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Be sure to mark SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12 on your calendar for the NoVAGO Octoberfe(a)st! This year we’ll be in Arlington at Bluemont Park. Cache page is here. See you then! … Continue reading
Ravenquest Geocaching Presentation a wild success!
Three NoVAGO cachers cphug, blrkt, and Buglady1 all met at Lake Fairfax Park to give a presentation on geocaching to 29 campers for Ravenquest. This camp aims at providing new discoveries to disadvantaged youth between 12 – 15 years of age. Five cache boxes were placed around the park filled with ingredients for Smores. The 3 volunteer cachers gave a presentation about geocaching and how the game works then took the groups out on a real cache hunt to find the boxes. A great time was had by all! Special thanks to our contact Chris Goldbecker who coordinated the early communication and set up support. Thanks also to TooWheelin & Rufnredy for passing this great volunteering opportunity to NoVAGO members. Pix will be posted when Buglady1 can figure out where to upload…stay tuned..
Swelter at the Shelter Event & Silent Auction
The NoVAGO Swelter at the Shelter Summer Event is fast approaching, 20 July 08 is right around the corner and will be here before you know it. The event promises to be a “doozie” as all NoVAGO events are; plenty of caches to hunt, great food, super people, a raffle, and back by popular demand…our NoVAGO Annual Silent Auction. Please indicate your attendance and whatever potluck food item you may be bringing on the event page The Silent Auction catalog (it will be updated as additional item donations are received) can be found in the NoVAGO forums. The Silent Auction is the only method NoVAGO uses to generate funds to operate for the coming year. Check it out, there are already some great items on auction, and more will be added. … Continue reading
June 2008 Spotlight: TeamWeathergirl
TEAM WEATHERGIRL – What a great caching bunch! Tell us about your caching name. I work in the weather business bouncing between the National Weather Service and managing weather satellite development programs. My daughter got enamored with weather and picked up the nickname of “Weathergirl” at a young age. Weathergirl has four brothers and being the only girl is not always easy. Since she was the most enthusiastic about geocaching when we started, we went with her nickname. In a way it helps her stand out from the male dominated crowd she lives with. Tell us about the members of Team Weathergirl and what each one of you brings to the caching experience. Our youngest cacher’s nickname is Mr. O. He turns 10 this month and is the most enthusiastic about opening the cache to find the surprises inside. His most favorite treasures are matchbox cars. He likes caching with … Continue reading
2007 NoVAGO Awards
Cache of the Year Presentations Ahem, and the winners are… Best Theme/Series Be the Genealogist-Final by reedkickball (GC14X8B) Best Kids Cache Farm, Field, and Forest by The VanDucks (GC10BXJ) Best Location Cache Infarmary by Ka-Ching! (GC11J8X) Best Hike If You Want To Run With The Big Dogs…Greyhound by _BBQ_ (GC123T7) Best History Related Cache From the Halls of Montezuma by Blakeley Pirates (GC10A6N) Best Multi-Stage Cache A Walk in the Woods by 2Wheelin (GC13ZDZ) Fox Hunt by zygote2k (GC11027) Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache Be the Genealogist-Final by reedkickball (GC14X8B) Best Letterbox Hybrid Long Black Veil by flyingmoose (GCZZ9M) Best Earthcache Wetlands: A Natural Treasure by mgsgagag (GC105P8) Tour de Geology by 2Wheelin (GC10N4P) Cache of the Year Be the Genealogist-Final by reedkickball (GC14X8B) Rookie of the Year Bubba Q Jack Cacher of the Year 2Wheelin (second year running!) … Continue reading
REMINDER-NoVAGO Spring Fling – Redux Event!!!
Just a gentle reminder that this year our (rescheduled) Spring event, the NoVAGO Spring Fling – Redux (GC1BHNG) is this coming Saturday, 10 May 08, at Algonkian Regional Park. Good food, good friends, and a good time!! Lots of caches in the local area, and I hear there are even some new ones. Please see the cache page for details, and if you have not signed up yet…it is not too late. See ya there!! … Continue reading
April 2008 Member Spotlight: Bubba Q. Jack
Just how did Bubba Q. Jack get his nickname, will he keep his cache-a-day streak alive, and more . . . Welcome to April’s Spotlight! Tell us about your caching name. There used to be a great Bar-B-Que place on the way to Shady Side Maryland called “Pig Outs” that had the best ribs. I would drive from Arlington, Virginia just for lunch or dinner but it went out of business. In a quest to replace such wonderful ribs I went from Maine to Florida stopping at as many places to sample the fare. I’ve located several restaurants (joints) that come close but never perfect. One place was named Bubba’s and I liked the idea of adding the Q and Jack which is the nickname for John. Thus Bubba Q. Jack was created. How were you introduced to Geocaching and what was the first cache you found? After gaining 35 … Continue reading
NoVAGO 2008 April CITO Event and Picnic
Come one Come all … to the NoVAGO 2008 CITO Event and Picnic Sunday, April 20th This is a combined event and sign up is through the CITO page at GC19V2A. It will be a great time and a chance to meet old friends and put a face with all those new names you have been seeing in the logs. Event Schedule 9:30am-10:00am arrival, log-in, and instructions 10:am-12:00 pm CITO! PRE-Picnic Caching! 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm pictures, and clean-up 12:30 pm-4:00 pm NoVAGO Spring Fling Picnic 2008 CITO Parking and Picnic Location Falcon Ridge Recreation Center 22025 Evergreen Mills Road Leesburg, VA 20175 For more details see the Cache page at GC19V2A … Continue reading
March 2008 Member Spotlight: LionHeart
It is with great pleaure that I spotlight LionHeart this month – the man behind some of the most amazing puzzles! Tell us about your caching name. My caching name came from an old Scottish saying, “A man is a lion in his own cause”. So I have the heart of a lion when it comes to my own cause. My cause is that I have a chronic liver disease called Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). It is a characterized by inflammation, destruction and fibrosis of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts that leads to cirrhosis of the liver. PSC is often complicated by recurrent episodes of bacterial cholangitis (infection of the bile ducts with bacteria). Patients with PSC also have an increased risk of cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). The cause of PSC is unknown but many investigators suspect that it is an autoimmune disease. Other etiologies, such as infectious agents, … Continue reading
Fairfax County Parks Guidelines
The FCPA and NoVAGO are happy to announce the new guidelines for hiding caches in FCPA parks! On the FCPA geocaching page you will find a list of “blanket approval” parks as well as a web form for requesting permission for other FCPA parkland. We are very excited about this! It’s been a long time coming and everybody has been patient — but the wait is over! A huge THANK YOU to the NoVAGO members who worked on this project. For more information, visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/geocaching … Continue reading