Category Archives: Geocachers Care
Texas Challenge XI: A Taste of Southern Hospitality
Editor’s note: Geocaching HQ staff are joining geocachers at Mega-Events around the world to celebrate and share the adventure of geocaching. Adela Bahtijaragic, a.k.a. DellaBell, attended Texas Challenge XI (GCW8GT) in Port Aransas, Texas, USA in April. Adela has been on Geocaching HQ’s marketing team since 2012. This is Adela’s account of her trip. By Adela Bahtijaragic, a.k.a. DellaBell They say that half the geocaching journey is getting there. This much was true when I traveled to Port Aransas, Texas – home to Texas Challenge XI. Located deep in the heart of Texas, “Port A” was the place to be during the weekend of April 5. [...]
Eric Schudiske on April 17, 2013, 9:59 am
Announcing the March 2013 Geocacher of the Month
Geocacher of the Month | Geocachers Care
All three nominees for the March Geocacher of the Month contribute to the global geocaching communityby creating quality geocaches and being an inspiration to geocachers. Thank you to all those who supported the nominees. Those not chosen as the featured Geocacher of the Month will receive a gift of appreciation from Geocaching HQ. The choice was difficult. Ultimately, only one nominee can become the featured Geocacher of the Month based on a combination of community input, blog comments and voting. We all won seeing such examples of how the geocaching community works together. After tallying the sentiment, WVTim is named the [...]
Eric Schudiske on April 12, 2013, 12:45 pm
Behind the Scenes of the PodCacher Podcast
[Editor's Note: Geocachers love to spread the word about the adventure of geocaching. Sonny and Sandy from the PodCachers have spent years sharing the joy of geocaching through their podcast the PodCacher podcast. Here's a rare look behind the scenes of their podcast.] By Sonny & Sandy, Gorillas, a wild-west jail, a Halloween prop and Dave Ulmer – sound like the start of a bad joke? No, just another typical day at the PodCacher studios, putting together an podcast full of geocaching goodness for a listener community that spans the globe. We are Sonny and Sandy (from sunny San Diego, California) [...]
Eric Schudiske on April 3, 2013, 2:32 pm
Same Spot, Same Container, 10 Years Later
Geocaching is more than an adventure that takes you to new locations. It’s a growing record of specific locations. Currently geocachers can navigate to more than 2 million active geocaches around the globe. Every time you find a geocache it’s like making an entry into the diary of a specific location. You record the weather, the view, who joined the adventure, even what animals you encounter (hopefully safe, fluffy, friendly animals). Here’s a look at a recent Geocaching Forums post that asked a simple question… “Does anyone know of any other caches that have been in the same spot, same container [...]
Eric Schudiske on March 29, 2013, 10:23 am
A Mother and Son Geocaching Bond
The post on the Geocaching Facebook page started with “My 28 yr old son (who has Down Syndrome) is my best geo-buddy!” The post from Peggy Caton, PeGC56, instantly struck the heart of geocaching buddies sharing an adventure. They search for ‘hidden-treasure’ only find the real treasure right next to them the whole way. Peggy answers a few questions about geocaching, and about her best bud and son Brian who goes by the geocaching name CoolGuy84. How did you discover geocaching? I discovered it when a couple of my Facebook friends posted about going geocaching last summer. I Googled it instead [...]
Eric Schudiske on March 19, 2013, 9:05 am
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