So Saturday was my dad's birthday. Even though its a 4 hour drive we usually go have dinner at the Cowboy Dinner Tree in Silver Lake, OR.We've done this for a few years now, and its become habit to find a few caches along the way. This year I found 8FORT KLAMATH CEMETERYSTOP AHEADSNAGGEDTwist & TurnKCSDTAG #2One Fish ~ Two FishSpring Has SprungSprung-A-CreekThose last two are really old caches and part of the The Oregon History Challenge!I now have 8 of the 22 caches for the challenge. All the others look like fun. I'd need a partner for some of them. I might have to try and convince…
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Show 416.0: SWAG & Trackables
PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness14 Apr 2013 | 8:00 pmOn our geocaching podcast today, we have a listener question about handling SWAG and Trackables in a geocache. We also have a caching term that you might not be familiar with, the 4th in a series of Sonny’s recommended caching tools, travel bug stories – from Mustangs to Hot Air Balloons, a Garmin giveaway and an interesting new location sharing app and much more. Listen To The Show (55:28) Show Discussion: PodCacher Forums AND Facebook Fan Page Show Images: Go to the Flickr set Sign up to become a PodCacher Supporting Member and enjoy the Member Appreciation Premium Perk (MAPP) shows as… -
Attend the World’s Mega-Event
Latitude 4714 May 2013 | 8:14 amJoin Us for the Geocaching Block Party Mega-Event It’s a “Will Attend” that will fuel memories for years to come. We’re inviting the entire worldwide geocaching community to join us at the 2013 Geocaching Block Party on August 17 in Seattle. It’s a Mega-Event not to miss. This year’s Block Party weekend lasts longer, promises more geocaching fun and has plenty of events for everyone. You’ll even be able to grab a cozy spot in front of a giant outdoor movie screen for the first annual Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF). GIFF will showcase the best videos from… -
A wigwag?
blazerfan's geocaching adventures6 May 2013 | 9:39 amLeave it to Peanuthead to teach me something newI was looking at caches in downtown Medford and saw this one WigwagA Wigwag it seems is what they call those old fashion rail road crossing signs that flash and swing when a train comes. I remember one being in the Hugo area. It seems that only 44 of them are left in the country. The ones that exist are grandfathered in as they quit installing them in 1949. Once they can't fix it anymore this one will be gone as well. Just more proof that geocaching isn't always about the find. -
Show 420.0: The WWFM X
PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness12 May 2013 | 11:52 pmOn our geocaching podcast today, we have tons of amazing WWFM stories from all corners of the Globe! We also have a special request from a geocacher that some of YOU can help with, a great story about the benefits of geocaching, Gadget Corner with Sonny, bomb squad cachers in the news, and much more. Listen To The Show (56:18) Show Discussion: PodCacher Forums AND Facebook Fan Page Show Images: Go to the Flickr set Sign up to become a PodCacher Supporting Member and enjoy the Member Appreciation Premium Perk (MAPP) shows as a thank-you! Big ShoutOut to GxProxy.com for sponsoring this…
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A wigwag?
