Yahoo, it’s recognition time!!! Time to recognize those caches, and cachers who have made geocaching in the NoVAGO area a rewarding experience. The NoVAGO 2008 Cache Awards Program is now accepting nominations in the following categories:

1. Best Theme/Series
2. Best Kids’ Cache
3. Best Location
4. Best Hike
5. Best History-Related Cache
6. Best Multi-Stage
7. Best Mystery/Puzzle
8. Best Cache (or Series) Outside NoVa
9. Most Creative Cache
10. Most Challenging-to-Find Cache
11. Best Picture in 2008 posted to a cache log
12. Best Log in 2008 on a Cache
13. Cache of Year
14. Rookie of the Year (any cacher that found their first cache after August 1st, 2007)
15. Cacher of the Year

Nominations will close on 15 March, and actual voting will commence on or about 16 March. Please refer to this topic in the NoVAGO News & Announcements Forum for full particulars. Everyone plays this game their own way, and you no doubt enjoy it or you wouldn’t be a NoVAGO member…please take the time to make some category nominations to recognize the efforts of those who make this pastime so enjoyable.