Presidents Favorite Points ❤️

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A new year.. Read below or WATCH here –> Video of Presidents Favorite Points Jan 2024 January is the time of year where many people make new year’s resolutions for their health, family, finances, and social gatherings.  For those of us who enjoy geocaching, we probably come up with a few extra resolutions or goals.  Could be to attend more events, host events, find or even publish more geocaches.  There are those who like to keep up with streaks or stats, filling the calendar or their grids.  If you don’t have a resolution yet, or are just starting with geocaching and are unsure what goals you should make, stick around and I’ll give you some hints. Events are Social: If you have never been to an event, I definitely suggest you attend one.  They are the red dots on your groundspeak geocaching app and there’s got to be one relatively … Continue reading →

NoVAGO Leap Day Events: Collect a Souvenir

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Geocaching HQ has announced a Souvenir for Leap Day 2024. Log a cache or event for February 29th, 2021, 2022, 2023, & 2024 all in one day. Ok, I know they won’t be back dated for non-existent days. But, we’re making up for some lost time here, right? Sorta. My head hurts figuring out how leap years work. Here’s what HQ is saying: “Enter through the wormhole and earn the “Leap Day 2024” souvenir by logging any four geocaches, Events, or Adventure Lab® Locations on February 29.” If you want to make your day more fun, stop by one of the many events being hosted around Northern Virginia on February 29th. Say ‘Hi’ and maybe make some new geocaching buddies. Cup of Joe — Leap Day (2024) 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM Dumfries Meet host, MJBinski at Cuppi Coffee in Dumfries for his Cup of Joe — Leap Day (2024) event … Continue reading →

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Collecting Souvenirs

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Collecting Souvenirs Souvenirs are virtual pieces of art displayed on your public profile. You can earn souvenirs in several different ways. Here is a link to help you to identify the many types available: Profile and Dashboard (geocaching.com) Some cachers are highly motivated by collecting Souvenirs while others pay little attention to these “badges”. Personally, I like this aspect of geocaching almost as much as I like working on Challenge (mystery) caches! Both encourage me to get out there frequently and provide a nice sense of accomplishment. Here are the upcoming new souvenirs for this year that have been announced so far: 2024 hider: January 1–December 31 Leap Day 2024: February 29 Cache In Trash Out®, Season 1: March 1–May 31 Blue Switch Day: May 2–4 June Solstice: June 19–21 International Geocaching Day: August 17 Cache In Trash Out®, Season 2: September 1–November 30 World Postcard Day: October 1 International EarthCache … Continue reading →


Spotlight Cache: Jeopardy! Series

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#NationalTriviaDay (January 4) Spotlight Cache Series: Jeopardy! Today we are celebrating National Trivia Day with a series of caches placed in honor of the late Alex Trebek, host of the long-running TV game show, Jeopardy. This Jeopardy! Cache Series by TheColdedge and his TrustyNavigator will reward your knowledge and sometimes out-of-the-box thinking with coordinates for twenty-one mystery type geocaches. Winter is a great time to solve these at home and wait for a fair weather day to head out to the Winchester, Virginia area (and slightly beyond) to make the finds. I asked TheColdege a little about what went into creating this series. Q: What inspired you to chose Jeopardy as a theme? A: Alex Trebeck had recently died and I enjoyed the show as a kid. I also wanted to fit some strange trivia categories into a mystery cache. Q: How did you come up with the questions/answers? A: … Continue reading →

Meet the New Board & Thank 2023! Event

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Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization is pleased to announce the 2024 board of officers and directors. PRESIDENT – ThompsonKickers VICE PRESIDENT – RufnRedy SECRETARY – TrexM8s TREASURER – freddiecrs PUPLIC RELATIONS – hrothroc DIRECTORS – (determined upon vote of first board meeting) Every year, we host an event to let you meet our new officers (most of them will be there.) We also use this gathering to thank our outgoing board members and directors, as well as volunteers who have helped make NoVAGO great in the previous year. If you’ve hosted an event in the Northern Virginia area in 2023, we thank you. Thanks 2023! Event (GCAHRY9) January 21, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm Santini’s New York Style Deli*3980 Corsair CtChantilly, VA 20151 *No purchase required to attend event. … Continue reading →

