Mary Hyde, Upcoming Events and more...

Mary Hyde

So by now you should have two new souvenirs in your stats

Souvenir #1

Souvenir #2

and you are probably waiting on your third to arrive sometime Wednesday.

This next week you must work with your crew to earn a total of 35 coins
and you must contribute a minimum of 5 coins.

Multi-caches are this week's target and are open to all geocachers
in the geocaching.com app!!!

• Find and log a Multi-cache = 10 gold coins
• Find and log a geocache = 5 gold coins
• Find and log a geocache with 10 or more Favorite points = 7 gold coins.
• Attend and log an event cache = 7 gold coins.
• Retrieve a trackable from a cache = 3 gold coins.
• Drop a trackable into a cache = 4 gold coins.

Good LUCK!!!

Today is the LAST DAY to order your

GCHR Picnic merchandise!!!

Yes - hurry on by and place your orders for trinkets, meals, etc.

The store closes at Midnight tonight!!!

Click HERE for the link to the site

 

SNAP!!!-land

Geo-art will be archived October 1, 2017 !!!

This has been scheduled and re-scheduled more than once.

Delayed time and time again when my in box fills up with

out-of-town requests so a big group can come complete the art.

Virginia's largest geo-art.

Click HERE for the SNAP!!!-land #001.

HINT:  I have began plotting out the next art!  What will it be???

Upcoming Events

OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79152 

Sunday – August 6, 2017 – Elizabeth City, NC

River City Pirate Parlez Deux

Waterfront Park

11AM till Noon

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79DN7 

Friday – August 11, 2017 – Newport News, VA

AMCC - The Lost Liferings of Mary Hyde

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

6 till 645AM 

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC791V7 

Sunday – August 13, 2017 – Elizabeth City, NC

River City Pirate Parlez Trois

Waterfront Park

11AM till Noon

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC????? 

Tuesday – August 15, 2017 – ?????, VA

Third Tuesday Event

Unknown

6 till ? PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC793MW 

Monday – August 21, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

Don't Stare at the Sun! Event

Chesapeake City Park

4 till 6 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC790T6 

Thursday – August 24, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

AACC #101

Chesapeake City Park

4 till 6 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79HWF 

Friday – September 1, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

Friday Night Meet and Greet 2017

Indian River Community Center

5:30 till 7:00 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC6WWBC 

Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

Chesapeake City Park

9 AM till 5 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC79J7X 

Thursday – September 14, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA

TWELFTH Revolution Around the Sun

Neighborhood Park

5 PM till 6:30 PM

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Also on the horizon are:

CITO Week - September 2017 - Attend a CITO event

between 23 September and 1 October to earn a souvenir!

What the heck is a WOODBOOGER:

Bring your GPS to Norton, Virginia the weekend after the GCHR picnic and

find out exactly what a WOODBOOGER is!!!

There will be a new Geo-Trail, a new Geo-art, and 3 events.

There will also be a 50 cache geoart published on Sept. 8th. 

There will be a big event on September 9th at Flag Rock in Norton VA

for the new Woodbooger Geotrail 2017 which includes

a custom made geocoin you can receive after

completing all 20 geocaches in the trail.

Here are the events scheduled around Norton:

GC76XPR - 9/8 from 6 till 8PM

GC723NJ - 9/8 from 9 till 10PM

GC71X25 - 9/9 from 9AM till 5PM

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That's All for Now!

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

Suffolk Nana & Papa - - - or just plain ol' - - - -  SNAP!!!  

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

All sorts of NEWS!!!

The Lost Treasure of Mary Hyde

If you attended an event on July 15th or 16th

you should have already received your 1st souvenir.

If your Friend League earned at least 30 coins, and you yourself

earned at least 5 gold coins; you should receive your 2nd souvenir

on Wednesday July 26th.

For Week #2 which runs from Monday July 24th through the 30th

you need to earn at least 10 gold coins.  Here is the scoring for week #2

• Find and log a geocache* = 5 gold coins.
• Find and log a geocache with 10 or more Favorite points = 7 gold coins.
• Attend and log an event cache = 7 gold coins.
• Retrieve a trackable from a cache = 5 gold coins.
• Drop a trackable into a cache = 10 gold coins.

*Excludes lab caches and web cam caches.

Good LUCK!!!

Only 7 more days until the GCHR Picnic store closes!!!

Yes - hurry on by and place your orders for merchandise, meals, etc.

The store closes at Midnight July 31, 2017!!!

Click HERE for the link to the site

 

Only 70 more days until the SNAP!!!-land

Geo-art is archived!!!

This has been scheduled and re-scheduled more than once.

