Geocaching and the July Photo Contest

Good morning everyone. We make our way across the Maritimes of Canada and stop in Nova Scotia. I didn't need to look this one up, but I needed the numbers for the oldest and most favorite geocache in Nova Scotia. Any good Canadian geocacher should know that 'Geocache--Canada's 1st geocache' GCBBA is exactly what the name says. Canada's first and oldest active geocache. Hidden June 28th, 2000, this geocache just turned 21 years old this past week. Found 2,758 times with 944 favorite points, making it the most favorite geocache in Nova Scotia as well.

It's that time to announce the winner of the June photo contest and announce the July photo contest. Let's take a look at the entries.

First up is MUDac doing an Adventure Lab in California. It's part of the Route 66 Adventure Lab series.

Next is KennyMasonMady working on some geo-art in Pennsylvania.

From Australia, it's Geocaching Gems with an awesome cache hidden outside a geocacher's home. Geocaching Gems is a fairly new blogger and a podcast host. You can check that out here > Geocaching Gems

Next is RIVOL from Spain with a unique hide. These types of hides makes it fun to find.

We have local cachers MWD Books finding an older (2005) geocache in rural Manitoba. I haven't found that one yet.

Last up is FITO from Spain. That looks like an awesome geocache to find. I wonder what the D/T is on that?

Those are some awesome geocaches found in June. The names have been entered into the Wheel of Names...

I clicked the middle to give the wheel a spin... and the June winner is....

MWD Books. Congrats. They get to pick from the following prize packages:

Prize package #1 Fridge magnet, trackable button, and a pathtag.

Prize package #2 Trackable medallion.

Prize package #3 Trackable Christmas tree.

Or prize package #4 Cache Canada trackable.

For July, I think I'll keep it the same as June. Just find a geocache. Keeping it simple. You can send your entries to thegeocachingguild@gmail.com or direct message me on Twitter at @thegeocachingg1. The winner will be announced in my August 1st blog.

That's it for this week. Until next time, be happy, stay safe, wear a mask and wash your hands, hug your furry critters, and most importantly, just have fun. Now go out, find a geocache and take a picture of it. Peace out ✌

This is part of a Letterbox trail I did earlier in the week. More about this and other finds from that day in a couple of weeks. I also did something different and for the first time. What could that be? I'll keep you in suspense, but first, the second quarter report next week.

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