Presidents Favorite Points ❤️

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Giving Thanks to everyone. As this year comes to a close with all the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, festivities, decorating and love I wanted to share my own little bit of love and appreciation.  Read on but don’t forget to join us on January 21, 2024 for our official NoVAGO Thanks Event GCAHRY9!   Geocachers, NEW Geocachers, COs & the Young or just Young at Heart I have mentioned before, that it’s just not one person, nor is it just the officers or directors who make Northern Virginia an enjoyable place to cache and socialize.  It truly takes all of us for it to be fun and geocachers who find and hide caches are the driving force of NoVAGO.  In 2023 so far there have been 414 geocaches placed by fellow cachers in NoVAGO jurisdictions as of December 18th.  These have overall been found 8832 times!  The time … Continue reading →

Happy 123sDay Trackable – have arrived!

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8:11 PM Cachers who pre-ordered by November 15th: The 123123 Trackables will be available for pick up at the MGS and NoVAGO 123123 events: GCAGDZ4: MGS 123123sday 11:30 – 12:30  Pike Kitchen, 1066 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD GCAGCH0: NoVAGO 123sDAY: 12/31/23 New Year’s Eve Event 2:00 – 3:00 Ledo’s, 8324 Old Keene Mill Rd, West Springfield, VA Log your Will Attend! NoVAGO Cachers may message Monica Lynch, TrexM8s if you would like to arrange for payment in advance. Reminder: The MGS version will feature colors from the Maryland state flag. In the NoVAGO version, the trackable will highlight the blues and greens of the great Virginia outdoors. There will also be an American version featuring red, white and blue. These fundraisers will only be available through MGS and NoVAGO. You can purchase one trackable for $15, two trackables for $25 or three trackables for $35. Your trackables will be delivered during NoVAGO and MGS caching … Continue reading →

Say Goodbye to 2023 and Hello to 2024 with NoVAGO

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Members Host Events Before and After the New Year across Northern Virginia As announced by Geocaching HQ, there are two opportunities to earn some souvenirs. Earn Farewell to 2023 by finding any geocache, attending an Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from December 24–31. Earn Greetings from 2024 by finding any geocache, attending an Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from January 1–8. Thanks to all our volunteers who host these events so that the rest of us can get together and share geocaching stories. Here’s what coming up for you to earn these colorful souvenirs: 12/24, 9:00-9:30am, Twas the morning of the Night before Christmas in Dumfries, hosted by Team_Palazzo 12/24, 11:15am-12:00pm, Jingle Burgers in Lake Ridge, hosted by Awesnap 12/24, 1:00-2:00pm, Bottom of the Hump – Twas the Day Before Christmas in Chantilly, hosted by effstop 12/25, 3:00-3:30pm, Merry Christmas in Reston, hosted by effstop 12/29, 12:00-12:30pm, Need Your Event … Continue reading →

Moviepalooza! The Noveez Awards

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Annual Series Wraps up with Awards Event This year our theme has been cheesy movies. We’ve named it Moviepalooza. Pre-selected members of NoVAGO have been busy hiding geocaches around the area since early October. Let’s call them the producers. The rest of us have been searching and (hopefully) finding all these great caches. We can call ourselves the audience. As the series comes to an end, lets get the audience together to give the producers an applause. There just might be some recognitions to give out for the audience members as well. You won’t want to miss it! Woodbridge Monthly Meet and Greet is hosting the Awards! Waters End Brewery, 12425 Dillingham Sq., Lakeridge Saturday, December 16, 2023 2:00 – 3:30 pm Be sure to let the host and hostess know that you are coming. Please RSVP on the event page: Woodbridge M&G December 2023 (GCAGR20) … Continue reading →

Voting Open for 2024 NoVAGO Officers

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VOTING OPEN FOR 2024 NoVAGO Officers Last month we asked our membership to nominate volunteers to fill the officer positions for the 2024 board. You can read that article with the job descriptions by CLICKING HERE. You can also find a link to our By-Laws here. Thanks go out to our board members who are returning in one way or another for 2024. The following candidates will be automatically sworn into office on the first of January: Dave P. (rufnredy) for Vice President, Monica L. (TrexM8s) for Secretary, Freddie C. (freddiecrs) for Treasurer, and Heather C (hrothroc) for Public Relations. The office of president is the only contested position this year. Please read a little about each candidate in the drop menu below before heading to the voting form. Gina T. “ThompsonKickers” What is your caching name? My name is Gina T. (ThompsonKickers) and I have graciously accepted the nomination … Continue reading →