Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Yup, two days late already and things aren’t looking promising. 
If a window appears this evening, it will go up. If not, there will be a double-issue on Friday. I apologize but a combination of our ‘Net connection going out every evening this week and being busy with family things has delayed this to be a chore now. Grrr . . .
While you wait, allow me to point out that sign-ups for Game 31 of Minute War are under way. Register now for the fun to commence 26 May.
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
Due to issues beyond my control, it appears as though this week’s GeoCarnival is going to be tardy. It will be posted as soon as possible, but that is looking to be Saturday.
I apologize for the delay. Real life has interrupted an otherwise on scheduled project.
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
Welcome to the fifth weekly installment of the
GeoCarnival.The GeoCarnival reviews geoblogs and compiles what is happening in the world of GPS games (geocaching, geodashing, shutterspots, geogolf,Coin Quest, etc.) in one convenient post per week so you can read who is blogging about your favorite activity.
We Need Your Help
If you know of a geoblog that we should highlight, feel free to let us know. We like RSS and Atom feeds, so feel free to send along those links.
Round and Round the Carnival Goes . . .
We posted this early this week so you can get caught up before all your adventures this weekend.
KelDubTX is looking for cachers over at MySpace. She and her husband have been caching for a couple years.
Shiftless finds the wonders of Google Earth.
The Fox Hill Tower Geocaching CITO Event was a success according to jestjuggle. The event brought this cacher back to the location of his first find. It’s nice when one is able to re-visit his former finds.
Team North won the 30th game of Minute War. It was a tight battle all the way to the end. They narrowly beat West as they conquered the world. Unfortunately, Team South was dead last and struggled mightily from the get-go. Perhaps we will fare better next time around.
Logging DNFs is encouraged by jestjuggle. They point out that future cachers can use this information to help someone on the hunt.
Tom Arneson completed another geogolf course this week. Whether on your lunch break or at one of the ends of the day, geogolf is great exercise fun!
Minnesota is buzzing with GPS Amazing Family Race. Sounds like a wonderful time for families in the North Star state.
The month is coming to a close and dashers are scrambling to log the last dashpoints of game 58 of GeoDashing. Right now it’s a close race between GeoTerriers and Llama League. Douq Miller closed the gap recently with three points grabbed.
Imagine finding out there is a cache a mere 260m from your home that you didn’t know about and you discover a waterfall as you seek it. A DNF, unfortunately, but Chris and Elizabeth had a good time on their recent hunt.
Caching while going to class is just something quite foreign to me, but I am certain I would have done it way back when if I had the opportunity. bariivaruha was happy to find caches large enough to exchange trade items. Hmmm . . . if new cachers are noting the size of containers, could micros be described as an epidemic? 
Earth Day/CITO provided Bill an opportunity to help clean up Thompson County Park in West St. Paul, MN.
smileyjess took a break from studying to head out for a cache. She’ll be heading out again this Saturday. Happy hunting.
Sounds like a perfect cache adventure: three to five mile hike to find cache. iovnow has the details.
More CITO adventures with Randwulf.
Muddy is sick. So sick, he left work early. But found some time to cache. There’s always time to cache.
All right, technically not about a GPS game, but sept1c_tank has been following the hatchings of a bald eagle and there’s streming video. Very kewl!
Chris over at Dangerous Logic likes to move hitchhikers. Yes, a tag or other documentation accompanying the hitchhiker is valuable. Still, it doesn’t keep some folks from disregarding clear travel plans!
Sortel chronicles a cache hunt he had with friends recently. Bushwhacking instead of taking the trail is the fun.
Blogging while in the drive-thru on your way to a cache. Now that is something new! GeoDonutBlogging?
It’s difficult finding a cache when several of the stages are MIA. Nevertheless, sounds like caching in New Zealand is fun.
Andy got back in the caching groove recently and had fun re-visiting previously found caches with someone he was introducing to the game. It is fun to re-visit caches and read through the logbook.
Michelle jumped on the first non-rainy day to get out and do some caching. Sounds like a good plan.