6 May 2013 | 9:39 amLeave it to Peanuthead to teach me something newI was looking at caches in downtown Medford and saw this one WigwagA Wigwag it seems is what they call those old fashion rail road crossing signs that flash and swing when a train comes. I remember one being in the Hugo area. It seems that only 44 of them are left in the country. The ones that exist are grandfathered in as they quit installing them in 1949. Once they can't fix it anymore this one will be gone as well. Just more proof that geocaching isn't always about the find. -
Saturday
30 Apr 2013 | 7:40 pmSo Saturday was my dad's birthday. Even though its a 4 hour drive we usually go have dinner at the Cowboy Dinner Tree in Silver Lake, OR.We've done this for a few years now, and its become habit to find a few caches along the way. This year I found 8FORT KLAMATH CEMETERYSTOP AHEADSNAGGEDTwist & TurnKCSDTAG #2One Fish ~ Two FishSpring Has SprungSprung-A-CreekThose last two are really old caches and part of the The Oregon History Challenge!I now have 8 of the 22 caches for the challenge. All the others look like fun. I'd need a partner for some of them. I might have to try and convince… -
A new cache
27 Mar 2013 | 1:29 pmI may have said once that I didn't plan to hide any easy micros anymore, but I couldn't help myself on this one.The 10 year itch -
10 years ago today
26 Mar 2013 | 10:01 pmIts been 10 years since I found my first geocache. It seems like just yesterday... if yesterday was 10 years ago. Well anyway its been a long time I guess. A lot of things have changed since then. There are a lot more caches today, but more isn't always better. Its not so much that quality has diminished... you always had some poor ones. Its just that when I first started many caches led you to someplace new. A trail I'd never hiked. A historic sign I'd never read. A place I had never visited. You can still get this somewhat by caching away from home, but even then, without some research… -
Sickly
25 Mar 2013 | 9:56 pmWell ever since my last post I have been sick as a dog. I even took sick days at work. Big deal for me. I only took 2 sick days in my first 10 years on the job. Anyway I felt so bad I never watched or even followed wrestling this weekend. I slept through it.I skipped my coin club meeting on Thursday.I honestly don't know what happened to the week. I didn't feel well last weekend. Took Monday off thinking that I'd be better, and I did. Tuesday when I made my last post I was fine and thought I was recovering. Wednesday and Thursday were the worst. I'm still congested. Whatever is going around…
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Show 420.0: The WWFM X
12 May 2013 | 11:52 pmOn our geocaching podcast today, we have tons of amazing WWFM stories from all corners of the Globe! We also have a special request from a geocacher that some of YOU can help with, a great story about the benefits of geocaching, Gadget Corner with Sonny, bomb squad cachers in the news, and much more. Listen To The Show (56:18) Show Discussion: PodCacher Forums AND Facebook Fan Page Show Images: Go to the Flickr set Sign up to become a PodCacher Supporting Member and enjoy the Member Appreciation Premium Perk (MAPP) shows as a thank-you! Big ShoutOut to GxProxy.com for sponsoring this… -
Show 419.0: Q&A with Geocaching HQ
5 May 2013 | 10:39 pmOn our geocaching podcast today, we have the very first segment of “Q&A with Geocaching HQ” where you can get your questions answered! We also have an update from the Global Game Jam and a special report about the St. Louis Wherigo Creation Event, the very first reports from the WWFM X and feedback on mobile device charging. The PodCacher Treasure Cache (PTC) makes a long overdue appearance, new contests kick off and much more. Listen To The Show (54:28) Show Discussion: PodCacher Forums AND Facebook Fan Page Show Images: Go to the Flickr set Sign up to become a PodCacher Supporting… -
Show 418.0: APE Hunting
28 Apr 2013 | 11:02 pmOn our geocaching podcast today, we have the finale to the Brazil APE cache adventure by listener Carbon Hunter. We also have lots of great feedback on “Dirty” or “Resourceful” caching, a report from a CITO marathon in Florida, Gadget Corner with Sonny, the grand prize winner announcement for the Pathtags.com contest and much more. Listen To The Show (44:49) Show Discussion: PodCacher Forums AND Facebook Fan Page Show Images: Go to the Flickr set Sign up to become a PodCacher Supporting Member and enjoy the Member Appreciation Premium Perk (MAPP) shows as a thank-you! Big ShoutOut to… -
Show 417.0: CITO Weekend
21 Apr 2013 | 8:25 pmOn our geocaching podcast today, we’ll chat about the CITO weekend, and about how some geocachers document their geocaching adventures. We also have a tip about a smartphone feature for geocaching, a listener journey to a historic geocache, feedback on smartphone caching and unfair FTFs, a comment and question about “dirty caching” and much more. Listen To The Show (1:01:42) Show Discussion: PodCacher Forums AND Facebook Fan Page Show Images: Go to the Flickr set Sign up to become a PodCacher Supporting Member and enjoy the Member Appreciation Premium Perk (MAPP) shows as a thank-you! -