Delayed time and time again when my in box fills up with

out-of-town requests so a big group can come complete the art.

Virginia's largest geo-art.

Click HERE for the SNAP!!!-land #001.

Something new on the SNAP!!! schedule

I was contacted by Sewwatt - a cacher in NORTON, VA.

They have some big plans for the weekend AFTER the GCHR picnic!!!

There will also be a 50 cache geoart published on Sept. 8th. 

There will be a big event on September 9th at Flag Rock in Norton VA

for the new Woodbooger Geotrail 2017 which includes

a custom made geocoin you can receive after

completing all 20 geocaches in the trail.

Here are the events scheduled around Norton:

GC76XPR - 9/8 from 6 till 8PM

GC723NJ - 9/8 from 9 till 10PM

GC71X25 - 9/9 from 9AM till 5PM

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Events in Hampton Roads

 Mark your calendars – hope to see you at some of these events!

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC????? 

NOT SCHEDULED YET

Tuesday – August 15, 2017 – ?????, VA

Third Tuesday Event

Unknown

6 till ? PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC793MW 

Monday – August 21, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

Don't Stare at the Sun! Event

Chesapeake City Park

1:30 till 4 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC790T6 

Saturday – August 24, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

AACC #101

Chesapeake City Park

4 till 6 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC6WWBC 

Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

Chesapeake City Park

9 AM till 5 PM

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Also on the horizon are:

CITO Week - September 2017 - Attend a CITO event

between 23 September and 1 October to earn a souvenir!

That's All for Now!

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

Suffolk Nana & Papa - - - or just plain ol' - - - -  SNAP!!!  

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

Quick notes

Here is an important countdown of dates you might be interested in

13 - Only 13 more days until the GCHR Picnic store closes!!!

Yes - hurry on by and place your orders for merchandise, meals, etc.

The store closes at Midnight July 31, 2017!!!

Click HERE for the link to the site

46 - Only 46 more days until the GCHR Picnic!!!

Remember, the picnic is being held at the Chesapeake City Park

this year which is just off of Greenbriar Dr in Chesapeake!!!

Click HERE for the picnic Facebook page

74 - Only 74 more days until the SNAP!!!-land

Geo-art is archived!!!

This has been scheduled and re-scheduled more than once.

Delayed time and time again when my in box fills up with

out-of-town requests so a big group can come complete the art.

Virginia's largest geo-art.

Click HERE for the SNAP!!!-land #001.

312 - Only 312 more days until GeoWoodstock 2018!!!

The registration site is already open and hotel rooms are going fast!!!

Click HERE for the GeoWoodstock 2018 page.

Another Thank you

Thanks to everyone who showed up for AACC #100 - we had a great crowd!!!

Our local GeoWoodstock Ambassador, Lynne, talked to us about all the

happenings and plans for next year's event and from what I saw

Everyone had a great time!!!

#4 - UPCOMING EVENTS:

Events in Hampton Roads

 Mark your calendars – hope to see you at some of these events!

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC76Z9N 

Tuesday – July 18, 2017 – Norfolk, VA

Third Tuesday Burger & Beer (hot dogs)

The Barking Dog

6 till 8 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC786TC 

Wednesday – July 19, 2017 – Newport News, VA

Burn 'n Brew Caching Crew (BBCC #2)

Tradition Brewery

6:45 till 9 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC77ZD1 

Saturday – July 22, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA

Ezio10 Visits Virginia Beach

Kemps Landing Park

4 till 6 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC790T6 

Saturday – August 24, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

AACC #101

Chesapeake City Park

4 till 6 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC6WWBC 

Saturday – September 2, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

Chesapeake City Park

9 AM till 5 PM

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The Lost Treasure of Mary Hyde

Did everyone get their first souvenir in the new geocaching pirate treasure hunt.

You and your team of friends must earn a total of 30 coins

 between now and July 23rd to earn your second souvenir!!!

Souvenir #1

The Best Caches in Hampton Roads

On the right hand side of this blog there is a list of pages.

Among those pages are lists of the best caches

in each of the Hampton Roads cities/counties

as well as a list of others we recommend.

I try to update each of the pages at least twice a year.

The lists are based on the number of favorite points

each cache receives.

Feel free to check them out!!!

That's All for Now!

Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

Suffolk Nana & Papa - - - or just plain ol' - - - -  SNAP!!!  

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

Lots of notes....

#1 - Thank you!!!

First of all we want to thank all of the great comments, notes, emails

and referrals concerning the last blog we did: GeoWoodstock 2018.

We really appreciate all the kind words!

#2 - AACC #100

Years ago - The first AACC event was held - on August 1, 2013.

