This is no ordinary geocaching trading item!

2021 GC Trackable Patch is a Geocaching Logo Patch Travel Bug, traveling from geocache to geocache on a very specific mission.

If you do not intend to log your visit on the Geocaching.com web site, please DO NOT TAKE THIS ITEM. Its travels and its progress requires you to log that it is being taken from this geocache. You will also need to log when you place it in another geocache. It's easy!

If you are willing to log your part of this Trackable's journey and place it in another geocache as soon as possible (after you log your find), grab it from this geocache.

My Current Goal:

This geocaching trackable patch is my personal travel tracker for the year 2021. It accompanies me from cache to cache, visiting every cache I go to, whether found or not found.  It will be retired at the end of the year with a summary of my geocaching highlights in 2021.

JAN 1, 2021 ACTIVATION

My objectives for the year are as follows:

• Achieve 730 geocache finds during 2021 (for an average find rate of 2.0 caches per day). 
• Add at least three new U.S. states to my States Visited map. 
• Visit one other country or territory. 
• Add two D/T squares to my Difficulty/Terrain Grid. 
• Attend 12 events (average of 1 per month). 
• Attend one Mega/Giga Event (such as Geowoodstock XVIII in British Columbia). 
• Create one geocaching event and create three new geocaches.
• Complete 12 Adventure Lab series.
• Achieve 12 FTFs.
• Acquire 12 souvenirs.

PROGRESS TOWARD 2121 OBJECTIVES

My progress toward the objectives stated above:

• Found 1017 geocaches through Nov 30th (3.1 per day average)
• Visited 4 new states this year:
  1. Wisconsin (state) on 4/22/2021
  2. Oklahoma (state) on 8/17/2021
  3. New Mexico (state) on 8/19/2021
  4. Kansas (state) on 9/11/2021
• Added 1 new D/T squares to my Difficulty/Terrain Grid:
  1. 74th square filled (D/T 2.5/4.5) 306 days after filling previous empty square by finding One of 11 Different Cache Types Challenge (GC5QNWQ) in Nashville, TN on 9/29/2021
• Created 3 geocaching events:
  1. March 1st "Holiday" Meet & Greet (GC95WAH) in Orlando, FL on 3/01/2021
  2. Veterans Day Weekend CITO in Pigeon Forge (GC9HJ6D) in Pigeon Forge, TN on 11/14/2021
  3. Community Celebration Event: Barn Quilt Workshop (GC8T8M0) in Lillington, NC on 12/30/2021
• Attended 10 geocaching events:
  1. Oakwood Cemetery CITO III (GC94W0M) in Raleigh, NC on 1/20/2021
  2. "Casimir Pulaski Day" Meet & Greet (GC95WAH) in Orlando, FL on 3/01/2021
  3. Mill Creek Rd Cleanup - Wilmington, NC Area (GC96P9D) in Leland, NC on 3/27/2021
  4. Appleton Parks and Recreation CITO Event (GC9794W) in Appleton, WI on 4/24/2021
  5. America's Pastime I (GC9B859) in Kannapolis, NC on 6/12/2021
  6. 2021 Together Again - Community Celebration Event (GC8M911) in Goldsboro, NC on 7/18/2021
  7. VeteranTributes Provo Meet 'n Greet (GC9EZRA) in Provo, UT on 9/04/2021 
  8. Veterans Day Weekend CITO in Pigeon Forge (GC9HJ6D) in Piugeon Forge, TN on 11/14/2021
  9. 🎬 Lights ... Camera ... GIFF 2021 🎬 (GC9HVM0) in Cary, NC on 11/18/2021
  10. Community Celebration Event for Durham's 1st Cache (GC8M96H) in Durham, NC on 12/12/2021
• Created 2 geocaches -
  1. Averasboro Battlefield Bonus Cache #1 (GC99KEA) near Dunn, NC on 4/30/2021
  2. Averasboro Battlefield Bonus Cache #2 (GC9AP3D) near Wade, NC (not yet submitted or published)
• Created 2 Adventure Labs -
  1. Averasboro Battlefield near Dunn, NC on 4/30/2021
  2. Hamilton: "Quilting Capital of the World" in Hamilton, MO on 9/26/2021
• Completed 48 Adventure Labs -
  1. Grotesque Adventure Lab in Durham, NC on 1/03/2021
  2. Paint the Town in Durham, NC on 1/03/2021
  3. The Cradle of American Golf in Pinehurst, NC on 1/09/2021
  4. Who is Barton Stone? in Wilson, NC on 2/10/2021
  5. Historic Wilson in Wilson, NC on 2/10/2021
  6. Secret Garden in Wilson, NC on 2/10/2017
  7. A Rocky Mount Adventure in Rocky Mount, NC on 2/17/2021
  8. Goldsboro - Our Town in Goldsboro, NC on 2/17/2021
  9. Churches in Orlando in Orlando, FL on 3/02/2021
  10. Kenly - Hometown Charm in Kenly, NC on 3/21/2021
  11. Walking Tour of Caolina in Chapel Hill, NC on 4/16/2021
  12. Chapel Hill Art Walk in Chapel Hill, NC on 4/16/2021

Objective met and surpassed -- See complete list below

• Found 7 FTFs:
  1. Geo-Anniversary Cache (GC94WRR) in Fayetteville, NC on 1/21/2021
  2. Monkey Bread (GC951RF) in Fayetteville, NC on 1/21/2021
  3. Soldier Troop (GC98B82) in Holly Springs, NC on 3/31/2021
  4. Cap It Off (GC98BF1) in Cary, NC on 4/06/2021
  5. By the Ponds (GC98PG5) in Fuquay-Varina, NC on 4/15/2021 
  6. MBD (GC9A88A) near Sanford, NC on 5/02/2021
  7. Hotel Hides: Swinging Silver (GC9AZ1Q) in Raleigh, NC on 5/09/2012
• Acquired 29 souvenirs:
  1. First 2021 acquired on 1/02/2021
  2. Natural Wonders of the World on 3/04/2021
  3. Solar System Wonders of the World on 3/21/2021
  4. Ultimate Explorer on 3/21/2021
  5. CITO 2021 Season 1 on 3/27/2021
  6. Mars Perseverance Rover on 3/31/2021
  7. The Science of Discovery: Rocket science acquired on 4/16/2021
  8. The Science of Discovery: Geology acquired on 4/16/2021
  9. Wisconsin State on 4/22/2021
  10. The Science of Discovery: Environmental science on 4/22/2021
  11. The Science of Discovery: Futurology on 4/23/2021
  12. Blue Switch Day 2021 on 5/02/2021
  13. Locationless Cache - GC8NEAT on 5/22/2021

16 additional souvenirs