After having to skip our annual event last year due to COVID-19, on May 8, 2021 NoVAGO members flocked to Saturday’s NoVAGO’s 2021 Spring Picnic and Awards Event in Purceville, VA. Held in the Hillsboro Pavilion. The winds were whipping, so throughout the day it was common to see bug gust blow away Icebreaker sheets, plates, donuts, and hamburger buns. Folks opted to stand in the sun for warmth, but than rushed back under the pavilion to shelter from the snow flurries and rain that popped up near the end.
Many thanks to the dedicated geocachers who participated setting up our annual picnic festivities, and those who stayed to clean up afterwards. We had over 30 names signed on today’s picnic log, but folks remembered to social distance and not crowd in. Also a special shout out to grill master DePhogration who again kept the flames hot, and kept the burgers and dogs from burning. We look forward to seeing everyone again in the fall!
HERE ARE THE 2020 NoVAGO CACHE AWARD WINNERS:
Best Theme/Series (three or more caches in a series or that share a common theme)
Pirate gadget caches by VAPirate (8 caches)
Best Kids Cache (TIE!)
OLYMPIAD2020: Biathlon by CWillyPngn
Animal Crossing: Nook’s Valley by CWillyPngn
Most Outstanding Location/Scenery
Adventure Lab Bonus: The Swamp Boardwalk by Reedkickball
Most Creative Cache
OLYMPIAD2020: Rhythmic Gymnastics (Adv. Lab Bonus) by Serrabou
Most Physically Challenging to Find (TIE!)
Stafford GeoHunt by Luv4VA
Roo’s Rescue (Adventure Lab Bonus) by Serrabou
Best Historical/Educational Cache
The Battles of Bull Run & Manassas Bonus Cache by Notthereeither
Best Camouflage
Pirate Rings by VAPirate
Best Multi-Stage Cache
Multi-Caches Bug Me by hrothroc
Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache
OLYMPIAD2020: Table Tennis by 4EverYoungs
Best Traditional
MAGC-10 by pwesleynd93
Best Other (Wherigo, Letterbox, Event…)
The Reformatory by rlobecker
Best Earthcache
The Granite State Doubles Down in the Old Dominion by Awesnap
Best CITO (Cache In, Trash Out)
Mayfield Fort CITO VII by Awesnap
Best Adventure Lab
Rhythmic Gymnastics by Serrabou
Best Log
“How Minnestrone Got His Groove Back“ by minnestrone
Best Photo
James Branch by Serrabou
Rookie of the Year
Jaxward
Best Volunteer
ZippyFinn & Serrabou
Cacher of the Year
MJBinski
Cache of the Year
Roo’s Rescue (Adventure Lab Bonus) by Serrabou
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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