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Northern Virginia Has 17 Events Dropped On the Area for the 2018 Planetary Pursuit Promotion

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Awesnap

Northern Virginia has gone “event crazy” for the upcoming Groundspeak promotion “Planetary Pursuit.” Geocaching’s Official Blog describes this promotion as “The year is 2650. You are invited to join the Geocaching Explorers Club and be among the first geocachers to visit every planet in our solar system, earning souvenirs along the way. Find different geocache types to individually collect points on the Friend League between March 19 and April 8 and earn up to 10 new souvenirs to become an Official Space Explorer.” Attention space explorers! To give geocachers more time to complete their missions, Planetary Pursuit has been extended for an additional week. Please log all your finds before Monday, April 16! You cane score Points as follows: Action Point value Log a Found it on any geocache (Traditional, Virtual, Webcam, Wherigo) 5 Log a Found it on a Multi-Cache or Letterbox Hybrid 10 Log a Found it on a Mystery Cache or EarthCache 15 Log a Found it on a … Continue reading →

NoVAGO’s Winter CITO is Upon Us

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Awesnap

Join us February 25th, 2018 for NoVAGO’s Winter CITO as we help clean up the area around the Jerome “Buddie” Ford Nature Center. This City of Alexandria nature center is located on a 50-acre park nestled along the Holmes Run Stream. This center provides year-round programs, interactive exhibits, as well as taking care of over 30 live animals. This event is being organized in coordination with Nature Center staff, and is designed to assist them in keeping this area clean and beautiful. NoVAGO Winter CITO at Jerome “Buddie” Ford Nature Center Sunday, February 25, 2018 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Jerome Ford Nature Center 5750 Sanger Avenue Alexandria, VA 22311 … Continue reading →

First Class of 2018 Kicks Off NoVAGO’s New Direction of Hosting Educational Events

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Awesnap

On Saturday February 3, 2018 thirty geocachers piled into a classroom for Awesnap’s Planning a Geocaching Road Trip Class. Our new President, platoaddict , want’s 2018 to be the year NoVAGO host’s more educational events. On the horizon there are plans to host classes on a variety of subjects including GSAK, puzzle solving, cachetur.no, earthcaching 101, and a basic cache page creation class. The Geocaching Road Trip class was held in Prince William County at the Chinn Library. Awesnap’s presentation covered the basics of distance caching, selecting target geocaches, routing, project.gc, and a quick introduction to cachetur.no. JPWAVE wrote in his log “I learned quite a bit more than I expected!! Yeah, I may do things in my own fashion but it’s really nice to see other options and new webtools which may be more efficient. EXCELLENT class!! Really looking forward to using these tips on our next road trip!” Ezio10 … Continue reading →

Australia Day Events in Northern Virginia

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Awesnap

To celebrate Australia Day Groundspeak has created the Where in the world is Signal the Frog®? Australia!. You can earn a Australia Day 2018 souvenir by hosting or attending an event on Friday, January 26 through Sunday, January 28, 2018. A few members of our local geocaching community jumped at the the chance to host a Australia Day event! So hop on over to one of them, hang out with fellow geocachers, and earn your Australia Day 2018 souvenir. Friday, January 26, 2018 Australia Day! 5:30 pm in Haymarket Hosted by Gaiterman Saturday, January 27, 2018 Australia Day 2018 5 pm in Sterling Hosted by Effstop Bunch of Guys Down Under – Australia Day 6 pm in Stafford Hosted by Roadtrip Sunday, January 28, 2018 Australia Day (1/28/2018) 1 pm in Dumfries Hosted by Cache Clown 76 Australia Day 2018 5:30 pm in Arlington Hosted by PlatoAddict [poll id=”3″] … Continue reading →

A time for Thanks!

