Wir wollen uns ganz herzlich bei Euch für die Organisation Eures Geocaching in Space Event Caches bedanken. Ob Ihr den Raketenstart live anseht oder einfach nur den Forschergeist der Mission feiern wollt: Ihr seid als Teil der globalen Geocachinggemeinschaft mit dabei einen der aufregendsten Tage in der Geschichte von Geocaching zu begehen. Hier auf der interaktiven Weltkarte könnt Ihr alle Geocaching in Space Events sehen, die für den Raketenstart geplant sind. Wir schreiben Euch, um Euch und Euren Event mit der globalen Geocachinggemeinschaft zu verbinden und Euch zu helfen, den Event erfolgreich zu gestalten.
Where can you find this mysterious tool that lets you search for geocaches in no time?
Stop! Don’t look any further – search here! Sometimes it takes a hint to find something that is right there in front of you. It’s the search box on the Geocaching.com homepage.
It’s the Travel Bug® that’s taking the global Geocaching community on a rocket ride to space. Whether you’re in Mexico or France, Australia or Korea you’re primed to join the geocaching community in celebrating the spirit of exploration. There are more than 800 Geocaching in Space events scheduled around the world. Those who attend Event Caches on either November 6 or November 7 earn the Geocaching in Space souvenir.
Join the adventure and watch the launch live as Astronaut Rick Mastracchio packs the Travel Bug along on his 6 month mission aboard the International Space Station. He’ll use the Travel Bug as a tool to teach students back on earth about geography and science. Geocaching HQ is offering a limited edition Geocaching in Space Mission Patch. Geocaching will donate proceeds from the patch to Donorschoose.org for use in funding projects that use geocaching as an educational tool.
Geocaching in Space Event Owners: Be on the lookout for an email from Geocaching HQ later this week. We’ll serve up details on how to watch the launch live, how to connect with the 800+ events around the world and how to celebrate afterwards (hint: geocaching).
Poster from Rotella Magnet School Waterbury, CT, one of the 11 schools that will receive a hitchhiker currently attached to the Travel Bug® when it returns from space.
“This TB is so lucky. I wish I could tag along with it on its travels to the ISS. Godspeed.” (bergmannfamily)
“Wir wünschen dir und dem TB eine gute Reise.” (Pintubi-Duo)
“Ook uit België wensen we Rick, zijn team en de Travel Bug een goede ruimtereis toe naar het ISS.” (RHCV)
In the past weeks more than 250 geocachers from Belgium to Germany to Portugal to the USA left their congratulations and wishes for a safe journey on the International Space Station Travel Bug II trackable details page. NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio (Username: AstroRM) will Rocket into Space on November 7, 2013 (GMT) and will bring this one lucky Travel Bug® along on his epic journey.
Geocachers can glue in photos and decorate their recipes. Photo by geocacher BBTVFred
After a good day of geocaching, nothing tops off the satisfaction of earning a few smileys like something delicious to eat. But what to choose? One person can only eat so many energy bars. Trail mix is delicious, but never quite quells the hunger. Candy bars aren’t very healthy. If you’re stuck deciding what your post-caching meal will be, all it takes to solve your dilemma is one trip to this week’s Geocache of the Week.
KochBuchCache (GC21148) translates to Cookbook Cache, so you can probably tell where this one is headed. Each geocacher that finds this difficulty 1.5, terrain 1.5 geocache is encouraged to leave their favorite recipe in the logbook. While, of course, it’s not a logging requirement, many geocachers have left all sorts of recipes for other geocachers. The geocache creators, TTLL and RAJJ said, “We love cooking (and eating …) and geocaching – so we wanted to create a geocache that combines our favourite hobbies.” And regarding all of the recipes the logbooks are filled with, “About once a month I add recipes that have been sent to me by mail and 2 or 3 times a year I put a new book in the cache – then we check the recipes and try some.”
If this photo doesn’t make your mouth water and convince you to find this geocache, you might need to check your pulse. Photo by geocacher HAE-Haie
So far over 930 geocachers have earned their smiley for this geocache and awarded it nearly 375 favorite points. The result? TTLL says that so far, “There are 5 (!) books with hundreds of recipes, but I really can’t say which is the best. They are so different and it’s exactly this diversity we love!” One geocacher who left a recipe was familie.schupp, who said (translated from German), “The most exciting part was the hide. Not often do we have so much fun with cache construction. A really great idea! The log book now includes our recipe for spicy chocolate mousse.”
For now, this is just an amazing geocache, but it may become more than that in the near future. TTLL says, “Since I am often asked about it: I hope I will find the time to make it a real book someday. This would allow more people to enjoy the result.” All this talk about food and geocaching is making me hungry. What’s your favorite post-caching food? Tell us in the comments.
Continue to explore some of the most engaging geocaches around the globe. Check out all the Geocaches of the Week on the Geocaching blog.
If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, leave a comment below with the name of the geocache, the GC code, and why you think we should feature it.
