We did it. We made it. This year brought unprecedented change, but we still came together as a community despite challenges. We adapted by figuring out Zoom to see our friends, geocaching solo, and planning future outings. Even through it all, caches were found, souvenirs were earned, and travel bugs achieved their mileage goals.
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Megan is a morning person from New York who adores geocaching with her dog, Basil. When she's not loving her job as a Community Coordinator, she's probably frolicking somewhere in a grassy meadow.
Track or Treat!
Trick or treating may be off the table for many mini-cachers this year. Luckily Halloween season is underway in the world of geocaching. Bring your costume and your geo-senses, because it’s about to get spooky with these 5 tips on how to make Halloween safe and fun with geocaching in 2020.
1) Cache-oween! Search for geocaches that go well with your child’s costume. Do you have an astronaut in your space this year? Find some extra-terrestrial caches. Is a detective snooping around your living room? Find some mystery caches so they can crack the case! Searching for attributes can help.
2) Haunt your neighborhood. Plan a socially distanced caching route near your home. Every logged find gets a piece of candy!
3) Track or treat! Grab some trackables and “dip” them in the caches that you visit. Watch the mileage on your travel bugs rise like the full moon!
Image by mrpb27.
4) What lurks in the dark? If you have some brave little ones, bring them along to find some caches in the nighttime. Don’t forget your flashlight
5) Stealth mode: activated. Pretend you are ghosts and do your best to cache hunt without being seen by those lurking muggles! Each unknowing soul passed by gets a celebratory candy.
Make this year’s Hallow’s Eve unique! For more ideas, visit this blog on how to “creep” it real!
Geocache of the Week: Hochmais (GC1X9WZ)
The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is the highest surfaced mountain pass road in Austria. The road is named after the Grossglockner, the tallest mountain in Austria. Travel along this road, and you will reach an unsuspecting lookout that holds a teeny tiny treasure, which proves that even a micro can remind you why you love being a geocacher.
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Geology and Geocaching: An Interview with the Geological Society of America
Sixteen years ago, Geocaching HQ and the Geological Society of America teamed up to create an entirely unique cache type. Since the first EarthCache was published in Australia back in 2004, nearly 650,000 geocachers have experienced an EarthCache and there are well over 7 million find logs for the EarthCache type on Geocaching.com. Those are some astronomical numbers!
We had the chance to chat with Matt Dawson, the Education Programs Manager at The Geological Society of America and learn about his connection with geocaching and how geology adds a beautiful new layer to our game. As someone who oversees education and outreach programs, he had a lot to share.
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New Souvenir: International EarthCache Day 2020!
How do you best prepare for an EarthCache outing? You planet!
Learn more about Earth and how it formed through history on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, 2020 in celebration of International EarthCache day! Earn the official souvenir for completing your research and receiving your smiley.
