. In order to celebrate the ocassion, a new souvenir will be available for anyone who logs four geocaches, events or Adventure locations on that date. Read the official announcement here .

A new souvenir has been announce for next year - the 2024 Hider! In order to earn it, a geocache needs to be hidden or an event needs to be hosted from January 1 to December 31, 2024. So, what do you think, easy enough? I, of course, overthink things, so I'll probably push it to the last minute, but I do have some ideas...

I haven't seen it on the official blog, yet, but it was announced on Facebook yesterday that a souvenir will be awarded for the December Solstice! In order to earn it, find 12 geocaches between December 17 and 23. Happy caching!