TeamObbie1

The Mobius Science Center in downtown Spokane, WA will be having a geocaching lab on August 19th (Mobius members only event). Members of TeamObbie1 just recently befriended the science projects developer, Scott, and he mentioned that he has to learn all about geocaching in a month. He had no idea that he was talking to 10 year veterans of the game! Mobius is a nonprofit organization with a mission to, " To create innovative experiences that equip and inspire creative problem solvers of all ages." From <http://mobiusspokane.org/mobius-science-center> TeamObbie1 (Dave & Lori) offered to contact the various local geocaching organizations to see if area cachers would be willing to contribute SWAG and/or items for display and/or presentation(s). Please check out their web site at mobiusspokane.org or call Scott Rademacher below: srademacher@mobiusspokane.org Location: Across from Riverfront Park 331 N Post St, Spokane, WA 99201 Mailing Address: 808 W Main Ave, LL015 Spokane, WA 99201 P: 509.321.7133 TeamObbie1 will be teaching Scott some of the ropes and I am sure he would appreciate any tips cachers may have. We are actually planning a trip to Seattle (Groundspeak HQ is on the agenda) that weekend or we would volunteer to help out. Maybe there are cachers who could volunteer? http://mobiusspokane.org/mobius-science-center/about

Want to help improve our relations with the National Park Service (NPS)? Of course you do! Help NPS get ready for DC's National Cherry Blossom Festival! The National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual two-week event that celebrates springtime in Washington, DC as well as the 1912 gift of the cherry blossom trees and the enduring friendship between the people of the United States and Japan. Working with the National Park Service, we will be picking up river debris on Hains Point. Hains Point has a number of caches and an Earth Cache! For details please vist the event cache page at GC2M4QD http://coord.info/GC2M4QD . Hope to see you there!

Want to help improve our relations with the National Park Service (NPS)? Of course you do! Help the NPS get ready for the National Cherry Blossom Festival! The National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual two-week event that celebrates springtime in Washington, DC as well as the 1912 gift of the cherry blossom trees and the enduring friendship between the people of the United States and Japan. Working with the National Park Service, we will be picking up river debris on Hains Point. Hains Point has a number of caches and an Earth Cache! For details please vist the event cache page at GC2M4QD http://coord.info/GC2M4QD . Hope to see you there!

Check out the cache page for TONS of pics. Be sure to check out our ammo can groom's cake.

Flashmob Wedding ~TeamObbie1~ (Event Cache) (GC1MPYN) Location: Virginia, United States Date: 5/31/2009 by TeamObbie1 http://coord.info/GC1MPYN

I can't believe that it is 27 days until the event! Have you signed up yet? GC1MPYN. Details are also available at www.dirtstumpy.com. Be sure to check out the geocaching themed groom's cake!

GC1MPYN The Plan: Participants will mill around the Reston Town Center, Virginia as if they are casual shoppers then, at exactly noon, the bride and groom will descend the fountain steps and meet in front of the fountain. Only at that point will the guests converge behind the bridal party. We will say our vows, there will be some crowd participation, and then all will quickly disperse. The reception will be immediately following at a very near-by park pavilion. See dirtstumpy.com for more details. In order to log this cache you must bring HANDMADE wedding cards only - be creative and personalize them. There will be an attendant with a basket to collect them.

Event for Tri-state area of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland GC1EDWY Go tubing near Harpers Ferry on the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers! Celebrate the last days of summer and join Lori (TeamObbie1) for her 40th birthday! There are many businesses along the rivers that offer tubing, whitewater rafting, canoeing, and duckies inflatable kayak rentals) on the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers in the Tri-state area of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland. I would love to see geocachers from each of those states participate! Please feel free to compare the different outfitters and use the one the fits your needs. We are meeting at GCKGTF at noon. Most outfitters provide the tube, life jacket, and shuttle to and from the river. The river provides the fun! Bring a cooler or rent one and share a picnic on the water. Bring your own cooler and rent a cooler tube to float your drinks at your side. Advance reservations are suggested! Look for the birthday card for Lori (TeamObbie1) at the meeting location. That will be our log book for this event. Ask TeamObbie1 for a PathTag especially created for this occasion. Please bring waterproof cameras and take a lot of pictures!

Up here in Northern Virginia we have a HUGE problem with people breaking into cars for GPS units. (Storing a GPSr in the car is a whole different issue.) The problem I see is some very clever criminals figuring out that there MAY be a GPSr in the cars with geocaching plates - whether there is one or not they will "look".

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NoVAGO Meet & Greet and Cryptophobia Support Group GC18KFF NoVAGO Meet & Greet and Cryptophobia Support Group * February 2, 2008 * 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm * Ashburn Library (Loudoun County) * 43316 Hay Rd * Ashburn, VA 20147 This event will be in a meeting room at the Ashburn Library. Get directions to the library here. Meet the new 2008 NoVAGO board members! 12:30 - 1:00 Informal Meet and Greet A chance to get to meet the NoVAGO leadership and time to put a face on all those names you have been seeing in the logs for the past year. 1:00 - 2:00 General Membership Meeting Come out and join us for the Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization’s first 2008 general membership meeting. This is a great opportunity for folks to talk about the upcoming year, hear the plans, and provide input on what we can and should do in the coming year. Everyone who has an interest in GeoCaching is invited! You do not have to be a member of NoVAGO to attend. No matter if you have 10 or 10,000 finds, everyone is welcome! New to caching? New to the area? Visiting from out of town? Feel free to join us! 2:00 - 5:30 Cryptophobia Support Group Do you fear this icon Mystery Cache or at the very least ignore puzzle caches? You may suffer from Cryptophobia. * Cryptophobia: cryp?topho?bia * Pronunciation: krip-tO-fO-bE-a * Function: noun * Definition: Fear of puzzles. Especially in Geocaches (Credit to GCP2R2) If puzzle caches give you nightmares at just the thought of trying to solve them? Then join us for the Cryptophobia support group meeting after the meet and greet. The creators of many such ominous puzzle caches, Lion Heart and rufnredy have agreed to offer guidance and hope to those in need.

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