And the 2017 Cache Awards Winners are…

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NoVAGO members flocked to Sundays CITO at Glencarlyn Park and NoVAGO Spring Picnic and Awards events.  Thanks to everyone who helped out and attended to make this Spring event a success.  We look forward to seeing everyone again in the fall! HERE ARE THE 2017 NoVAGO CACHE AWARD WINNERS: Best Theme/Series The Line by Awesnap (6 caches) Best Kids Cache Toad’s Missing Buttons by CWillyPngn Most Outstanding Location/Scenery The Ghost Deer Tale by freddiecrs Most Creative Cache M.I.L.L. Race: Spaceship by Serrabou Most Physically Challenging to Find M.I.L.L. Race: Spaceship by Serrabou Best Historical/Educational Cache Ghost Lake (FSf#1) by rlobecker Best Camouflage TMNT ROCKS! by nycjoyce & Taparent Best Multi-Stage Cache The Ghost Deer Tale by freddiecrs Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache End of the Line by Awesnap Best Traditional Pumpkin King’s Cliff by sassyinmyheart Best Other (Earthcache, Whereigo, Event) Barrett Branch Library Wherigo Adventure by Awesnap Best Letterbox M.I.L.L. Race: Ignition Sequence by Serrabou … Continue reading →

Join Us at Our NoVAGO Annual Spring Picnic and 2017 NoVAGO Geocache Awards Event

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On May 6, 2018 NoVAGO invites to you lend a hand, picnic with friends, and celebrate the 2017 NoVAGO Cache Awards in Arlington! At 9 a.m. we will kick off the day with a CITO at Glencarlyn Park where we will be cleaning up portion of trails along Four Mile Run in Arlington.  Located just over a mile from our picnic shelter this CITO is a nice walk or a quick bike ride up a paved path from our picnic location. Trash bags will be provided at the clean up.  To log your “will Attend” or to find out more information check out the geocache page at THIS LINK. Soon after at 11:30 a.m. head south on the Four Mile Run trail to Barcroft Park for our annual Spring Picnic.  We will be at the only shelter in the park just feet of the paved trail.  Just follow your nose … Continue reading →

NoVAGO Area Events for Spring CITO Season

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Once again Earth Day is almost upon us and one of the great ways geocachers can give back to the community is by hosting CITO events.  Groundspeak has announced April 21-29, 2018 as the dates to earn a virtual souvenir on your profile pages if you host or attend CITO an event during this time. Here is the list so far of Souvenir CITOs in the NoVA area: (See cache pages for more details!) Saturday, April 21st 3rd Annual Occoquan River Cleanup – Paddle CITO! Brentsville, VA Hosted by:  Hooclass2002 Starts at 9am Sunday, April 22nd NoVAGO Veteran’s Park CITO Woodbridge, VA Hosted by: DePhogration Starts at 1 pm Friday, April 27th Occoquan Elementary CITO IV Woodbridge, VA Hosted by: Awesnap Starts at 7:30 pm Saturday, April 28th Fred Lynn Middle School CITO Woodbridge, VA Hosted by: Awesnap Starts at 9 am Sunday, April 29th NoVAGO 2018 Spring CITO Woodbridge, VA Hosted by: NoVAGO Starts at 9 … Continue reading →

Northern Virginia Has 17 Events Dropped On the Area for the 2018 Planetary Pursuit Promotion

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Northern Virginia has gone “event crazy” for the upcoming Groundspeak promotion “Planetary Pursuit.” Geocaching’s Official Blog describes this promotion as “The year is 2650. You are invited to join the Geocaching Explorers Club and be among the first geocachers to visit every planet in our solar system, earning souvenirs along the way. Find different geocache types to individually collect points on the Friend League between March 19 and April 8 and earn up to 10 new souvenirs to become an Official Space Explorer.” Attention space explorers! To give geocachers more time to complete their missions, Planetary Pursuit has been extended for an additional week. Please log all your finds before Monday, April 16! You cane score Points as follows: Action Point value Log a Found it on any geocache (Traditional, Virtual, Webcam, Wherigo) 5 Log a Found it on a Multi-Cache or Letterbox Hybrid 10 Log a Found it on a Mystery Cache or EarthCache 15 Log a Found it on a … Continue reading →

Local Geocachers Attend Class About Cachetur.no

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March 10, 2018 – Over 24 geocachers descended upon the Thomas Jefferson Library to attend a class titled Let’s take a cachetur.  Cachetur.no is the hottest new geocaching application around that lets you plan private trips, group trips and public trips that are open for all.  Current NoVAGO President Platoaddict was the mastermind behind this class came prepared with slides and some cool cachetur.co swag for the attendees.  While developing this class the developers of cachetur.no reached out to NoVAGO and offered to help in anyway they could.  Attendees seemed very pleased with the information from the class. “I’m sure I would not have tackled this resource without your instruction.” said LMNLanchot “Now it’s time to play around and see if I can work it alone.” Zgrav had this to say about the class “Thanks to the CO for a solid presentation with a lot of hands-on assistance and very useful … Continue reading →

NoVAGO’s Winter CITO is Upon Us

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Join us February 25th, 2018 for NoVAGO’s Winter CITO as we help clean up the area around the Jerome “Buddie” Ford Nature Center.   This City of Alexandria nature center is located on a 50-acre park nestled along the Holmes Run Stream.  This center provides year-round programs, interactive exhibits, as well as taking care of over 30 live animals. This event is being organized in coordination with Nature Center staff, and is designed to assist them in keeping this area clean and beautiful. NoVAGO Winter CITO at Jerome “Buddie” Ford Nature Center Sunday, February 25, 2018 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Jerome Ford Nature Center 5750 Sanger Avenue Alexandria, VA 22311 … Continue reading →