Show 416.0: SWAG & Trackables
14 Apr 2013 | 8:00 pmOn our geocaching podcast today, we have a listener question about handling SWAG and Trackables in a geocache. We also have a caching term that you might not be familiar with, the 4th in a series of Sonny’s recommended caching tools, travel bug stories – from Mustangs to Hot Air Balloons, a Garmin giveaway and an interesting new location sharing app and much more. Listen To The Show (55:28) Show Discussion: PodCacher Forums AND Facebook Fan Page Show Images: Go to the Flickr set Sign up to become a PodCacher Supporting Member and enjoy the Member Appreciation Premium Perk (MAPP) shows as…
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Adopting a cache
26 Apr 2013 | 8:01 amEvery so often I get a question about how to go about adopting caches of inactive geocachers. There is a form for this on the Geocaching.com website but it only works if you can get the cooperation of the inactive geocacher, which is not always easy to do, especially if they are no longer monitoring their emails sent via Geocaching.com. But if you do manage to get their cooperation and permission, have them use the page I linked to above. If you can’t get their permission, I’m afraid their caches can’t be adopted. In those cases, you could post a “Needs Archived” log on… -
On the way to 2 million active geocaches
8 Feb 2013 | 8:10 amAccording to Geocaching.com, cache hide number 2,000,000 should be published some time during the third week of February. Officially, GC.com will begin celebrating the big 2,000,000 on February 19, with announcements in that week’s newsletter, as well as through its Facebook, Twitter and Google+ accounts. Information about Groundspeak's planned activities have been shared with It's Not About the Numbers. -
Surviving with a broken phone... or GPSR
11 Jan 2013 | 9:25 amHave you ever broken your smartphone and lived to tell about it? Believe it or not, it is possible despite what your middle school children may lead you to believe. But what if you're in the wilderness when your smartphone goes down? That's different, right? Before you eye up your geocaching companions to decide which one looks the tastiest, consider these tips for using your broken phone parts as survival tools. Some of these tips would probably also work with parts from a handheld GPS receiver. Let's hope it never comes to that. -
Vote for The Weasel
10 Jan 2013 | 7:27 amHere's an opportunity to show your love for a fellow Iowa geocacher. Tim -- aka The Weasel -- is in the running for Geocacher of the Month. Have you voted yet? You can do so here. -
Geocaching year in review videos
4 Jan 2013 | 1:59 pmI just viewed the new Geocaching Year in Review video from Geocaching.com, which is nicely done. You can view it here: http://youtu.be/8RZf4zUjzck Also nicely done and closer to home is this video from Cache Continuum. Many of you will recognize Iowa geocachers Team Gamsci in these shots.
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Maryland Geocaching Society Summer Picnic 2013
8 May 2013 | 7:11 pmThe skies have cleared, temperatures have risen and the schools are empty. It can all just mean one thing, summer is officially here and it’s time for the MGS Summer Picnic! This year the summer picnic will be held on Saturday July 13th at Patuxent River Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The MGS Summer picnic [...] -
CAM 2013 is under way!
16 Mar 2013 | 7:49 amIf you’ve been living under a rock, you may not know that CAM started today! For more information about CAM, please check out the CAM forums. If you’re ready to get started, the important info can be found in this post. Good luck, and HAVE FUN! -
Cache Across Maryland 2013
9 Feb 2013 | 6:30 pmSpring is fast approaching and that can only mean one thing, the Maryland Geocaching Society’s marquee event of the year, Cache Across Maryland (CAM). The countdown continues until Saturday, March 16th at around 0600, at that time the CAM caches will be released and the Geocaching March Madness begins! More information can be found in [...] -
MGS Meet The Officers
11 Jan 2013 | 2:16 pmHelp kick-off the beginning of the event year with the MGS at the annual Meet the Officers Meet and Greet. The event will be held on Saturday February 9th at 9:00 AM, the location will be the Golden Corral Restaurant in Hanover, Maryland. Come out to meet the newly elected MGS officers, swap stories with [...] -
Welcome to the 2013 MGS Core!
1 Jan 2013 | 6:30 amThe votes are in and tallied, let’s all welcome the 2013 MGS Core! President - _JohnnyCache Vice President - Eagleblazer Secretary - decafsaysmoof Treasurer - trainbug Public Relations - Calvertcachers You can find the forum discussion here.
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GeoCache: I'm NOT Obsessed... Right? HeadHardHat's Geocaching Insights
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It is done, they are hidden.
