Congratulations to Mrs. Seadog who took this colorful photo titled “Luray Rainbow.”
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February 2019 Photo of the Month Winner
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February Photo of the Month, Spring Picnic, and other announcements
Wow! It’s March already, and NoVAGO is a hotbed of activity: February Photo of the Month Spring Picnic 2019 Annual Series 2018 Cache Award Nominations … Continue reading
NoVAGO’s 2018 Geocache Awards — Nominees
NoVAGO’s 2018 Geocache Awards Listed below are the caches and cachers nominated by their peers for awards for 2018. Thanks very much to those of you who took the time to send in nominations! Voting will begin April, and will remain open that entire month. Meanwhile, all curious and avid NoVAGO cachers (that’s you!) are encouraged to visit as many of the nominated caches as possible before voting. Here is a bookmark list of the nominated caches. Go get ’em! Winners will be announced at the Spring Event on May 5th at Claude Moore Park in Sterling. Without further ado, here are the nominees: Best Theme/Series (three or more caches in a series or that share a common theme) Planetary Pursuit by Awesnap (6 caches) VA Craft Breweries by lwillie63 and Awesnap (9 caches) Doggo Walking by frumiousb (9 caches) Wordgames by zgrav (3 caches) Hidden Creatures by BurkoCat (4 … Continue reading
2018 Best Log: Preliminary Voting
The twelve logs below were each nominated as the Best Log for 2018. Cast your preliminary vote for your favorites to advance to the final round. Read the nominated logs and then vote for up to four below Ode to the Barrovian Rhapsody by Nothereeither Naked and Afraid by BlurryFac3 I Can’t Believe I Ate the Whole Thing by Awesnap Left a Pencil by flyingmoose Kraken Smackdown by Nothereeither Survivor Roll Call by Serrabou Snakes on a Plane..uh..Spaceship by GLM I am She-ra! by ZippyFinn Raising the Bar by zgrav Beavis Lowers the Bar by ZippyFinn Rhyme of the Troll by Serrabou Unicorns ❤️ Jeff by TheUnstealthy Monkey Instructions Click the title or image to select a log (the background will turn green for selected items) To deselect an option, click the title again (the background will turn white) Cast your vote by clicking “Vote” [You will need to be … Continue reading
2018 Photo of the Year: Preliminary Voting
The thirteen photos below were each voted as the photo of the month during 2018 (one month had a tie). Now you can cast your preliminary vote for the 2018 Photo of the Year. The top vote-getters will advance to the final round. Instructions Click the image to view it larger Click outside the image to return to the poll Click the title to select a photo (the background will turn green for selected votes) To deselect an option, click the title again (the background will turn white) Cast your vote by clicking “Vote” [You will need to be logged in to vote. Login or register first!] [totalpoll id=”3312″] … Continue reading
Redesigned website and user registration
Have you had a chance to check out NoVAGO’s website redesign? We’ve overhauled the appearance in an attempt to modernize its look and feel. We are also hoping to move away from the dated forums. We hope that you’ll take a few minutes to look around and familiarize yourself with the layout and information available. — The most recent post will be featured at the top center of the home page. Click to read the full post. — The new layout will also suggest other posts for you to read. — The left sidebar has a link to join our Slack workspace, a link to our Instagram feed, and popular tags from blog posts. — The right sidebar has recent comments on blog posts, a countdown timer to upcoming NoVAGO events, and the calendar of events in the NoVAGO area. Site registration One of the new features we implemented on … Continue reading
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January 2019 Photo of the Month Winner
Congratulations to Serrabou who took this chilling photo titled “Post Flood River Icicles.”
Let’s All Go to the NoVAGO Winter CITO! (The cold never bothered us anyway!)
NEW LOCATION! Join us on February 23 as we host a CITO in Locust Shade Park. NoVAGO continues to grow our relationship with Prince William Parks and the Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District to make our parks cleaner and community better. We will meet in the parking lot where bags and supplies will be handed out. NoVAGO Winter CITO: Locust Shade Park Saturday, February 23, 2019 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Locust Shade Park 701 Locust Shade Drive Triangle, VA 22172 … Continue reading
QUE3NBE3 is the Sole Survivor
After finding stunning caches stashed around NOVA, chomping through the funky feast, and competing with surprising cacher upstarts, it came down to the final three— SP4Fun, QUE3NBE3, and Minnestrone. At the January 19 voting event, each of the three finalists answered questions from their former tribemates before the vote for who would claim the title of Sole Survivor. As host Zippy Probst read the final votes during the event finale, the cache-a-ways watched with nail-biting anticipation… …until QUE3NBE3 was announced as the winner of Survivor18. Having started off as a member of the Mattaponi Tribe she seemed like a long shot to win because of her residence in the Old Line State. However, this Marylander ultimately proved she was “in it to win it” when she was one of the first to merge into the Chicahominy Tribe and then being one of the first two competitors to find the SURVIVOR18: Tribal Council … Continue reading
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December 2018 Photo of the Month Winner
Congratulations to MJBinski who snapped this photo titled “Nice Photo Opp” of his old cache name initials written in the Charles Cove beach sand near the Chalk Point Generating Station while signing the Charles County ADC Challenge.