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NoVAGO-U

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Heather

Northern Virginia Geocaching Organizing Announces its 2022 Fall Series: NoVAGO-University Join a team! Find geocaches! Compete in fun contests to earn points for your team. Members might remember our club’s Survivor series, or our more recent pandemic boredom busting Olympics. The newest games are a college themed challenges, where members compete to earn point for their Greek house (toga’s may or may not be optional.) Two Kick-off Events, August 14, 2022 9:30-10:30 AM – Sterling (GC9THP1) & 12:30-1:30 PM – Lorton (GC9WD00) The kick-off events will be an opportunity to meet potential team mates and pledge together on a first-come-first-serve basis for one of three houses. It’s also a great time to ask questions. Attendance is not required to participate. You may contact ZippyFinn or Serrabou if you would like to be added to a team at any time through November. If you are new to NoVAGO and would … Continue reading →

Finding a Geocache on Memorial Day – or any day

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Heather

Memorial Day is holiday to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. While observing Memorial Day, you might want to consider visiting one of these geocaches in Northern Virginia. Semper Fidelis Memorial Trail You will be following part of the Marine Corp Museum’s Semper Fidelis Memorial Trail – about 3/4 mile of walking – visiting statues and memorials along the way. This Werigo geocache by robbitandpaul was a 2015 NoVAGO Cache Award Winner! National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico. The trail is open from 9 to 9 and the museum is open 9 to 6. Place of Honor One of several caches at the place of highest honor, Arlington National Cemetery, this walk should take you under an hour and will take you to two different locations. This virtual by Bigcall has been on the map since 2002. Arlington National Cemetery Uncommon Valor … Continue reading →

NoVAGO’s 2022 Spring Picnic

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Heather

The 2022 spring picnic was held this last weekend on May Day (May 1st) at Mason District Park in Annandale. In addition to the event being a Community Celebration Event (extended due to the pandemic) it also gave attendees the Blue Switch Day souvenir. There was lots of excitement leading up to the day of the event. Some of the reasons our members were looking forward to the picnic: It’s close to home! Can’t wait to catch up with my caching buddies. Finally an event that’s NOT on a Saturday. To see if the weather might be even more incredible than the 2021 spring picnic (thankfully, it wasn’t.) Lot’s of food to eat (including tacos!) Feeling less anxious about COVID compared to last year. First event with NoVAGO. (We had a couple new members join us. Welcome!) Did I win an award? (We announced awards for NoVAGO’s 2021 Best Caches) … Continue reading →

2021 Cache Award Winners

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Heather

NoVAGO members gathered together at Mason District Park in Annandale for the NoVAGO Spring Picnic and Awards event. Thank you to everyone who helped to organize and make the day run smoothly. Here are the 2021 NoVAGO Cache Award Winners… CACHE OF THE YEAR (GC9C9C4) cschooner aka the Duckmeister: A tribute by kiisikwa GEOCACHER OF THE YEAR Thompsonkickers Best Theme or Series Name that Tune by MJBinski Best Kids Cache (GC8HV17) Hidden Woodland Critters Tree Sculpture by TheUnstealthy Monkey Most Outstanding Location or Scenery Tie: (GC95NT5) Water versus Rock: The Grudge Match by kiisikwa and (GC9D8ZG) Ogling Eagles by Serrabou Most Creative Cache (GC9JPWK) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Sally by rlobecker Most Physically Challenging to Find (GC9F7BG) Nightmare Before Cachemas: Zero by Alice & the Rooster (ZippyFinn) Best Historical or Educational (GC99D4K) Бонус из кеша советской прото-геокешинговой лабора by Nothereeither Best Camouflage (GC9CBRG) Turning Point Suffragist Memorial by supertodd88 Best Multi-stage Cache (GC9C9C4) cschooner aka … Continue reading →

Fairfax County Offers Geocaching Classes for Beginners

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Heather

Fairfax County Park Authority is offering opportunities to discover geocaching around the county. Participants will be with a naturalist and will learn how to operate a GPS unit as well as some of the basics of geocaching. There will be actual geocaching taking place at these events. Classes are on the following dates are require pre-registration and an attendance fee: March 12, 2022 at Lake Fairfax Park March 26, 2022 at Burke Lake Park April 23, 2022 at Lewinsville Historic House May 7, 2022 at Lake Accotink Park May 21, 2022 at Colvin Run Mill Click here for more information. … Continue reading →

