General news or information of interest to geocachers.
The following information on Adventure Labs and Virtual Reward caches was released by Geocaching.com today. New deadline: August 31, 2020 In response to COVID-19, Geocaching HQ is extending the deadline to August 31, 2020 for all Adventure Labs to go public. We will monitor changes over the next few months, to see if we need … Continue reading Deadlines for Adventure Labs and Virtual Reward 2.0 caches.
Just received this message from our awesome reviewer team in regards to the COVID-19. As the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) situation continues to evolve, there have been increased directives and recommendations from government and health authorities emphasizing that unnecessary events, gatherings and group activities be avoided, cancelled and/or rescheduled. Today the Trump administration recommended that people … Continue reading From the Reviewer Team
On February 22, 2020 at the annual BOD meeting the board discussed the suggestions that the members shared in the forum for possible changes to the LCG. Every suggestion was taken into consideration. The board has come up with two changes effective March 1, 2020. The first change is that the bonus points for replacing … Continue reading Changes to the LCG
On February 22, 2020 the official 2020 board of directors started serving the members of the WGA. They held their face to face meeting at the Portage County Library. They discussed various topics from what to eat for lunch to officers and possible changes to the LCG. They are looking forward to serving the WGA … Continue reading Introducing the new 2020 BOD
One of our members is moving out of the area and is looking for one or more persons that is willing to adopt the attached caches. Please e-mail [email protected] for more information. Thanks for your consideration in advance for helping a fellow WGA Member! click for pdf of caches WSQ Strange Behavior has already been … Continue reading WGA Member Needs Our Help
TEXAS CHALLENGE MEGA VISIT by LostCheq On March 12, 2016, the Brenham/Washington County Chamber and Visitor Center in conjunction with the South East Texas Region of the Texas Geocaching Society (TXGA) wanted geocachers from around the world to come and enjoy their hospitality at the 14th Annual TXGA Texas Challenge … Continue reading Member Submission: TEXAS CHALLENGE MEGA VISIT
The Triathlon Challenge By Mr. RT (one half of Rib Ticklers) As I have said more than once in my ‘Found It’ logs, geocaching is a pleasure we inflict upon ourselves. The more of it we do, the more we realize that not everything is Ammo Cans and Bird Houses. Not all caches are … Continue reading Member Submission: The Triathlon Challenge
Good day folks! This is rlove2seek. We are a husband/wife geocaching team from the Northwood’s of Wisconsin. Just to let you all know, this is the male half jotting down this scribble…so do not hold anything against the Mrs. rlove2seek. I am not an English major or an author, so please bear with me. I … Continue reading Member Submission: rlove2seek Goes Geocaching
The DeLorme Challenge by Team Honeybunnies This article was originally published in the December 2013 Newsletter: The DeLorme Challenge. One of the granddaddies of all the challenges, along with the Fizzy Challenge, The Jasmer Challenge and the County Challenge. Some have heard the call of the open road and cracked out the atlases, some have … Continue reading Previous Member Submission: The DeLorme Challenge
UNO! By BeccaDay When playing the game UNO it is required that you call out “uno!” when you have only one card to go before winning. So here’s me shouting out “uno!” with gusto as I am close to completing the Grandaddy of ‘em all, the Jasmer challenge. Let’s back up…a while back geocaching.com suspended … Continue reading Member Submissions: Uno!