Floopy’s seeing things on the trail. It couldn’t have been Helmut, but who was it?
What does one do when Practicum is over? Cache, of course. Cassie went out and found 51 caches to celebrate. Congratulations on completing your coursework.
Now this is good news! The thirteen original Florida counties have placed geocaches as a way to boost tourism. Bravo!
Happy birthday, Jen. To celebrate her birthday, Jen’s sister hid a multi that culminated with a party. Sounds like fun!
kendra had a very interesting day: studying, making out, caching, dinner. It’s information overload.
JeanC’s camera is on the fritz, but she still went to the CITO.
More CITO adventures are told by Legacy. He pulled four bicylces and a fender from the river during the clean-up. Good going.
Sometimes all there is to describe about a weekend is geocaching. Don’t feel bad metsfan.
Getting ready for camping after his birthday the other day, Ryan is gearing up for some caching.
Over at The Geocaching Blog, Chris put up some video from a recent hunt. He’s a new cacher, but he has a nice blog that should be read. In addition, he has discovered Scout’s GPS Games and I look forward to further blog entries about the games he begins playing there. FWIW, I think there may be a new game of Global GeoPoker coming up soon.
Tom Callaway is finding caches in San Francisco.
MustangJoni had a big day on Saturday. When the CITO begins at 10:00, you start terracaching at 5:30. Sounds about right to me.
slatrat has a new cache. Very interesting. It is similar, yet different, from Walking Tour of Joseph Buck’s Town, a cache I placed recently, but am waiting to implement something for another placed cache in the series before listing. Stay tuned. And yes, these are difficult caches to create, slatrat.
Edmonton had a CITO event and Brat&Testy participated.
Rob Usakowski over at Three Little Ladies Rabbitry writes a nice overview of caching.
Deb is back in the game! Isn’t the Lowry Park Zoo nice? I have fond memories of being there.
D. Hall’s testament about the Garmin 76CSx made it to the Garmin blogs page. Nice going!
cyan_blue tips us off to a new caching community on Live Journal.
There are some good map tools shared by My Adventures Abroad this week. More and more, I am going tow-tech in my outings and am moving toward non-GPS caching. It adds a sense of adventure.
The Wandering Williams celebrated Sam’s four birthday with some caching in Sedona.
Charlie had an interesting first date: hike up a mountain to find a cache. His date struggled with the task.
According to Phyllis, Montana’s new ad campaign features caching. Kewl!
Russ caches in Norway and looks to be having a good time doing so.
School is a lot of fun when it includes caching. This would be one class I would love to teach. Way to go guys!Geoblogging can make you famous. Just ask Jenny who was discovered by her local newspaper for an interview after it stumbled across her caching blog. Awaesome!
In addition to caches, Randomocity found osprey nests on the hunt.
Perserverance pays off. Just ask the Peale family who went back after a DNF. Trust me, we all know that feeling . . .
Infinite Loop tells us how to create a filmloop to display the latest geocoin auctions on eBay. Now, that is innovative.
Gottle received a memory box in honor of Bob.
Just curious, do micro hiders expect to read their logbooks?
Not being first did not dampen Dana’s enthusiasm for the cache she found.
Quirky Outtakes is setting up his first hitchhiker. Have fun!
Podcasts
Icenrye has another fine videocast up for this week. He documents a cache hunt as well as Änglamarkenas. It’s interesting to note how many locals have logged this one. I recall playing with this a long time ago. Never realized I was “caching” at the time.
Sandy and Sonny welcomed this week with podcast number 49. They shared the second part of their geocoin reporting complete with the release of the official Podcacher geocoin. Congratulations to you both!
The Caching Commute highlights the Creed, personal hitchhikers, and the 12 of 12 photosharing project. That last one sounds like fun. Thanks for the podcast so we don’t have to wait until Monday.
Welcome New Cachers
Sleep MoonBeams is looking forward to her first hunt with her boyfriend.
Amanda has found caching and now she is trying to recruit her friends to join her. Welcome to the addiction!
