NoVAGO's 2011 Cache Awards

[Serrabou]

NoVAGO's 2011 Geocache Awards

Listed below are the caches and cachers up for awards.

VOTE HERE.

Voting ends at 12 noon, Monday, April 23rd. We haven't used this site for voting before, so if you encounter any problems or have any questions please send an email to 2011awards@novago.org.

Winners will be announced at Down by the River "NoVAGO's Spring Event"

There is an extra incentive to visit these caches, in the form of a challenge cache (GC3FJDV) that requires you to find a certain number of the nominated caches. The idea is that you can go visit as many of the nominated caches as possible before you vote. So go get 'em! Here is a bookmark list of nominated caches. (Edit: added one cache from each Theme/Series, with some notes)

Here are the nominees:

Best Theme/Series
GOT? by charjack
A Short Walk From Home by Bill.on.the.sly
Ranger Rick NWF by RangerRickTrails
Oompa Loompa by Serrabou
Burke Lake Geocourse by Nitrostein

Best Kids Cache
Roo's Romp by Serrabou
GOT Kids? by charjack
Flat Stanley by In2Mud
JJJARCO's LEGO SURPRISE by JJJARCO
Excavation by flyingmoose
Roo's Runaway by Serrabou

Best Location Cache
Burke Lake Geocourse- The Point by NitroStein
Burke Lake Geocourse- Bird's Eye View by NitroStein
Tour of Prince William Forest Park by reedkickball
Mildred's Plum by flyingmoose & Zygote2k
Excavation by flyingmoose
The Domino Principal by Zgrav and 4EverYoungs

Best Hike
Yellow Horse Hide by reedkickball
Flat Stanley by In2Mud
Tour of Prince William Forest Park by reedkickball
Compass fun by andydic
Mildred's Plum by flyingmoose & Zygote2k
Oompa Loompa: Augustus Gloop by Serrabou

Best History-Related Cache
A Walk Along Vestal's Gap by nicole_and_jim
Baron Cameron.....who? by MooseMaMa
Reevesland - The Last Dairy Farm in Arlington by The_Lost_Dogs
Spy Games by Ms.Gnome & GeoGnomz
The Boundary Stone by Grove at Arlington
Tour de Arrowbrook by MooseMaMa

Best Multi-Stage Cache
Flat Stanley by In2Mud
Ignorance too by B-Sharps
Poppin’ Fresh - Hoo, Hoo! by 2Wheel'in
Woof Woof by Billoon
Kolonel Progeniture's Nib by flyingmoose & Zygote2k

Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache
The Domino Principal by Zgrav and 4EverYoungs
Cyclops Serenade by Serrabou
OPERATION: Whiteout rawkhopper
VPDJ's Ahhh - Sounds Reasonable by VPDJ
Matryoshka by ZATnKAT

Most Creative Cache
The Domino Principal by Zgrav and 4EverYoungs
Gone To The Dogs by goingnowhere
Roo's Runaway by Serrabou
My First Cache by DangerPayne
What? Muggled again? by zgrav
VPDJ's Ahhh - Sounds Reasonable by VPDJ

Most Challenging to Find
Shore Thing by Mdub007
Got Executive? by charjack
Got Stumped? by Stumpy
I Dare You... by SK6 Blue
Subterranean Adventure (Thunder Underground) by GunRunner762

Best Log
Ghost Peppers by flyingmoose
Blood Letting by 2Wheel'in
I got lost again by screamywill
Bomb squad by MooseMaMa
Then came the swamps by DePhogration
Harumph by two000miler
10 year old Elf by zgrav
Got? by VPDJ
15 hits on my head by Serrabou

Best Picture
Fall colors by Vinny & Sue Team at Book of Lies: Part 2, Scene 3, Fool or Sage? log
The Snoad by Invaluable1 at Serrabou Cove log
Good and bad news! by mobywv at Tour of Prince William Forest Park log

Cache of the Year
Resuscitation Challenge: 400/400 by B-Sharps
The Domino Principal by Zgrav and 4EverYoungs
Flat Stanley by In2Mud
Roo's Romp by Serrabou
Tour of Prince William Forest Park by reedkickball
Gone To The Dogs by goingnowhere

Rookie of the Year
In2Mud
charjack
B-Sharps
BristowCacher
derektiffany
VPDJ
rookalunds

Cacher of the Year
flyingmoose
Serrabou
reedkickball
zgrav
charjack
seadog129

VOTE HERE

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[Serrabou]

Created a bookmark list of nominated caches with all except Theme/Series

(Edit 3/23: added one cache from each Theme/Series, with some notes)

[TooWheelIn]

Whew...what a great list -- choices, choices, choices...going to be tough deciding.

Bill

[nighthawk700]

Fortunately before I left NOVA, I was able to hit some of these.

Unfortunately, before I left NOVA, I wasn't able to hit a LOT of these!! Looks like another great selection!

I'm putting some on my list for the next time I'm in the area (might have to take a class in the Tysons area for a few days).

Good luck to all!

[rawkhopper]

Wow, my cache has been nominated! that's pretty cool! Looks like I should've put my cache out a different year. Not sure I want to go up against the Domino principle and it's many nominations, including cache of the year . Anyway thanks for the nomination, and good luck to zgrav and 4everyoungs I still need to try that puzzle.

[ZATnKAT]

Большое спасибо from Matryoshka for the nomination! We are honored to be included on this esteemed list.
ZATnKAT

[goingnowhere]

aww, well thank you for the nomination

[B-Sharps]

It is nice to know that blackmail and bribery pays off in the end.

[rookalunds]

I'm excited to be included as a nominee in a highly esteemed Rookie of the Year class! Now I just need to get my Super PAC working on spreading false rumors about the competition. I heard derektiffany still wears footie pajamas.

[charjack]

Thank you for the nominations. Jack is so excited to be nominationed with some of the top cachers in VA.