SDGA24.04 - Full Pink Moon Traditional Cache

This Geocache Series has one cache for each of the 12 monthly Full Moons plus two bonus caches.Coordinates for the bonus caches may be discovered in the covers of some of the caches in the series.

The Full Moon has been integral to tracking the change of months and seasons since ancient times. Although the most commonly used Full Moon names are English interpretations of Native American names, some are also Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, medieval English, and Neo-Pagan. Many of the names come from the Colonial Americans adopting Native American names into their calendars, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.

April has the Full Pink Moon, from the pink phlox wildflowers that bloom in North America in the early spring. The Native American names referred to the spring thaws and the return of growth, including Breaking Ice Moon and The Moon of the Red Grass Appearing. Common names in Europe also referred to the budding and birth of spring: The Anglo-Saxons called it Egg Moon, the Celts had names like Budding Moon, New Shoots Moon, Seed Moon, and Growing Moon. A Neo-Pagan name is Awakening Moon. The April Full Moon can also be the Paschal Moon, used to calculate the date for Easter.

Bonus Caches
SDGA24.13 - Full Corn Moon GCA9T6R and SDGA24.14 - Full Blue Moon GCAV8M1 are Bonus Caches.
(A type of Mystery Cache). In the covers of some of the cache containers in the series one will find clews to the coordinates of the Bonus Caches. Watch for them.