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 →

First Class of 2018 Kicks Off NoVAGO’s New Direction of Hosting Educational Events

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On Saturday February 3, 2018 thirty geocachers piled into a classroom for Awesnap’s Planning a Geocaching Road Trip Class. Our new President, platoaddict , want’s 2018 to be the year NoVAGO host’s more educational events.  On the horizon there are plans to host classes on a variety of subjects including GSAK, puzzle solving, cachetur.no, earthcaching 101, and a basic cache page creation class. The Geocaching Road Trip class was held in Prince William County at the Chinn Library.  Awesnap’s presentation covered the basics of distance caching, selecting target geocaches, routing, project.gc, and a quick introduction to cachetur.no. JPWAVE wrote in his log “I learned quite a bit more than I expected!! Yeah, I may do things in my own fashion but it’s really nice to see other options and new webtools which may be more efficient. EXCELLENT class!! Really looking forward to using these tips on our next road trip!” Ezio10 … Continue reading →

Presenting the 2017 NoVAGO Cache Award Nominees

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Congratulations to all of the 2017 NoVAGO Cache Award nominees!  To see a complete list of nominated cachers and caches please go to NoVAGO’s 2017 Cache Awards — Nominees.  This year a record breaking 28 cachers nominated 624 the best geocaches, logs, and geocachers of Northern Virginia from 2017. Voting will take place in late March and the winners will be announce at the 2018 NoVAGO Spring Event (TBA).  Check back in the future as we update the information on this.  In the meantime we encourage all NoVAGO members to hunt down and find these caches before voting. On a sad not there will not be a 2017 NoVAGO Nominations Bonus Cache, nor does it look like there will be anymore in the future.  The current challenge cache rules that Groundspeak place in 2017 prohibit challenge caches based on lists of geocaches. … Continue reading →

NoVAGO’s 2017 Cache Awards — Nominees

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🤩 😈 🥳 NoVAGO’s 2017 Geocache Awards 🥳 😈🤩 Listed below are the caches and cachers nominated for awards for 2017. Thanks very much to those of you who took the time to send in nominations! Voting will begin soon, and will remain open until a few weeks before the Spring Event. ➡️ Meanwhile, all curious and avid NoVAGO cachers 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 2018 NoVAGO Spring Event, May 6th. (There is not a bonus cache for finding nominated caches this year.) Without further ado, here are the nominees: 👏 Best Theme/Series (three or more caches in a series or that share a common theme) End of the Line by Awesnap (6 caches) M.I.L.L. Race by Serrabou (5 caches) CCT Challenge Caches by vpdj (48 caches) Frog and Toad by CWillyPngn … Continue reading →

Australia Day Events in Northern Virginia

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To celebrate Australia Day Groundspeak has created the Where in the world is Signal the Frog®? Australia!.  You can earn a Australia Day 2018 souvenir by hosting or attending an event on Friday, January 26 through Sunday, January 28, 2018.  A few members of our local geocaching community jumped at the the chance to host a Australia Day event!  So hop on over to one of them, hang out with fellow geocachers, and earn your Australia Day 2018 souvenir. Friday, January 26, 2018 Australia Day! 5:30 pm in Haymarket Hosted by Gaiterman Saturday, January 27, 2018 Australia Day 2018 5 pm in Sterling Hosted by Effstop Bunch of Guys Down Under – Australia Day 6 pm in Stafford Hosted by Roadtrip Sunday, January 28, 2018 Australia Day (1/28/2018) 1 pm in Dumfries Hosted by Cache Clown 76 Australia Day 2018 5:30 pm in Arlington Hosted by PlatoAddict [poll id=”3″] … Continue reading →

2017 Geocache Awards: Nominations

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Each year NoVAGO honors some of the best caches that were placed in Northern Virginia. Cache nominations and awards are a chance for you to recognize the efforts of fellow NoVAGO cachers who have placed hides that you have enjoyed.  Until January 29th help recognize the great caches and the people who placed them by nominating your favorites for the 2017 NoVAGO Cache Awards!  For more information on categories please head over to NoVAGO’s 2017 Cache Awards — Nominations in the forums. … Continue reading →

Award Categories {2018}

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[THERE IS A MORE UP-TO-DATE VERSIONS OF THIS PAGE FOR 2023. CLICK HERE.] Cache of the Year – From the moment you read the cache listing through making the find – and then telling all of your caching friends about how great the cache is, this is the cache that made the year the most memorable for you. Best Theme/Series (three or more caches in a series or that share a common theme) – The whole of the series was even greater than the sum of the parts. Which series did you absolutely have to finish and kept you waiting for the next cache to be published? Best Kids Cache – Perhaps it was the story on the cache page, or the location, or the hide, or the container, or the trade items. Ask the mini-cachers which cache they would most like to visit again. Most Outstanding Location/Scenery – Everybody … Continue reading →

A time for Thanks!

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NoVAGO turns 11 this year and to celebrate we will be kicking off the year with our traditional Thanks Event!  January 14th also happens to be the anniversary of the first official NoVAGO hosted event back in 2007.  This year we are back at Santini’s New York Style Deli in Chantilly. Please join us at Santini’s to thank all of the amazing volunteers who helped make geocaching in Northern Virginia more fun in 2017 and to welcome in the 2018 volunteers. Thanks! January 14th, 2018 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Santini’s New York Style Deli 3980 Corsair Ct Chantilly, VA 20151 … Continue reading →