September is here, and for many, that means school is back in session!
This Geocache of the Week, Kindergarten (GCAYECB), sends geocachers back to the basics: Kindergarten, to be exact. But this isn’t quite the school day you remember. Instead of practicing your ABCs, you’ll attend eight hands-on “classes” on your way to the all-important final exam.
And yes, there’s extra credit.
Even trackables need a place to rest between adventures. At TB-Hotel zum Bibelgarten (GC8815G) in Germany, trackables can check into rooms organized by where they hope to travel next. Before geocachers can enter the hotel, however, they must find the key.
You step into a Paris bookstore packed with hundreds of books. Somewhere among the crowded shelves is the one you’re looking for. You scan the titles, double back, and try very hard not to look suspicious.
There’s just one problem: the booksellers already know exactly what you’re doing.
Welcome to Le Livre d’Hélios (GC7V294), our Geocache of the Week!
Imagine a trip through the desert as a weary traveler. The harsh sun beats down on you as you struggle through the sand. Heat radiates in seemingly every direction. At last, you spy what appears to be a beautiful green tree on the horizon. Could it be a mirage? With each step, your confidence builds as its impressive foliage comes into full view!
Join us as we travel to Bahrain to find its oldest geocache, the Tree of Life (GCP4ZC)!
Along the shores of Washington’s Hood Canal, the Union River winds through wetlands and estuary habitat where salmon, wildlife, and geocachers all share the landscape.
At the Salmon Center in Belfair, visitors might expect to encounter wild flora and fauna and the obvious: salmon. But something big is hiding among its peaceful surroundings, and we mean big. B.R.T. (GC7Q4F0) proves that finding the cache can be the easy part.
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