15 May 2013 | 2:24 pmWell it is done. I have finally placed all five of my geocaching series There Be Dragons Here into the wild. The weather was gorgeous but a bit on the warm side with the temps near 90. It was well worth it though and I am now very relieved they are placed. So now all I have to do is wait for two of the geocaches to be reviewed and the series will be opened for geocachers to find. See everything HeadHardHat at www.headhardhat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See all our Geocaching Tutorial Videos at HTTP://www.GeoSnippits.com -
These Dragons Mean Geocaching Business - Grrrr
15 May 2013 | 10:16 amI have been working so long on these guys I'm almost hesitant to put them out into the wild. Yep they are stock full of swag have first to find Prizes and a really cool notebook, here we go. My first multi listing geocaching series - There Be Dragons Here. Should be live by the weekend. ------------------------------------------------------- GeoSnippits Reboot Podcast Trackable T-Shirts ORDER HERE! Our award winning, geocaching based blog: GeoCache: I'm NOT Obsessed... Right? http://headhardhat-geocache.blogspot.com/ Get our RSS feed for this blog here:… -
COORDS Are Final For My There Be Dragons Here Multi Listing Series - W00t!
14 May 2013 | 11:26 amYes I am one happy geocaching hider. After all the work and investigation along a nearby greenway I finally have all of the coordinates in place for my geocaching series There Be Dragons Here. So all of the ammo boxes are ready, filled with swag, FTF prizes, notebook and proper signage. The coordinates have been registered in the four listing services and just waiting final approval from two of the sites. The geocaches get hidden tomorrow and once all are approved I will officially publish them to be found. I am very excited and also interested if geocachers will just go for the ones on… -
RECORDING LIVE NOW or Videocast of GeoSnippits Reboot Podcast: Episode 017 - Multi Geocaches
9 May 2013 | 5:05 pmRecording Live May 9th, 2013 at 8:30pm EST. If you cannot see the show above please use the link below to go directly to YouTube to watch or go to www.geosnippits.com Link to Live Feed: http://youtu.be/578oOq7da50 ------------------------------------------------------- GeoSnippits Reboot Podcast Trackable T-Shirts ORDER HERE! Our award winning, geocaching based blog: GeoCache: I'm NOT Obsessed... Right? http://headhardhat-geocache.blogspot.com/ Get our RSS feed for this blog here: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/geocacheimnotobsessedright/ Watch our NEW videocast and podcast The GeoSnippits Reboot… -
It's The Munzees, Sorta
7 May 2013 | 4:02 pmActually the Smiths, sorta. Just introduced fiance Amy to Munzees. We had some time to kill this evening and a bunch were nearby. Picked up 12 of them so that puts Amy to level 3. Had fun when getting dirty doing a geocache wouldn't do. Besides Amy was in high heels ;) See everything HeadHardHat at www.headhardhat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See all our Geocaching Tutorial Videos at HTTP://www.GeoSnippits.com
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Don’t forget to bring proper headwear. – Head Case (GC2TD8M) – Geocache of the Week
16 May 2013 | 7:00 amGeocachers wear many hats—explorer, adventurer, stealth agent, pirate, and climber, just to name just a few. Sometimes, like in the case of this week’s Geocache of the Week, the hat geocachers wear is actually the geocache itself. To earn your smiley for Head Case (GC2TD8M), located near Denver, Colorado, USA, you’ll have to make sure your head is in the game. Geocacher 2muchsoccer33-5 tests the Head Case for any signs of mutation. The hunt for this difficulty 2, terrain 1.5 geocache starts with a clever story told by the geocache creator Ecylram. The Head Case began as a micro… -
Finding Health and Good Habits with Geocaching
15 May 2013 | 7:00 amEarlier this month we received an email from a geocacher named Karen. In her email, she described how geocaching has completely turned her and her husband’s lives around with more exercise, lower blood pressure and a slimmer waist line. Then, her husband, Mike, sent an email to elaborate on their story. We love reading stories like this and can’t help but share it with Karen and Mike’s permission and an ear-to-ear smile across our faces. After retiring, Karen and Mike found themselves with a few bad habits: eating more and being less active than in previous years. That is,… -
Attend the World’s Mega-Event
