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GeoCarnival #1

April 1st, 2006 | Posted in » GPS Games, Geocaching, TerraCaching

Welcome to the first GeoCarnival.What is the GeoCarnival?
A carnival is a (typically weekly) round-up of what is going on in the blogosphere in a specific topic/discipline. Think of it as an index or a magazine. There are oodles of carnvals out there.The GeoCarnival is a carnival about GPS games.Most bloggers in this arena write about geocaching, so it will highlight a lot of caching adventures. But it is not limited to only caching. If you write about GeoPoker, ShutterSpots, geogolfing, the Coin Quest, etc., you just might find yourself included here each week.

There is a plethora of sites out there. Everything from listing sites to regional sites to individual cacher’s sites. This carnival will undoubtedly include a lot of those, but we are seeking blogs. Specifically, blogs with feeds (Atom, RSS, etc.).

Each Friday we will highlight what you are writing about. Think of this as the magazine written by cachers everywhere.

How Can I Participate?
All cachers and bloggers are free to submit links that you think others will find interesting. Whether it is a post you made on your own blog or something you read elsewhere, send it to us to be included for others to read. As this is a weekly compilation, please link to those posts that were made since the last GeoCarnival was posted.

Now onto this week’s GeoCarnival . . .

You see, Staten Island is tough to negotiate! StayFloopy tells us all about his adventures in the forgotten borough.

Geeky Mama teaches military time as she prepares for a geocaching event.

During his daily walk, Dr. Mellow searches for good cache hiding spots while listening to podcasts.

Gas prices are spiking! Minute War combatants ~~lament~~ share local prices.

sept1c_tank recounts how he came to GPS technology and also how his trail name came to be. FWIW, here is my history of my trail name.

It was a big outing for Miragee while she found 36 and placed 11 on a trek through the desert. What a beautiful area!

NJKS shares a day of caching in Michigan. The day featured lunch with caching friends as well as a couple FTFs.

GeoGolfing is in high gear with Tom Arneson. His 21 puts Phil Mickelson’s course record to shame.

Justybug adds to TCki, TerraCaching’s wiki. He details how to remain sponsored where it’s For Love of the Hunt.

Members of the Houston GeoCaching Society discuss initial cooridnates for puzzle caches. How far away from the actual cache do you list coordinates?

The Mississippi Geocachers Association announced the Metro Area Cachers 2006 CITO. Earth Day will be busy in the Magnolia State. Not to be outdone, NCFoothill Geocachers are sponsoring a CITO event in the Tar Heel State.
One of the highlights for me when caching is the wildlife. Oaksong snapped a photograph of a deer recently while out on the hunt.

magnet5 reminds us that geocaching does attract mental giants. There’s always time for a cache, even if it is before the wedding. It really is amazing how caching fits into everyone’s day. Aaron had a busy day and fit in caching. And if you’re bored, why not cache? Forget the bikinis, Margaritas, and the beach while on vacation. Let’s go caching with sexy tigre! And what birthday would be complete without some caching? Happy birthday, Abigail.

rawkyneryn is a new cacher and already sees the addicting properties of the game.

Snakes rattle Jules on a hunt. I must day, I am not a huge fan of them myself.

mommabear212 is full of excitement with this game.

ernunnos went caching on his grandfather’s farm. What a site!

tortietude placed her first cache, Winds of Change. She’s excited.

Put terraserver to good use while caching. Jason over at GPSHackaDay.com tells us how.

Another review of the Magellan eXplorist 600 can be read at Aberwak tells us how geocaching is a good thing in his life. And he is on the way to the century mark too.

Another geek enters the geocaching community. I can relate to this guy. Real Tech News reviews the game for geeks.

The nexus of science and technology is geocaching. It is perfect for a class trip. The Garmin Blog has the details.

Geocacheville learns about International Cache Exchanges.

Patrick fit a little caching in on his trip from Denver to Wyoming.

It’s cyan_blue’s cacheversary! Interestingly, courtneyofeden, who introduced cb to caching, placed a cache around my parts.

puddinhed ponders a new gpsgame. I like it!

mrmongoose purchased a Lowrance iFinder H20.

Perserverance paid off for Abby. When all else fails, check your coordinates.

Geocaching is Michael went caching in the snow in Miles Canyon.

Randwulf had a good day of caching. Aren’t they all good days?

This week’s podcast talks about geocoins. This is the first in a series.

And there you have it, dear cacher: the week of gps games in the blogosphere. Check back right here next Friday for next week’s GeoCarnival.