+Max and 99 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) From today's blog post: 2024 Souvenirs With 2023 quickly coming to an end, it’s time to start making plans for 2024. This means setting geocaching goals, picking out caches for future weekend outings, and, of course, marking all of the geocaching souvenirs in our 2024 calendars! Here are the confirmed souvenir moments for 2024: Greetings 2024: January 1–8 2024 hider: January 1–December 31 Leap Day 2024: February 29 Cache In Trash Out®, Season 1: March 1–May 31 Blue Switch Day: May 3 June Solstice: June 19–21 International Geocaching Day: August 19 Cache In Trash Out®, Season 2: September 1–November 30 World Postcard Day: October 1 International EarthCache Day: October 12–13 December Solstice: December 20–22 Farewell 2024: December 24–31 What souvenirs and geocaching moments are you most excited for in 2024? Edited December 12, 2023 by Max and 99 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 World Postcard Day? Are postcards even still a thing? I'm struggling to see how this relates to geocaching, except, um, LBHs maybe? 3 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 2 hours ago, barefootjeff said: World Postcard Day? Are postcards even still a thing? I'm struggling to see how this relates to geocaching, except, um, LBHs maybe? Very hard to find in some countries. Not common as they were once. I travelled to a few countries this year and was looking for postcards to send to some children, and they weren't always easy to find. Quote Link to comment
+Smitherington Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 World Postcard Day is the one that intrigues me. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 20 hours ago, barefootjeff said: World Postcard Day? Are postcards even still a thing? I'm struggling to see how this relates to geocaching, except, um, LBHs maybe? I wonder..... If today's release note has anything to do with that souvenir? Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 4 hours ago, Max and 99 said: I wonder..... If today's release note has anything to do with that souvenir? You might be right. I'm guessing to qualify for the souvenir you'll have to complete an AL that day and get the postcard. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 (edited) From the blog post: Leap Day 2024 Souvenir Find 4 geocaches to earn. What geocaches count for the souvenir? Traditional Caches Multi-Caches Virtual Caches Letterbox Hybrids All Event Caches Mystery Caches Webcam Caches EarthCaches Wherigo Caches Adventure Lab® Locations Edited January 30 by Max and 99 1 Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 6 hours ago, Max and 99 said: From the blog post: Leap Day 2024 Souvenir Find 4 geocaches to earn. What geocaches count for the souvenir? Traditional Caches Multi-Caches Virtual Caches Letterbox Hybrids All Event Caches Mystery Caches Webcam Caches EarthCaches Wherigo Caches Adventure Lab® Locations Find four caches on a Thursday?!? That's gotta be tough for people who work! I've found most of my local caches. I'm going to have to work hard to plan this... 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+MNTA Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) 2 hours ago, Harry Dolphin said: Find four caches on a Thursday?!? That's gotta be tough for people who work! I've found most of my local caches. I'm going to have to work hard to plan this... Some AL 4 could take 5 minutes. Start saving the easy AL for time constrained finds. I already save the nearby ECs for the yearly souvenir. Edited January 31 by MNTA 1 2 Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 18 hours ago, MNTA said: Some AL 4 could take 5 minutes. Start saving the easy AL for time constrained finds. I already save the nearby ECs for the yearly souvenir. Cannot do ALs on my GPSr. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
+tomfuller & Quill Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Tomorrow when my newest cache is published, I'll get the 2024 Hider souvenir. October 1 is my birthday so I'll have to do an Adventure Lab to get my "postcard". April 8 is "eclipse day" for my calendar. I will find a geocache in Ohio during the eclipse after attending MOGA. Yes, I did find a geocache in the path of totality in Oregon in August 2017. Quote Link to comment
+Hidden Legends Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 12/12/2023 at 5:53 PM, Max and 99 said: 2024 hider: January 1–December 31 Unluckily just for me, the dates named here are the Publish dates as it was announced and also used in 2023 for the 2023 hider souvenir! I have no problem with publishing another cache or Event in 2024 to get this souvenir, but as I own(ed) an event happening / 'placed' on 2024/01/12 I thought I get the hider souvenir early this year! Then I remembered: "Ah... Publish-Date!" I still don't get the point why it is the 'publish-date', because for any other statistic in the game it is the 'placed-date', but okay that are the rules under which you get these souvenir! But as I on the other hand am still thinking it should be more a 'Hider' Souvenir than an 'Organizer' souvenir, it is therefore okay with me, because you find a physical cache on its publish-date and not on the placed date! This is just an info/reminder for those who are irritated by this fact by themselves.... Quote Link to comment
+qqnonrev Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 World Postcard Day! Fun, mixing two hobbies in one. Postcards are still alive and well... Postcrossing.com 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 (edited) From today's blog post: March equinox Geocaching HQ created a souvenir for geocachers to celebrate the March equinox. To earn this souvenir, geocachers must find a total of 3 geocaches, Event Caches, and/or Adventure Lab® Locations between March 17–23, 2024. We chose three caches for the third month of the year! Edited March 5 by Max and 99 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Regarding the March solstice souvenir promotion that starts today, I don't recall seeing any current promotions on the carousel in a very long time. Is this no longer being used? Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 (edited) From the Blog: New Souvenir Blue Switch Day We often underestimate our reliance on GPS (Global Positioning System), yet, over the course of 24 years, it has fundamentally reshaped our lives and the world we inhabit. Imagine how different our daily routines would be without GPS technology. Among many other things, paper maps would be necessary to navigate from point A to point B and turn-by-turn delivery tracking would be impossible. Notably, geocaching would never have come into existence. This transformation traces back to a pivotal moment on May 2, 2000—dubbed Blue Switch Day by geocachers. Before May 2000, Selective Availability restricted GPS technology to military use. However, on Blue Switch Day, the U.S. government made a landmark decision which opened up GPS for public use. Geocachers commemorate this day as a milestone, marking it with pride and celebration. The advent of precise GPS technology brought a new era of possibilities, fostering innovation and exploration worldwide. It’s no coincidence that the very next day, on May 3, 2000, the first geocache was hidden, giving birth to the game of geocaching. Geocaching HQ created a souvenir for geocachers to celebrate Blue Switch Day 2024. To earn this souvenir, geocachers must find one geocache, Event Cache, or Adventure Lab® Location between May 2–5, 2024. How will you celebrate Blue Switch Day this year? Edited April 9 by Max and 99 1 Quote Link to comment
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