Over at the Frozen Truth, geocaching is on his mind. Give it a try. Perhaps contact Amanda!
af is ready to go caching. He is prepared to hunt sans GPS. You’re right, you don’t need one of those things to find caches. Best of luck to you! And then he found it! Good job, af!
First cache and chrisb is geophotoblogging. Awesome!
Haleth found an interesting bug while caching with his folks.
divanared4est and Dereck went caching together for the first time. Sounds like both had fun with the multi-billion toy.
_archaicangel_ went caching on a mystery field trip.
Here’s a new cacher and he is getting involved because of a buddy’s blog. Now that is a good thing.
Regional Round-Up
UTAG has announced the 2006 Spring Jordan River Pancake Breakfast.
Texas Geocaching has a new look. We like it. We really like it!
The Houston group ponders throw down caches. Interesting discussion ensues.
GeoPhotoBlogging
Featured Photo
StayFloopy @ Jenny Jump State Park 26 April 2006
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Ragged Around the Edges spotted this sign while out on the hunt.
The Bennett family reunion featured geocaching.
smokerette ponders her hair-do.
A lone palm tree attracts cachers.
publicenergy uploaded a nice collage of cachers who found the Dustboat cache. That’s what the cache camera is for!
Don’t look now, but isn’t that Mopar and GeoHo at the Lambs and Lanyards Happy Hour?
Scratch shares a creek he found.
bmwrider was at the Clarksville Geoevent and snapped this photograph of cachers marking their flag in the GPS competition.
ConnieG’s grandmother signs the log. Ha!
UK caching looks like fun. Thanks KiloTwo.
Congratulations on #2000, Grandee!!!
Cute.
Squamloon shares command central.
What an awesome photograph, bvt! Nothing like a hydrocache with family.
Gregory captures the Buffalo skyline. Perfect! I was right where the fireworks were after a Dead show some time ago.
Cache found. Good job, gojumeister.
Tunnel fun with gimpstick.
Youngster on the hunt.
The location has been spotted. Nice area.
Fotomom is johnny on the spot.
Kiet snaps a photo of the logbook.
The Edmonton caching event in pictures.
The End
And that’s the end. Come back next week to see what’s happened in the geoblogosphere. Or better yet, write your own geoblog and get linked right here.
Happy caching, dashing, golfing, seeking, etc.
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Friday, April 7th, 2006
Welcome to another GeoCarnival. The GeoCarnival is where we link to what is happening with GPS games in the blogosphere this week. There is a variety of posts, photographs, and interests presented each week.
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.
Please use the address GeoCarnival at ladow dot net.
gojumeister has a large coin collection. Dorkfish has a cool coin.
Geeky mama tells us how she takes her puppy with her caching. How cool is that?!?!?! I wonder if I could convince Beetle to make room in the stroller for ‘Nado. Probably not.
Nascar could not corral Dr. Mellow. He joined a few of his buddies for some caching and he even found some locations for placing his own cache. DM had a busy week seeing Derek live. We like DTB here at eCache.
It looks like Team Hippo was at an event.
There’s a poll over at the Basswood Bend to help determine an image for their next cache. Go cast your vote . . . errr . . . leave your comment. For the record we like turtle one . . .
The GeoWombats found a steam engine.
jestcaching is back in the blogosphere with some help for the beginner. In the end, the best GPS seems to be the one you have.
sept1c_tank remembers the lost of his trusty Garmin 12 last year. Interestingly, while on a cache hunt a few years back, I found a Garmin 12 and it was on!
It was a typical Sunday for Floopy: caching. He went to a non-caching event in Poughkeepsie and cached on the way there and on the way home. Floopy has stamina!
San Diego was hopping this week. miragee was out in beautiful weather. While looking at the swag in one cache, she found a surprise for her 1000th find. Not to be outdone, Sonny and FoxTail broadcasted another podcast this week. FullOn, creator of SoCalGeocachers.org/Groundspeak reviewer is interviewed. Interesting things were learnt from listening . . .
