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Geocaching and the June Photo Contest.

 Good morning everyone.  Today we stop in Vermont for the oldest and most favorite.  Once again, it's the same geocache that claims both honors.  'Vermont 1'  GC86.  This multi-stage cache was placed on October 14, 2000.  So far, it has been found 821 times and has 436 favorite points.

It's that time of month where I announce the winner of the May photo contest and reveal what the theme will be for June.  For the month of May, the theme was April Showers Bring May Flowers.  A picture of anything that blooms.  It could be flowers, leaves, weeds, anything that will bloom or sprout as a result of April showers.

Here are this month's enteries.  All four are first time entrants.  First up is TeamAdventure4.  They recently adopted a bunch of geocaches.  Most are ammo cans that have been in play for 15 years.  While searching for the ones they haven't found yet, they did come across a hillside of blooming trilliums.


Next up is our first international entry.  This is RIVOL from Spain.  He found a geocache in a field of flowers.  I want to say those are daisies, but I don't really know my flowers.  This is such a cool picture.


The third entry is a little more local to me.  Woyfamily from Gimli, Manitoba.  One day I will feature Gimli in a blog.  It's another one of those blogs that I have started, but never completed.  I have traveled to the Gimli area and found some of their creative caches.   Their entry shows the garlic that was planted last fall and has started to grow.  We also see onions growing as well.

Our last entry comes from lilsprinkles67.  Here we see two of her six flower boxes along with a newly purchased iron goat.  Very pretty flowers.


Before I enter the names into the wheel of names, let's look at what's up for grabs for prizes this month.  There are four different prize packages to pick from.  Prize package #1: a fridge magnet, trackable button, another button, a Star Trek themed pathtag and a pathtag that has been donated by UDac.


Prize package #2: a trackable medallion, a button and a pathtag donated by UDac.


Prize package #3:  a Cache Canada trackable, a button and pathtag donated by UDac.


Prize package #4:  a Christmas tree trackable that I received from the Geocaching Podcast for being a Patreon supporter of their show (I already have one of these, so I'm offering this one up), a button, and a pathtag donated by UDac.

The names have been entered...


I clicked on the wheel to give it a spin and the winner is.....


RIVOL in Spain wins the May photo contest.  Congratulations.  I'll be in touch with you in the next few days to get a mailing address and your prize selection.

Now for June.  After some thought, I decided to Keep It Simple (KISS).  Simply find a geocache and take a picture of your find.  Easy peasy.  I look forward to seeing all the entries for June.

That's all for this week.  Until next time, be happy, stay safe, wash your hands and wear a mask, get vaccinated, hug your furry critters, and most importantly, just have fun.  Peace out.


My 700th mystery cache found.


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