Nominees for NOVAGO’s 2021 Geocache Awards

Thanks very much to those of you who took the time to send in nominations! We had a lot of nominations this year and have been working hard to compile a list of the most popular for our members to vote on. While not all nominations were able to make the final cut, we were impressed with every suggestion that was sent in to us, making the decisions even harder.

Below are final caches/cachers from all categories for you to look for and vote on.  Additionally, Best Photo IS on the final voting form. We invite all adventurous geocachers to go out and start finding as many of these wonderful caches as possible. For a geocaching.com friendly list, click here.

Voting is scheduled to be open for ALL categories April 1-20, 2022.  Winners will be announced at our NoVAGO 2022 Spring Picnic and Awards Event on May 1, 2022. Here is the link to vote:

VOTE HERE

*Link will activate when voting begins on April 1st, 2022.

Without further ado, here are the nominees:

Best Theme/Series (three or more caches in a series or that share a common theme)

• Name that Tune by MJBinski
• Gods of Fairfax by Djglitterbunz
• Jeopardy! Caching Series (2021 caches) by TheColdedge and TrustyNavigator
• LoCo Unpaved Series by Hyperactivegirl & PsycoCavr
• Scramastermoji by Serrabou

Best Kids Cache

• (GC95T9X) Be The Change by LBRobinson
• (GC8HV17) Hidden Woodland Critters Tree Sculpture by TheUnstealthy Monkey
• (GC95CM5) Pirate Safari by VAPirate
• (GC9C9C4) cschooner aka the Duckmeister: A tribute by kiisikwa
• (GC9JZE4) Molly’s Little Geo by Team_Ingram06

Most Outstanding Location/Scenery

• (GC9EP08) Girls with Balls by ZippyFinn
• (GC95NT5) Water versus Rock: The Grudge Match by kiisikwa
• (GC9F7BG) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Zero by Alice & the Rooster
• (GC9D8ZG) Ogling Eagles by Serrabou
• (GC9GBHR) Scramastermoji 18: Purcell Branch by Serrabou

Most Creative Cache

• (GC9H630) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Lock, Shock & Barrel by zGrave
• (GC9JPWK) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Sally by rlobecker
• (GC95CM5) Pirate Safari by VAPirate
• (GC97RJJ) MAGC-21 “Is Paris Burning?” (1966) by pwesleynd93
• (GC9BVHX) Missing Gnome Files: Sweet Relief – MSV#12 by The Coldedge

Most Physically Challenging to Find

• (GC9F7BG) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Zero by Alice & the Rooster (ZippyFinn)
• (GC9D8ZG) Ogling Eagles by Serrabou
• (GC9EP08) Girls with Balls by ZippyFinn
• (GC9GBHW) Scramastermoji 19: Champs Mill Branch by Serrabou

Best Historical/Educational Cache

• (GC9CBRG) Turning Point Suffragist Memorial by supertodd88
• (GC99D4K) Бонус из кеша советской прото-геокешинговой лабора by Nothereeither
• (GC9GKEV) The Lorton Jazz Festival by rlobecker

Best Camouflage

• (GC9CBRG) Turning Point Suffragist Memorial by supertodd88
• (GC9ADBD) Do not forget your Ramrod! by TheColdedge
• (GC9DAYV) All You Need Is Love supertodd88
• (GC9HWQ9) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Jack (Is It Real II) by tmustang1
• (GC9K90J) MAGC-27 “The Bridge at Remagen” (1969) by pwesleynd93

Best Multi-Stage Cache

• (GC9H630) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Lock, Shock & Barrel by zGrave
• (GC9FBR3) The Components of a Campfire by GriffinTamer88
• (GC9J0JR) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Dr. Finkelstein by SP4FUN
• (GC9C9C4) cschooner aka the Duckmeister: A tribute by kiisikwa
• (GC9KH0X) Bonus – Nightmare Before Cachemas (Final) by Quota05
• (GC98V6C) Boris Lives! by GriffinTamer88
• (GC9D354) Escape From Under The Big Top by The_Creeds

Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache

• (GC8HV17) Hidden Woodland Critters Tree Sculpture by TheUnstealthy Monkey
• (GC94RE2) The Secret Enemy by Awesnap
• (GC95B6K) Is this your bike? by Awesnap
• (GC9CBRG) Turning Point Suffragist Memorial by supertodd88
• (GC9GKEV) The Lorton Jazz Festival by rlobecker

Best Traditional

• (GC9JPWK) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Sally by rlobecker
• (GC97RJJ) MAGC-21 “Is Paris Burning?” (1966) by pwesleynd93
• (GC9F821) MAGC-25 “The Great Escape” (1963) by pwesleynd93
• (GC95CM5) Pirate Safari by VAPirate
• (GC9BVHX) Missing Gnome Files: Sweet Relief – MSV#12 by The Coldedge

Best Other (Wherigo, Letterbox)

• (GC9E5W9) Name That Tune #1 {WHERIGO} by MJBinski 
• (GC9F7BG) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Zero {LETTERBOX} by Alice & the Rooster (ZippyFinn)
• (GC9BBF3) A Jaunt Through Bruin Park {LETTERBOX} by Griffintamer88
• (GC9HYNQ) Nightmare Before Cachemas: The Mayor {LETTERBOX} by hzoi

Best Earthcache

• (GC95J6D) Taken 4 Granite: Memorial Geology by DePhogration
• (GC95NT5) Water versus Rock: The Grudge Match by kiisikwa
• (GC97RA0) Efflorescence by Awesnap
• (GC95N83) Falls Church Trondhjemite by Awesnap
• (GC97RA5) Manassas Redstone by Awesnap
• (GC94P7G) Little mineral = Big problem by kiisikwa
• (GC9AM9H) Seneca the Younger by kiisikwa

Best Adventure Lab

• National Museum of the United States Army (Part 1) and National Museum of the United States Army (Part 2) by MJBinski & tmustang1 (Fort Belvoir) — BONUS CACHE (Part 1) and — BONUS CACHE (Part 2)
• Meadowood Hike by CWillyPngn (Mason Neck) — BONUS CACHE
• Советский прото-геокешинг by Nothereeither (Annandale) — BONUS CACHE
• Hidden Oaks: Celebrating 50 Years by kiisikwa (Annandale) — BONUS CACHE
• 350+ years of Stafford History by robbitandpaul (Stafford) — BONUS CACHE
  

Cache of the Year

• (GC97RJJ) MAGC-21 “Is Paris Burning?” (1966) by pwesleynd93
• (GC9C9C4) cschooner aka the Duckmeister: A tribute by kiisikwa
• (GC9F7BG) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Zero by Alice & the Rooster (ZippyFinn)
• (GC9H630) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Lock, Shock & Barrel by zGrave

Best CITO (Cache In, Trash Out)

• (GC9GK5B) Occoquan Elementary CITO 6 ver.2 by Awesnap
• (GC9F265) Occoquan Fall River CITO with NoVAGO by DePhogration
• (GC9F41Z) DePho FOTO Floato CITO by DePhogratio

Best Event (other than CITO)

• (GC9H2J4) NOVAGO Series 2021: Nightmare Before Cachemas!! by freddiecrs
• (GC8K10F) Summer School at Sydenstricker by rlobecker

Best Log

• ZippyFinn, Ogling Eagles
• Minnestrone, Advice for a New Dad: Say “Yes”
• ThompsonKickers, This Little Piggy Went Caching
• TheUnstealthy Monkey, Ogling Eagles
• JPWAVE, Love’m or Hate’m Series #21 (What Will It Be?)

Best Photo – TBA

Rookie of the Year – KrucialMess

Best Volunteer – hrothroc, HyperactiveGirl, pwesleynd93, rufnredy, TheColdedge, ThompsonKickers

Cacher of the Year – zgrav, ThompsonKickers, The_Creeds, rlobecker, supertodd88, pwesleynd93, minnestrone, kiisikwa, hrothroc, HyperactiveGirl

 

Congratulations to all of the nominees! Cache owners of nominated caches, as well as nominated cachers and log-writers, can add this cool logo to their cache pages and/or profiles as they see fit:

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