February 2008 Member Spotlight: Zgrav

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This month’s Member Spotlight is Zgrav and yelraM! Tell us about your caching names. My caching name is Zgrav. It is a one syllable variation on “zero gravity”, which pulls together a way to use my middle initial “Z” with some kind of science-fiction context. yelraM’s caching name is just a reverse of her real name ( Marley) . Tell us how you were introduced to Geocaching. I bought a GPS on sale because I could use it hiking outdoors. I have been a caver since I was a kid, and grew up plotting latitude and longitude on paper topo maps to mark or find cave entrances. When I looked on the internet for tips on using a GPS I discovered geocaching. I was hooked with the idea, and remember the fun of going out on those first searches. yelraM actually made our first find, which she will be quick … Continue reading →

NoVAGO Meet & Greet and Cryptophobia Support Group GC18KFF

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Please mark 2 February 2008 on your calendar, and plan to attend!! The “Event” has been in the scrolling window on the homepage for awhile, but it is easy to miss… so I thought I would throw out a reminder. The first Event of 2008 promises to be one you will not want to miss. You will get a chance to meet the 2008 NoVAGO Board, and to participate in a general membership meeting. Put faces to names, renew friendships, meet the new members, and before I forget…bring any and all new ideas on how we can help NoVAGO grow and prosper. There will be a puzzle cache solving presentation after the general membership meeting, great for those of you (us) who are puzzle challenged.

January 2008 Member Spotlight: rufnredy

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Thanks to NoVAGO’s trusty and loyal leader to help out a fellow cacher in a bind! I am happy to Spotlight him this month and thanks to the others who have volunteered to be in the spotlight in the coming months! **************************************** Introducing rufnredy Tell us about your caching name. Well, not to date myself or make myself seem older than I really am, but my caching name is based on a cartoon show I watched as a growing boy called Ruff and Reddy. In 1957, it became (one of) the first syndicated cartoon shows on TV and was Hanna-Barbera’s first successful cartoon show of many. Some twenty years ago or so, I was looking for a good nick and I came across this show in repeats and decided it was the one I wanted. At the time names were limited to 8 characters so I shortened it to rufnredy … Continue reading →

November 2007 Member Spotlight: Banshee Reeks

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Tell us about your caching name. I took my caching name from a beautiful wildlife preserve in Loudoun County that I have visited as a birder for years and where I volunteer from time to time. Here is a description of the names Origin: In the early part of the 19th Century, the owner of the farm now called Banshee Reeks was said to be of Irish/Scottish descent. In the Gaelic language, banshee is a female spirit and reeks refers to hills and dales. The story goes that one night the farmer went into the town of Leesburg to attend to personal business and also paid a visit to the local saloon. Upon arriving back at his farm very late at night, with the wind howling and the night animals making their noises, the farmer was in such a state of mind, that he claimed he heard a banshee on … Continue reading →

October 2008 Member Spotlight: Zygote2k

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Tell us about your caching name. First- “Zygote2k”. Around 1999 when everyone was freaking out about the millennium, I heard a Chinese fable about when the 1000 year egg hatches; the world will undergo great changes. At that time my life was undergoing a great deal of changes so I adopted it for my email and caching name. Tell us how you started caching/how were you introduced to caching. In 2003, my new girlfriend- Hayseed 40 was interested in mapping and GIS so I bought her a Garmin etrex Venture for Christmas. During my search for information on GPS, I ran across the geocaching website. 3 days after Christmas, we found our first cache- “Signal Knob”. Tell us about your GPS receiver. I originally had a Garmin etrex Vista, but the click stick broke after 2 years. I took it apart to fix it and realized that was beyond my … Continue reading →

September 2007 Member Spotlight: Rinauldi

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Tell us about your caching name. Rinauldi is a nickname that I was given in Jr. High School. There isn’t much of a story behind it, but here it is anyway. One of my closest friends had parents who did a lot of international travel. His mom was from France and his father from Rio and they had family spread everywhere. Of course, has was often brought along. For some reason I reminded him of someone he knew from his travels named Renalto, but he thought Rinauldi sounded cooler and started calling me that. I couldn’t walk down the hall at school without hearing “HEY RinnnnnAAAAALDI!” It stuck. College was no escape as we both went to the same school and pledged the same fraternity. I guess at some point I embraced it and made it my own. I came with me into the early days of computer BBS’s because … Continue reading →

Summer Shindig Sunday

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Hey, hey, hey – it’s not too late to make plans (or change your plans) so you can attend the NoVAGO Summer Shindig (GC11329) in Pohick Bay Regional Park. The event starts at 10:30 this coming Sunday, August 5th, 2007. NoVAGO really knows how to host an event, and these major “season” events are not to be missed. Good food, good folks, and good times are guaranteed! See the NoVAGO Event Forum for some exciting news about a Silent Auction – the list of items is amazing. There will also be a Raffle, caches to hunt in the park and surrounding area, and more socializing than you can shake a stick at. See you there!!!