14 May 2013 | 8:14 amJoin Us for the Geocaching Block Party Mega-Event It’s a “Will Attend” that will fuel memories for years to come. We’re inviting the entire worldwide geocaching community to join us at the 2013 Geocaching Block Party on August 17 in Seattle. It’s a Mega-Event not to miss. This year’s Block Party weekend lasts longer, promises more geocaching fun and has plenty of events for everyone. You’ll even be able to grab a cozy spot in front of a giant outdoor movie screen for the first annual Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF). GIFF will showcase the best videos from… -
Home sweet boulder. — Lameirinha (GC16670) — Geocache of the Week
9 May 2013 | 8:48 amI’m expecting Fred and Wilma to walk out at any moment. Photo by geocacher trinamixx Out of the numerous things geocaching has taught me, one of the special skills that has carried over into my day-to-day life has been to look more closely at everything. For example, at first glance, the photo above may just be a pretty picture of another amazing rock formation. However, if you look a little closer, you’ll notice a door…and windows…and a roof. Then you’ll see that it’s a stone house that looks like it came straight out of the Flintstones. Once you see… -
Geocaching International Film Festival – Call for Entries
7 May 2013 | 7:02 amEnter Your Geocaching Video into GIFF Geocaching is ripe for one more acronym. Move aside BYOP* and TNLN** —get ready for GIFF. It’s the Geocaching International Film Festival. The finest videos from the global geocaching community will be showcased as part of the 2013 Geocaching Block Party in Seattle on August 17. You’re invited to submit up to two entries. All entries should be one to five minutes in length. The GIFF final entries will be judged by geocaching organizations around the world. They’ll vote on winners in five categories, including Most Instructional, Best…
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A “Busy” weekend with Team Essex
7 May 2013 | 1:26 pmLast year I was very excited when I saw the Sussex Olympic Rings puzzles released and I tried very hard to solve them. We didn’t get the opportunity to head to Sussex to actually find them last year, but with the bank holiday coming up and my fingers tightly crossed for good weather I teamed up with Stones2005, Yorkie63, MummaD, Helennbrian, Hollyncharlie, and Andy750x to form Team Essex and we headed down south. 2 heads are better than 1 and as 10 heads are even better than 2, so together we managed to also completely solve BHQM (Burgess Hill Question Mark). That gave us 85 puzzles… -
Team Essex’s Trip to Brugge
19 Apr 2013 | 3:17 amAnd so it was the weekend of the Brugge MEGA event, “Brugse Beer III” which unfortunately has nothing to do with “beer” and much more to do with “bears” but nevermind, that didn’t stop us! I joined the massive 19-person Team Essex (Andy750x, Hollyncharlie, Helennbrian, Foxscout, BEASTMARSTA, Original Red Hen, Doggywalker, Tazzy1234, BigBadJohn, Yorkie63, MummaD, Riskt4ker, Natlie92, and lemontom) and headed to Brugge for some great caching and great bears beer! Day One – Four countries in a day We met up at the Euro Tunnel at 5am in the morning… -
Quick and Dirty GSAK Macros
20 Mar 2013 | 3:13 amThis blog entry is long overdue and it’s going to be a geeky one! A big thank you to the comments and emails I received following my GSAK 8 beginners guide blog post. I’m delighted that so many Geocachers have got to grips with GSAK after reading it. Macros provide a way of automating GSAK, however require that you write code to create them – something that terrifies a lot of people! The Master Macro Index provides some great macros written by the community. Personally, I don’t spend much time writing big hefty macros, however there are a couple of quick and dirty ones… -
Underground, Overground, Wombling free…
7 Jan 2013 | 5:53 amAfter Christmas I headed down to Wiltshire to find my favorite caches once again, it was of course the Below Aboves. This time around it was to accompany The Wombles, Womble Jr, and Buddha_Belly along with the CO, BareClawz whilst they found The White Bird, The Fallen Monarch, and Multi 2. Although visiting the quarries for the 3rd and 4th times, I still enjoy the underground exploration very much. As always, I enjoyed sliding through a section of one of the quarries through a section called “The Letterbox” which meant sliding head first on my belly down a mud slide. Dave of The… -
Halloween Hides and Creepy Caches
9 Nov 2012 | 1:07 pmAnd so it was time for yet another UK MEGA event! We’ve been really spoilt this year what with the UK MEGA 2012, Piratemania, and the Geolympix this year. The fact that there was a 4th MEGA just goes to show how much Geocaching has grown over recent years. This MEGA event evolved from a well established yearly event in Northamptonshire at Stanwick Lakes: Halloween Hides and Creepy Caches. Stanwick Lakes I arrived pretty early when there were very few cachers around, however met up with fellow punctual Essex cachers andy750x, BEASTMARSTA, Original Red Hen and Foxscout. We decided to…