Adventure Labs Now Have Themes

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Heather

Spooky or Science… Education or Exercise… Adventure Labs® Now Have Themes Geocaching HQ has updated Adventure Lab® to give creators/owners the ability to select “themes” for their labs. There are 31 themes and owners can select up to three. Owners of Adventure Labs® should have received an e-mail letting them know how they can add these to their labs. Those who are just creating their labs, will be required to select at least one theme when they are first setting up their lab. These themes are meant to help adventurers find something to meet their mood. Want to avoid bad weather? Check for an ‘Indoor’ adventure. Want something that’s sure to be kid friendly? Check for one marked, ‘For kids.’ What do you think? Will these new themes influence which labs you chose to work on? … Continue reading →

SAVE THE DATE! NoVAGO Spring Picnic & Awards

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Heather

Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization invites you to join our spring picnic. In addition to eating burgers, hot dogs, and potluck sides, there will lots of opportunities to meet nice folks and trade geocaching stories. The award winners for the 2021 Best of NoVAGO will be announced at the picnic as well. Where: Mason District Park – Pavilion A, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale, Virginia When: Sunday, May 1, 2022, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Please RSVP on the Event Page. We’re having a Community Celebration! This year when you attend the NoVAGO spring picnic, you will earn a Community Celebration attribute as well as a Blue Switch Day souvenir. … Continue reading →

Nominees for NOVAGO’s 2021 Geocache Awards

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Heather

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2021 NOVAGO Award Nominee Badge

Thanks very much to those of you who took the time to send in nominations! We had a lot of nominations this year and have been working hard to compile a list of the most popular for our members to vote on. While not all nominations were able to make the final cut, we were impressed with every suggestion that was sent in to us, making the decisions even harder.

Voting is scheduled to be open for ALL categories April 1-22, 2022. Winners will be announced at our NoVAGO 2022 Spring Picnic and Awards Event on [Date TBD].

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Proposed bylaws change – membership vote needed

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Heather

[Update: 2/9/2022: The motion has been passed. 0-votes for no. 23-votes for yes. The NoVAGO bylaws have been updated to reflect the change and can be found here: https://www.novago.org/wp/bylaws]

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A motion has been made to make a change in the current NOVAGO club bylaws. A vote must be put before the membership to approve.

The 2022 NOVAGO Officers have been blessed with more volunteers than our current bylaws allow to serve on the Board of Directors. The current wording of the bylaws allows a maximum of five (5) appointed directors. The 2022 NOVAGO officers would like to be able to appoint no more than six (6) directors.

The new wording of Article X, Section 1 shall be changed to read.

The board shall consist of Current Officers and a maximum of six (6) “Director(s)”of this Organization appointed by the Elected Officers. One Director position shall be automatically filled by the outgoing President. The Current Officers may select any active members at large to fill the remaining positions. Should the past president be re-elected or elected to another office, the position may be filled by any active member. Only Current Officers of this Organization shall retain the powers granted to the board in Article IX.

All members of this page (logged in) may vote for this change January 30-February 5, 2022 at the following link:

Join us for our NoVAGO Spring CITO on March 5

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Awesnap

NoVAGO is again proud to partner with Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District in our ongoing partnership to keep VA parks clean. Join us March 5, 2022 for our Winter CITO and help us clean up the Neabsco Creek area near Eagles Park. Cleanup Supplies will be provided. Dress well for the weather and put on boots. For you Souvenir hounds out there this fits right in for you to earn your CITO Season 1 souvenir. CITO Season one starts Monday, March 1 and goes through Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Prince William County parks has come to value NoVAGO and our community spirit. Come out and make our parks cleaner and community better for our efforts. NoVAGO Spring CITO – Going Neabsco (GC9K6HE) Saturday,March 5, 2022 9:00 a.m. Neabsco Eagles Park 15801 Neabsco Rd Woodbridge, VA 22193 … Continue reading →

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