It's the first day of Spring and I thought it would be fun to celebrate, by meeting up with some geocaching friends.
Come celebrate the Spring Equinox and you could earn at least two souveniors towards the next challenge, Plantetary Pursuit. This challenge starts on March 19th and ends on April 9th. If you haven't started the challenge this could give you a jump start. Also, there is a cache nearby called Kimee #1 GCA6B8, you can grab this beforehand which could count towards your points (see points below).
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM. Sunset is at 6:56 PM
Where: Greenwood Park, 149 Pond St, Stoneham, MA 02180
We will meet in the shelter at the park, where we can sign the log book, trade trackables (this also earns you 4 pts for each dropped) and chat.
This is a no frills event, just turn up, chat and hopefully watch the sun go down! This event will happen if it rains, there is a shelter.
Equinoxes: An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the centre of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator. The name "equinox" is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, the night and day have approximately equal length.
How to play Planetary Pursuit:
Find different geocache types to individually collect points on the Friend League between March 19 and April 8 and earn up to 10 new souvenirs to become an Official Space Explorer.
Individual Souvenirs Points (seen on the Friend League):
Planetary Pursuit: Earth 5 points
Planetary Pursuit: Venus 10 points
Planetary Pursuit: Mercury 20 points
Planetary Pursuit: Mars 40 points
Planetary Pursuit: Jupiter 65 points
Planetary Pursuit: Saturn 100 points
Planetary Pursuit: Uranus 200 points
Planetary Pursuit: Neptune 300 points
Planetary Pursuit: Pluto 500 points
Official Space Explorer Collect all planet souvenirs (500 points) and earn this meta souvenir.
ActionPoint value
Log a Found it on any geocache (Traditional, Virtual, Webcam, Wherigo) 5 points
Log a Found it on a Multi-Cache or Letterbox Hybrid 10 points
Log a Found it on a Mystery Cache or EarthCache 15 points
Attend any event 15 points
Drop off trackable 4 points
Click here for detailed information on Planetary Pursuit.