2005
This series is dedicated to the first 20 years of geocaching and celebrating the community it created around the world.
The caches in this series should be pretty easy finds. The fun part should be reading the fun facts and historical notes on each page.
As always, be safe and watch out for nature’s hazards like wild animals, snakes, poisonous plants, and stinging critters.
As you log these caches, please feel free to share any fun facts, trivia, or memories about this particular year.
In 2005:
All Locationless/Reverse caches were archived.
Future publication of Virtual and Webcam caches became prohibited.
The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill stating, "It is unlawful for a person to engage in the activity of geocaching or letterboxing in a cemetery or in an historic or archeological site or property publicly identified by an historical marker without the express written consent of the owner or entity which oversees that cemetery site or property."
The cardboard box was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
Eggs were $2.50 a dozen.
Grapes (Thompson seedless) cost 89 cents a pound.
Ruffles Potato chips cost $4.00 for two 10-ounce bags.
Campbell’s Tomato Soup was 79 cents for a 10.75-ounce can.
YouTube was launched.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall wreaking havoc on most of the Southern states.
Dan Wheldon won the Indy 500.
Jeff Gordon won the Daytona 500.
The Chicago White Sox won the World Series.
New England Patriots won the Super Bowl(again).
San Antonio Spurs took the NBA championship.
NHL players were on strike, so there was no Stanley Cup Champions.
Popular baby names were Aidan, Jacob, Ethan, Nicholas, Emma, Emily, Madison, and Kaitlyn.
There were over two million farms in the U.S.
The term “selfie” was becoming popular.
Google Maps was launched.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was the #1 movie of the year.