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Awesnap

NoVAGO turns 11 this year and to celebrate we will be kicking off the year with our traditional Thanks Event! January 14th also happens to be the anniversary of the first official NoVAGO hosted event back in 2007. This year we are back at Santini’s New York Style Deli in Chantilly. Please join us at Santini’s to thank all of the amazing volunteers who helped make geocaching in Northern Virginia more fun in 2017 and to welcome in the 2018 volunteers. Thanks! January 14th, 2018 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Santini’s New York Style Deli 3980 Corsair Ct Chantilly, VA 20151 … Continue reading →

OptOutside with NoVAGO and Burke Lake Park

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Awesnap

Burke Lake Park has reached out to NoVAGO to lend a hand with their annual Geocaching Scavenger Hunt on the day after Thanksgiving. This one-day event, in conjunction with REI, Inc.’s Black Friday #OptOutside promotion, and it will be held from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Friday, November 24, 2017. For this event only, special caches are placed around the lake. Find them all and win a prize. It’s a fun way to get outside during the holiday. While you are at the park, take advantage of the site to do some hiking, biking, picnicking or fishing. Burke Lake Park also has a disc golf course along with its playgrounds and miles of trails. No pre-registration is required for the geocaching scavenger hunt. Check in at the Ice Cream Parlor beginning at 10 a.m. and chose your cache route. A course has been set up for both beginners and … Continue reading →

Hauntingly Familiar Fall Event Was a Spooktacular Success

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Awesnap

The last big event of 2017 is over. The weather was a perfect 70 degrees, the food was plentiful, and plenty of smiles filled the pavilion. Other than the swarm of uninvited yellow jackets everything else was about perfect. The NoVAGO Lab Cache experience was a huge hit with the attendees, as well was the long awaited return of the event Icebreaker. “Until now, I hadn’t really cared for the Lab Caches but I think NoVAGO did them right!” wrote JPWAVE “Nice job!! Really enjoyed the “NoVAGO Graveyard: Tombstones” Lab Cache!!” “Loved all the lab caches but the cool thing I loved most was the ice breaker game turned into coordinated for it’s own cache! Nothing in the world better than that!” wrote Sassyinmyheart “AND it gets you to meet all the new faces and see some accomplishments that old faces have conquered!” The pavilion emptied out for geocaching … Continue reading →

NoVAGO’s 3rd Annual Hauntingly Familiar Fall Event

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Awesnap

Summer has passed and fall is on the way. Come and help us celebrate the turning of the seasons by attending NoVAGO’s last major event of 2017. This year’s event will again be held with a Halloween theme. Attendees are encouraged to come in costume to celebrate the season. Be sure to log your “will-attend” as early as possible to ensure that we have enough food for the masses. Attendees are encouraged to bring your favorite pot luck dish, all we ask is that you list what you are bringing in your “will attend” log so that others won’t bring in a similar dish. As with all of our picnics NoVAGO will be supplying the charcoal, hamburgers, hot dogs, plates, and condiments. Sunday, October 28, 2017 (11:00 am – 3 pm) Burke Lake Park 7315 Ox Road Fairfax Station, VA 22039 Burke Lake Park charges a $10 entrance fee per car for non-county … Continue reading →

Breaking News: Groundspeak has Granted Lab Caches to NoVAGO for the October 28th Fall Event

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Awesnap

We have teased a bit that we have bigger things in store this year at our annual fall event. The Officers have decided it is finally time to share our big news: Groundspeak has given us THREE LAB CACHES for the attendees to find at our NoVAGO’s 3rd Annual Hauntingly Familiar Fall Event on October 28th!!!! … Continue reading →

Puzzled? Don’t Fret… Help is on the Way

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Awesnap

NoVAGO Puzzle Cache Workshop Sunday, October 15, 2017 (1:00-4:00 p.m.) Bull Run Regional Library 8051 Ashton Avenue Manassas, VA 20109 Having trouble with puzzle caches? There are a lot of them out there. These pesky little devils seem to get filed in one of two places by most cachers. There are them that loves ’em and them that hates ’em. If you are in the latter category (or in the former and just want to practice), this may be the event for you. This event will be geared toward beginning puzzlers. There will be a session later in the year geared toward more advanced stuff, but for today we want to get folks started. We welcome more advanced folks but don’t want you to be bored. … Continue reading →

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