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2015 Cache Award Winners

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Awesnap

On May 7th at the NoVAGO Spring Event the winners of the 2015 NoVAGO Cache Awards were announced and the winners presented with a trackable 2015 Cache Award Winner Geocoin. Winners of the 2015 NoVAGO Cache awards are as follows: Best Theme/Series: Minecraft by Serrabou & Dukester1 Best Kids Cache: The Big Red Caboose by CwillyPnGn Most Outstanding Location/Scenery: Semper Fidelis Memorial Trail by RobbitandPaul Most Creative Cache: HtGSC: Twinkle, Twinkle by zgrav and 4EverYoungs Most Physically Challenging to Find: LR911 Nature Excursion by LawnRescue911 Best Historical: All Aboard! Next Stop, Fairfax Station! by CwillyPnGn Best Camouflage: Minecraft: Sugarcane by Serrabou & Dukester1 Best Multi-Stage Cache: Minecraft: Redstone and Iron Ore by Serrabou & Dukester1 Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache: HtGSC: Twinkle, Twinkle by zgrav and 4EverYoungs Best Traditional: Book Nook by DPV1972 Best Other (Letterbox Hybrid, Earthcache, Whereigo, Event): Semper Fidelis Memorial Trail by RobbitandPaul Best CITO (Cache In, Trash Out): … Continue reading →

NoVAGO’s Spring Event – Caching in the Sky with Diamonds

Posted on May 1, 2016 by k8ydd

Join us May 7th at Sky Meadows State Park for NoVAGO’s Spring Picnic Event: Caching in the Sky with Diamonds and 2015 NoVAGO Cache Awards Presentations. It’s a potluck event and we’re breaking out the grill! Come out to help recognize the folks who have been driving force to making NoVAGO so much fun, meet new caching friends, take a free tour of the historic house and enjoy something tasty from Settle’s Kettle! Please visit the event cache page for more details and to mark your will attend! … Continue reading →

NoVAGO Spring CITO: Occoquan Calls

Posted on April 17, 2016 by k8ydd

It’s that time for another of NoVAGO’s quarterly CITOs! Come out to help clean up stunningly beautiful (and more so with our help!) Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, May 15th at 9:30. Entrance fees are waived for CITO volunteers! All cleanup gear including bags and gloves will be provided, you bring your sense of adventure! … Continue reading →

A Thank You Note from the City of Manassas

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Awesnap

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NoVAGO’s Spring Event, Coming May 7th!

Posted on March 12, 2016 by k8ydd

Mark your calendars, NoVAGO is heading to Sky Meadows State Park on Saturday, May 7 for the Spring Event. More details to follow but plan to come join us for a day of fun in the sun, caching and announcement of the winners of the 2015 NoVAGO Cache Awards (don’t forget to put in your votes!) … Continue reading →

2015 Cache Awards – Voting is Open!!!

Posted on March 3, 2016 by k8ydd

Congratulations to all 2015 cache award nominees! The list of all nominated caches, cachers and logs can be found here. Now to the tough part, voting! We’ll be keeping the voting open until the middle of April to give everyone a chance to head out and find these great caches. You can cast your vote here. Winners will be recognized at the Spring Event. NoVAGO, it’s time to Cast Your Votes!!! … Continue reading →

Freezin’ for a Reason! Winter CITO

Posted on February 21, 2016 by k8ydd

Come on out to help us kickoff NoVAGO’s new Quarterly CITO initiative! We’ll be gathering at Mason Neck State Park to help them get a jump start on clearing out the trash that has washed up and gotten snagged along the shoreline from the many winter storms this year. We look forward to working with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Virginia State Parks. Who: All Geocachers* What: NoVAGO 2016 Winter CITO When: Saturday, February 27, 2016 (12:00-3:00 p.m.) Where: Mason Neck State Park (Lorton, VA) 7301 Highpoint Rd, Lorton, VA 22079 Parking is free for all CITO participants on the day of the event, just tell the ranger at the entrance. … Continue reading →

2015 Awards Nomination Open

Posted on February 11, 2016 by k8ydd

What were your favorite caches of 2015? This is your chance to nominate those cache that took you on amazing adventures to amazing places! Which were amazingly creative or which drove you mad with the challenge? Did you see something new and unique or one that was extremely well executed? Does one answer the question, which is your favorite cache? Help recognize the great caches and the people who placed them by nominating your favorites for the 2015 NoVAGO Cache Awards! Every year, the NoVAGO community nominates and selects the best caches hidden in the previous calendar year. It’s an opportunity for area cachers to help recognize those that make caching in Northern Virginia a great experience and also a terrific way to highlight caches worth making a detour for. You can find information on the award categories and eligible caches in this forum thread: NoVAGO’s 2015 Cache Awards Nominations. … Continue reading →

2015: A Year in Review

Posted on February 1, 2016 by k8ydd

We wanted to take the opportunity to recognize all the accomplishments of NoVAGO and its members from the past year, as well as all of the volunteers, without whose help this successful and fun caching year in NoVAGO would not have been the same. If anything is missing, please let us know. 2015 Cache Awards Headed South for the Winter (event) with workshops “NoVAGO’s Picnic & Paddling at Pohick Bay” Spring Event GeoWoodstock XIII “Summer at the Blue Ridge” Summer Event “Wait Until Dark (VA Edition)” Night Caching Event Blue Ridge Center CITO Appalachian Trail Conservancy 2015 Biennial Meeting “Hauntingly Familiar” Fall Picnic and Auction “HtGSC #0: Cachemas Eve” Cachemas Event “How the Grinch Stole Cachemas” NoVAGO Annual Series “The Great Outdoors” Expo with the Boy Scouts of America Geocaching Symposium 2015 (supporting the APL Cachers) Individuals who hosted CITOs and Invasive Plant Pulls and helped give back to the … Continue reading →

Cans, Caches and Coats – A NoVAGO Winter Event

Posted on January 23, 2016 by k8ydd

Come out and join NoVAGO at our Winter Event (GC69PHC) on Saturday, February 20th from 9:30am to 12:00pm at the Veteran’s Memorial Park Community Center, 14300 Veteran’s Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22191. In addition to providing some breakfast nibbles, we’re also doing a brunch potluck (please post what you plan to bring in your “will attend” log). We will have two short presentations, one by DePhogration on cache containers and one by NutmegBrownie on how easy it is to host a CITO! At this year’s NoVAGO Winter Event we are holding a canned food and coat drive to help support a local charity. This winter’s featured charity is The StreetLight, a nondenominational nonprofit organization who’s mission is to “build strong community by improving the quality of life for impoverished men, women, and children, including the ‘chronically homeless’ in Prince William County and surrounding areas of Northern Virginia.” Donations are purely voluntary and … Continue reading →