“Trails at the MSV Geotrail” Coming To Northern Virginia June 5

A new 12 cache geotrail is being launched in Winchester on June 5, 2021 at 10:30 am. The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley has preserved 90 acres of the largest green space in the city of Winchester and it is open to the public year-round.  The MSV has more than three miles of trails for walking, running, and biking that will take cachers through fields, woods, and wetlands. Those who find them all will have an opportunity to be among the first to earn a commemorative geocoin created specifically for this collection of traditional caches.  Access to the Trails at the MSV is free. Here is the link to the event: “Trails at the MSV Geotrail” Kickoff Event (GC9B40C) … Continue reading

2021 NoVAGO PathTag Contest

NoVAGO has decided that it is time that we make another PathTag.  So far we have made 3 tags total, but it has been awhile since we added a new one. So once again we are calling on all our talented artists to compete in designing our next tag. For those of you who may not be overly familiar about the process involved in designing a tag, and who might wish to learn more, the PathTag website (listed below) provides ample guidance. You can use your computer or just a pencil & paper to create your submission. http://www.pathtags.com/index.php For those of you who just wish to launch into your creative side and start drawing, PathTag offers a template to assist in designs. http://www.pathtags.com/images/blanktag.jpg ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY JUNE 1, 2021 TO BE CONSIDERED. To submit an entry please email you design to: awesnap.geo@gmail.com Please write PATHTAG CONTEST SUBMISSION … Continue reading

OLYMPIAD2020 Closing Ceremonies

  On Saturday, April 24, 2021, the Olympiad Games in Northern Virginia came to an end with a closing ceremony that ran for about two hours. Medalists from South Korea, Jamaica, and Greece met at a private ceremony held in Woodbridge, VA to receive their prizes. The nature of the Olympics shifted significantly from the original plan, and the distribution of the 50 medals had to be changed.  While there are Olympians who went above and beyond in their quest for magnets, limits had to set for real medals to one per person for the general medal hunt.  Geocachers who won a photo category received a medal and a trackable for their winning photo. The president of the NoVAGO Olympiad Committee (NOC), Zippyfinn, used her speech to praise the cacheletes from all three competing teams for their good sportsmanship, great logs, and zany cache photos. After the official medal distribution … Continue reading

NoVAGO OLYMPIAD2020

Citius – Altius – Fortius NoVAGO is pleased to announce that a new series will begin on October 24th. 15 hiders will publish Olympic caches and cachers will be able to earn a medal for their country in several ways. But first, you need a country! Country bibs (Greece / South Korea / Jamaica) will be distributed at the NoVAGO Fall Event on October 24th (https://coord.info/GC8JZYQ) with some satellite distribution points prior for those who can’t or don’t want to attend that event. The first satellite distribution can be found here: https://coord.info/GC90T87 The second satellite distribution can be found here: https://coord.info/GC9057H Geocaching HQ has also agreed to judge photos taken at each cache, but you gotta have a bib to win! More details as we approach the Opening Ceremony! … Continue reading

2019 Photo of the Month Contest & Winners

January 2019 – Serrabou Wins! [totalpoll id=”3010″ fragment=”results”] February 2019 – Mrs Seadog Wins! [totalpoll id=”3006″ fragment=”results”] March 2019 – DePhogration and ZippyFinn Win! [totalpoll id=”3276″ fragment=”results”] April 2019 – DePhogration Wins! [totalpoll id=”3745″] May 2019 – topazfae Wins! [totalpoll id=”3873″] June 2019: 4-way Tie! freddiecrs / xBWx / mcgmarauders / rlobecker [totalpoll id=”3879″] July 2019: ZippyFinn Wins! [totalpoll id=”3901″] October 2019: seadog129 Wins! You woke me up! seadog129 October 2019 [totalpoll id=”3923″] November 2019: ZippyFinn Wins! Shenandoah Arc ZippyFinn [totalpoll id=”3983″] December 2019 Bug-eyed Cwilly [totalpoll id=”4006″] … Continue reading