2009
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.
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 2009:
CCCooper Agency became the first caching account to log 25,000 finds.
Additional Logging Requirements (ALR) were banned from all physical caches except Challenge Caches.
Chesley Sullenberger safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River.
Sony sold over 12 million floppy disks.
Game Boy was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
The final episode of the 72-year-old soap opera Guiding Light was broadcast.
Lay’s Potato chips were $3.99 for a 10.5-ounce bag.
Oscar Mayer Bacon cost $5.69 for a 12-ounce package.
Life cereal was $3.99 for a 14 ounce box.
The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.89.
The first cases of the H1N1 swine flu in the U.S. were reported in California.
Helio Castroneves won the Indy 500.
Matt Kenneth won the Daytona 500.
The New York Yankees won the World Series.
Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl.
Los Angeles Lakers were NBA champions.
The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup.
The cost of a Super Bowl ad was $3,000,000.
The USPS raised the price of a first-class stamp to 44 cents.
French fries were the most common vegetable that children ate.
Uber started their taxi type business.
Avatar was the top grossing movie.