Geocaching and the February Photo Contest.

Good morning everyone. We're off to Illinois this week, home of "da bears", and The Geocaching Podcast. The oldest and the geocache with the most favorite points is 'Beverly's GC28. Placed in May 2000, this cache has been found 3,789 times and has 1,573 favorite points. The cache with the most found logs is 'Cloud Gate aka The Bean' GCJZDR. Placed in July of 2004, this virtual has been logged as found 8,501 times and has received 1,429 favorite points.

It's time to wrap up the January photo contest. First up are the entries in no particular order. The theme was to find a geocache in the snow. If you didn't have snow in your area, then what does Winter look like where you live?

First up is RMNP_SasquatchTeam. That could have been me trying to cross a ditch to a geocache last week. I sank in the snow. Looks like the little one didn't.

Entrant #2 is from KennyMasonMady. Not much snow there, but it looks very mucky and cold.

The next entrant is Stonagal. In the foreground is his son in a stroller looking at Vimy Bridge crossing the Rideau River.

Entrant #4 is from elicalli. That is a big container. It'll take a lot of snow to bury that one.

#5 is from Snappleandzarfle. Is it good luck when a bird lands on your head?

The last entry is from MuDac. There isn't any snow there, but it still looks chilly.

I entered all the names into the random name wheel.

Gave it a spin (hard to tell that it's spinning in a still picture)

**drum roll 🥁 **

MuDac is the winner of the January photo contest. Congratulations. She wins the fridge magnet, pathtag, and trackable button as seen further down as well as a pathtag that was donated by PTROL64 that arrived this week in the mail.

I've been thinking about what the February contest should be. The 14th is Valentines Day and the 15th is Singles Awareness Day. If you go caching with a partner, send a picture of the two of you finding a geocache. If you're a solo geocacher, send in a picture of yourself finding a geocache. Thank you to everyone who entered. As for the prizes, I'll leave that up to the winner. They will have a choice of....

A trackable button, pathtag, and fridge magnet. Or....

This trackable geomedal that I just ordered from I.B. Geocaching. Good luck to everyone who enters.

Until next week, be happy, stay safe, wash your hands and wear a mask, hug your furry critters, and most importantly, have fun. Peace out.

Down in front. I can't see the video game.

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