+Weber_and_Sons Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Today I was sad too discover that there was a location less reverse cache that I missed out on, I was curious what they are so I looked it up and found out there was one I could have got a couple of weeks ago but was archived January first, if there are more location less reverse caches that aren't archived where are they? Quote
+MNTA Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) Sorry you missed out. The two that have been published in the last few years were GC8NEAT GC9FAVE I'd bet GS will bring them back at some point in the future for new folks. But no guarantees. They did blog posts on both as I recall. Oh looks like they are https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2025/01/find-25-and-celebrate-the-25th-anniversary-with-a-new-locationless-cache/ GCA2025 Opens January 25th 2025 Edited January 21 by MNTA 1 3 Quote
+CAVinoGal Posted January 22 Posted January 22 3 hours ago, Weber_and_Sons said: there was one I could have got a couple of weeks ago but was archived January first You're probably thinking of GC9FAVE, referenced above in MNTA's post - and it was archived Jan. 1, 2024. You missed it by a year! I missed that one as well, but I did manage to get GC8NEAT a few years back. Good news, you CAN get GCA2025, from Jan. 25, 2025 through the end of the year. Go get it! 1 Quote
+geodarts Posted January 22 Posted January 22 I really liked the original locationless caches. Since the finds could not be reused there was a challenge to locating qualifying places. I still think that one of my greatest caching achievements was finding what may have been the only recognized “station” of the Underground Railroad in California. A new “25” locationless seems a little broad to me but I suppose that’s necessary given the numbers of people involved in the game. I hope to do better than to walk over to my neighbors house at 25 xxxxx Street. The real challenge will be coming up with obscure or entertaining 25s 1 Quote
+JL_HSTRE Posted January 22 Posted January 22 I'm hoping for at least one person with a poster for "In The Year 2525" by Zager & Evans. I was disappointed that State Road 25 in my state is mostly a hidden designation for various US highways. Quote
+Smitherington Posted January 22 Posted January 22 A couple addresses in town, 25 Olive for example, on some old streets. Two digit addresses are not common. 1 1 Quote
+baer2006 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 3 hours ago, Smitherington said: Two digit addresses are not common That definitely depends on where you live ! In most (or all?) of Europe, you have a #25 in most streets with at least 25 houses. 2 1 Quote
+barefootjeff Posted January 22 Posted January 22 6 hours ago, JL_HSTRE said: I was disappointed that State Road 25 in my state is mostly a hidden designation for various US highways. Here in New South Wales, route A25 runs between Yass and Canberra, about a four hour drive south-west of here. A slightly closer one is Tourist Drive 25 between Willow Tree and Tamworth via Quirindi, a bit over three hours drive north-west. Neither is very appealing just for another locationless, though. Quote
+Max and 99 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 I expect a lot of 25 mph signs. They're everywhere near me! 2 1 1 Quote
+niraD Posted January 22 Posted January 22 8 hours ago, Smitherington said: A couple addresses in town, 25 Olive for example, on some old streets. Two digit addresses are not common. I hadn't noticed until now, but around here, when streets change from (for example) East Magnolia to West Magnolia, the addresses count down to 100, then the name switches and the addresses start over at 100 and count up. There are no 2-digit addresses. Quote
+Smitherington Posted January 23 Posted January 23 It seems to me that older communities have lots of 3 digit numbers but most new addresses now seem to be 5 digits. Only the real old addresses may be 2 digits. But that allows me to travel down some old historic streets in search of a 25. 1 Quote
+Goldenwattle Posted January 23 Posted January 23 15 hours ago, Smitherington said: Two digit addresses are not common. Common here in Australia. Likely much more common than three plus digit street numbers. I can do a short walk to several. City streets don't go on forever. Even country towns with streets that run into the country for many kms, will have numbers (mostly low numbers) in the town which stop at the edge of town. Then RMB (roadside mail box) numbers begin. These can be large. However, the farm I lived on for awhile the number was only RMB (2 digits) Whisky Creek Road. (Fun name, so including it here.) We were only a few kms from town. Further on the road came to a dead-end, as it wasn't a through road. Quote
+GeoElmo6000 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 13 hours ago, niraD said: I hadn't noticed until now, but around here, when streets change from (for example) East Magnolia to West Magnolia, the addresses count down to 100, then the name switches and the addresses start over at 100 and count up. There are no 2-digit addresses. I think in theory the hundreds place digit is the block number, though I don't know if that is strictly adhered to. Quote
+cerberus1 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 On 1/21/2025 at 8:49 PM, geodarts said: I really liked the original locationless caches. Since the finds could not be reused there was a challenge to locating qualifying places. Yeah... We found a few. Then they got zapped because they weren't geocaches. Haven't done these new ones... The other 2/3rds at the time was a FTF monster too, and she enjoyed the challenge of finding one no one else spotted. Quote
+NLBokkie Posted January 27 Posted January 27 I see it as a personal challenge to find something else than the obvious "25" like house numbers, speed signs etc. I'm thinking of finding that odd couple that celebrates their 25th anniversary or something like that Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted January 27 Posted January 27 1 hour ago, NLBokkie said: I see it as a personal challenge to find something else than the obvious "25" like house numbers, speed signs etc. I'm thinking of finding that odd couple that celebrates their 25th anniversary or something like that You could come to London Calling 2025 (https://coord.info/GCAK7KC) and I'll let you have a selfie with my T-shirt: 1 Quote
+Viajero Perdido Posted January 27 Posted January 27 I'm hanging out in a wee town on a Canary Island, which is one of many places (eg also Latin America in my experience) where building numbers seem to be handed out chronologically by date requested. Makes it challenging. Oh! There's a 24! But to the left is 13, to the right, 42. Hmm, keep looking... It took me a fair bit of map scanning, of this and another nearby town, with OSM zoomed in enough to show the quasi-random house numbers, before I finally spotted a 25. Yah, sometimes you've gotta work for them. Quote
+dealfarms1 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 On 1/22/2025 at 7:39 AM, JL_HSTRE said: I'm hoping for at least one person with a poster for "In The Year 2525" by Zager & Evans. Now that is a song I've not heard in ages. I'll have that as an earworm the rest of the day... Thanks, I think. 2 3 Quote
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