2020
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 2020:
Groundspeak geared up to celebrate 20 years of geocaching by awarding certain accounts a Community Celebration event.
As Covid-19 began to get a grip on this country, almost all events were canceled.
The 18th Annual Texas Challenge and Festival became the last mega-event to be hosted on the planet for the rest of the year. Also, the 19th Annual Texas Challenge and Festival became the first mega-event to be hosted on the planet in the year 2021.
The phrase “Due to Covid-19” became an excuse as well as a punch line.
During the Covid-19 lockdown, most people curtailed their caching activities.
New home sales and new car sales skyrocketed.
America experienced its first ever RV shortage.
Takuma Sato won the first Indy 500 with no spectators. And, it was also the first time the Indy 500 wasn’t in the month of May.
The Daytona 500 was held before the lockdowns and Denny Hamlin won it.
The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl.
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series.
Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup, with no spectators.
In the off-season, Patrick Mahomes signed a new contract that will pay him a minimum of one half billion dollars to play quarterback for the Kanas City chiefs for 10 years. (Wow)
Internet providers raked in record amounts of money from people working from home and youth playing video games while quarantined.
America experienced the great toilet paper shortage.
A national coin shortage was introduced.
Lysol spray was selling for record prices.
All of America learned to wear masks, sanitize hands, and stay 6 feet apart.
The phrase “new normal” became a way of life.
Joe Biden was elected President.