The original idea was to allow working cachers a chance

to grab smilies for the special Challenge that Groundspeak was running

at the time called “31 Days of Geocaching”.

Now, 4 years later, we are finally at #100.

Come join us for a dinner celebration at East Side Pizza in Portsmouth.

5630 Portsmouth Blvd from 5 PM until the last geocacher leaves

#3 - GCHR Annual Picnic

 Right here in Hampton Roads Virginia

our 15th Annual Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic

is fast approaching.

Things are a little different this year as there are no "packages" - you simply pay for the items you want!!!

Special Note:  THE STORE CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT JULY 31ST, 2017

#4 - Other events comping up:

Events in Hampton Roads

 Mark your calendars – hope to see you at some of these events!

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC779QG 

Thursday – July 13, 2017 – Portsmouth, VA

AACC - #100

East Side Pizza

5 PM till ???

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC77TY4 

Saturday – July 15, 2017 – Chesapeake, VA

The Lost Treasure of Mary Hyde

*** Earn A Souvenir for attending ***

Elizabeth River Boat Landing Park

10 AM till 11 AM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC77WV0 

Saturday – July 15, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA

The Lost Treasure of Captain Mary Hyde

*** Earn A Souvenir for attending ***

Green Flash Brewing

1 PM till 2 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC77PR7

Sunday – July 16, 2017 – Elizabeth City, NC

River City Pirate Parlez

*** Earn A Souvenir for attending ***

11 AM till Noon

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC785D0

Sunday – July 16, 2017 – Norfolk, VA

The Lost Treasure Comes to Wards Corner

*** Earn A Souvenir for attending ***

11 AM till Noon

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC76Z9N 

Tuesday – July 18, 2017 – Norfolk, VA

Third Tuesday Burger & Beer (hot dogs)

The Barking Dog

6 till 8 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC786TC 

Wednesday – July 19, 2017 – Newport News, VA

Burn 'n Brew Caching Crew (BBCC #2)

Tradition Brewery

6:45 till 9 PM

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OFFICIAL EVENT – GC77ZD1 

Saturday – July 22, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA

Ezio10 Visits Virginia Beach

Kemps Landing Park

4 till 6 PM

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 Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

Suffolk Nana & Papa - - - or just plain ol' - - - -  SNAP!!!  

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching

GeoWoodstock 2018

I must say I am impressed!!!

  

Yesterday, at our local Canada Day event, our local GeoWoodstock

Ambassador gave a short presentation that covered the preparations,

plans and activities that have already started for next year's GeoWoodstock.

GC5AX15

Main Registration Page

After meeting and talking with Lynne, our local Ambassador,

and hearing about all the things that are planned for next year - I

will admit - I am already talking with Nana about the possibility

of us making the trip to Cincinnati!!!

Here is just some of the information I received and can share:

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1)  Here is a list of the Night Caches all within 35 miles of GZ
(most within 20)

2)  A new, Official, Greater Cincinnati GeoTour is currently being built!

3)  The OCB, Original Can of Beans will be at the event.

It will be it's last showing, EVER in the U.S. and Canada

because the guy who owns it is retiring it!!!

This is the only remaining artifact from the original

hide, that inspired Geocaching.

4)  Camping with a Friday night bash is coming.

5)  Saturday night will have "Midnight Madness" INSIDE the
 amusement park,  after closes!

 It is a massive buy/sell/trade exchange of geocoins.

6)  The VIP registration will have MORE THAN 20 minted pieces.

 (6 of them are pathtags.)

7)  First 5000 people get a free trackable.

8)  We are expecting to go Giga!

This is an event that expects to bring 5,000+ people.

9)  It's the same weekend as Taste of Cincinnati,
one of the nation's largest food festival. (Maybe the largest.)

10)  There is already an established DONUT GeoTour and
several GeoTrails with coins in the area.

11)  Registration and hotel bookings can be found on the website.

12)  The venue does have free WiFi.

13)  They are still planning all the camping sites

 and will announce it soon - it will be within 25 miles.

14) Also, while the main event will be at the Amusement Park. The majority of
 the other events will  be other events most likely at the fairgrounds.

I will publish more info here as I receive it.

If you have any specific questions - leave them as feedback

 or a comment and I will forward them to our ambassador

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Don't forget our local GCHR Picnic - GC6WW8C

more info on that event in my next blog!

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 Till next time...

Stay Safe & Keep Caching!!!

Suffolk Nana & Papa - - - or just plain ol' - - - -  SNAP!!!  

On Twitter at: @SNAPgeocaching

On Instagram at: snap_geocaching