Burke Lake Park has reached out to NoVAGO to lend a hand with their annual Geocaching Scavenger Hunt on the day after Thanksgiving. This one-day event, in conjunction with REI, Inc.’s Black Friday #OptOutside promotion, and it will be held from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Friday, November 24, 2017. For this event only, special caches are placed around the lake. Find them all and win a prize. It’s a fun way to get outside during the holiday. While you are at the park, take advantage of the site to do some hiking, biking, picnicking or fishing. Burke Lake Park also has a disc golf course along with its playgrounds and miles of trails. No pre-registration is required for the geocaching scavenger hunt. Check in at the Ice Cream Parlor beginning at 10 a.m. and chose your cache route. A course has been set up for both beginners and … Continue reading
Congrats to both hrothroc and DePhogration for their winning photos.
DePhogration wins for his photo titled “Fire & Water” and hrothroc’s win was for her photo of LPCBoy scaling the rock wall at Roo’s Runaway. We also offer a big thank you to everybody who participated in the October 2017 photo of the month contest.
All the events and activities you enjoy throughout the year are the result of a very dedicated team, also known as your board! If you want to help give back to make NoVAGO even better, now is your opportunity. NoVAGO’s Officer Elections are fast approaching. Nominations will be open for the month of November followed by voting in December! NoVAGO’s Officer Corps consists of these five positions: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Public Relations You can find the details about these positions in the NoVAGO By-laws. Nominations will close on November 30, 2017, at which point any necessary ballots will be assembled and posted. Head on over to the forums to make your voice heard! … Continue reading
Yesterday seventeen TRIBUTES17 geocaches swarmed out launching another year with a NoVAGO Annual Series. In celebration of NoVAGO’s 10 year anniversary the goal of this year’s series is to pay tribute to some of NoVAGO’s best caches. Each cache hiders is honoring the experience of the original caches, but adding their own spin to the hides. This years series will be more challenging than previous years, but hopefully that will be part of the fun. Safe travels and good luck! TRIBUTES17 : End Of The Orange Line TRIBUTE17: Mastermind TRIBUTES17 – A Little (Difficult) Neabsco TRIBUTES17 – ALLH – Broyhill Park TRIBUTES17 — Another Film Can??? TRIBUTES17 – Be the Reediologist TRIBUTES17 – Skeletor Drama at Grayskull TRIBUTES17 : Dork-O-Naut 1 : Rooster (of Doom) TRIBUTES17 : Dork-O-Naut 2 : Legend TRIBUTES17: D3 : Supreme Dork of All Time & Space TRIBUTES17: Mad Tree Hanger COUNTS on Winning TRIBUTES17: Route … Continue reading
The last big event of 2017 is over. The weather was a perfect 70 degrees, the food was plentiful, and plenty of smiles filled the pavilion. Other than the swarm of uninvited yellow jackets everything else was about perfect. The NoVAGO Lab Cache experience was a huge hit with the attendees, as well was the long awaited return of the event Icebreaker. “Until now, I hadn’t really cared for the Lab Caches but I think NoVAGO did them right!” wrote JPWAVE “Nice job!! Really enjoyed the “NoVAGO Graveyard: Tombstones” Lab Cache!!” “Loved all the lab caches but the cool thing I loved most was the ice breaker game turned into coordinated for it’s own cache! Nothing in the world better than that!” wrote Sassyinmyheart “AND it gets you to meet all the new faces and see some accomplishments that old faces have conquered!” The pavilion emptied out for geocaching … Continue reading
Summer has passed and fall is on the way. Come and help us celebrate the turning of the seasons by attending NoVAGO’s last major event of 2017. This year’s event will again be held with a Halloween theme. Attendees are encouraged to come in costume to celebrate the season. Be sure to log your “will-attend” as early as possible to ensure that we have enough food for the masses. Attendees are encouraged to bring your favorite pot luck dish, all we ask is that you list what you are bringing in your “will attend” log so that others won’t bring in a similar dish. As with all of our picnics NoVAGO will be supplying the charcoal, hamburgers, hot dogs, plates, and condiments. Sunday, October 28, 2017 (11:00 am – 3 pm) Burke Lake Park 7315 Ox Road Fairfax Station, VA 22039 Burke Lake Park charges a $10 entrance fee per car for non-county … Continue reading
With laptops, paper, and pens in hand it looked more like a university setting than a geocaching event. On October 15th geocachers gathered at Bull Run Regional Library and sat at the ready to learn the basics of geocaching puzzle solving. Since 2011 Two000miler has held 8 puzzle caching workshops throughout the Northern Virginia area. His class today touched on substitution, playfair, bacon, vigenère, and other cyphers as well as understanding where a puzzle creator can hide clues on a cache page. His most important advice he gives on solving puzzles is “Read the entire cache page, write down what you know, and look for patterns.” … Continue reading
Congrats to Serrabou for his winning photo titled “Yesssss? Can I help you?” of a snake that he encountered at M.I.L.L. Race: Barracks. We also offer a big thank you to everybody who participated in the September 2017 photo of the month contest.
We have teased a bit that we have bigger things in store this year at our annual fall event. The Officers have decided it is finally time to share our big news: Groundspeak has given us THREE LAB CACHES for the attendees to find at our NoVAGO’s 3rd Annual Hauntingly Familiar Fall Event on October 28th!!!! … Continue reading
NoVAGO Puzzle Cache Workshop Sunday, October 15, 2017 (1:00-4:00 p.m.) Bull Run Regional Library 8051 Ashton Avenue Manassas, VA 20109 Having trouble with puzzle caches? There are a lot of them out there. These pesky little devils seem to get filed in one of two places by most cachers. There are them that loves ’em and them that hates ’em. If you are in the latter category (or in the former and just want to practice), this may be the event for you. This event will be geared toward beginning puzzlers. There will be a session later in the year geared toward more advanced stuff, but for today we want to get folks started. We welcome more advanced folks but don’t want you to be bored. … Continue reading