GeoGolf was something we reviewed here the other day. GPS games that incorporate a 19th hole are enjoyed by many!
Cacheopedia updated the Indiana Spirit Quest page. Sounds like fun!
Game 58 of geodashing began this week. Ash Doge logged a dp by walking and dining on the way home. Sounds wonderful! And congrats to four years of dashing.
I am not the only one who clears areas. Steve Brown has just one more to complete his 100-mile radius. Thanks to flowers22 for sending this one in for the GeoCarnival.
Hey! East has not conquered the world yet and neither has North. So South may have a shot afterall. Follow the latest happenings of game 30 of Minute War.
Headybrew added to the TCki telling us what is different about terracaching.
Hmmm . . . I wonder what cache this one was.
Rob Durdle shows off his find.
Rite in the Rain products are reviewed over at My Adventures Abroad. Good products in caches are good for the seekers. It’s all about those who visit the cache.
LABBOO launched a new web site just to document his caching adventures.
BoFax knows what to bring along on a cache hunt.
Geocacheville has had a busy week caching. They even picked up a hitchhiker in their travels. Catch up with these cachers and their adventures.
Gotta love caching cartoons!
_dolphy_ recounts a fine day of caching . . . complete with photographs!
The blogosphere is replete with wonderful stuff. A few cachers have been linking to Josh Leo’s video from last June. It was a good watch then. It’s a good watch now.
Decisions decisions. Gottle made a good one and had a fun day caching.
Geocaching with daughters. Yes, I approve! Rhianna has a fun mommy.
Charl checks out the cache.
The Hopeless Writer documents the process he took in writing an article for the Rocky Mountain Sports Magazine. Interesting process and thanks for sharing.
PurrGurrl announced she opened Modern-Day Treasure Hunting, a geocaching fanlist. Stop by and say hello.
Retired in an RV and nothing to do but cache. Sounds like heaven. The RV Vagabonds are in New Mexico this week. Damn, I’m jealous!
Jonathan is new to caching, but seems to have the right attitude about it. Welcome to the addiction.
Someone has a new cache ready.
When you have cached out your area, plan a vacation. Sounds right to me!
Another decon container found.
Scott J found the cache
Another person confused by geocoins. I can relate.
MonkeyCurious captured a shot of a bird while at the Lookout Cache.
Nothing like running into the cache owner while seeking a cache. Paul tells us his story on a recent hunt.
Can you see it?
Another new cacher on the scene is Scott. Don’t be afraid of the natives at events. Most are harmless.
Caching in the rain can be fun. silvaviator had a good day among the raindrops.
Penny and Simon have some outstanding photographs posted this week. Awesome!
The Tiki Man was the destination of John’s caching adventure. Is Waco anywhere near GW4? 
CacherCrasher shares the family adventure in the 12-cache series for the Pirate’s Booty. Sounds like an absolutely perfect day. Now, stay away from those gators!
Rev Dan unearthed a harmless cache.
Wow! Coming upon a cattle drive while caching sounds like fun. Living on a coastal plain does not offer the eCache household that luxury.
There’s a new geoblogger on the scene. Let’s provide a Carnivalanche and leave a a geo-welcome on Leather-man’s blog.
This is why I want to cache upstate New York
Darin and his family enjoyed the fake rock cache they found.
Gert will be happy. I found another reason why children are useful. They find caches when the adults can’t!
krazykatave is tired from her long hike while caching at Beech Fork. Don’t you love the sleep after a big day?
Knarrnia was creeped out while caching. Strange things do lurk out there . . . BEWARE!
Mr. Dom refers to the GPS.
Lots of excitement from SubSpace79 about his newly-found hobby.
JustMe went caching on an ex-military base. I like this line the best, “some of the places these caches are hidden are places that one would never normally go to”. That’s the whole point.
Cache 6 was a coffee can.
And so endth another GeoCarnival. Check back next Friday, dear reader, for another review of the geo-blogosphere.
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Saturday, April 1st, 2006
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.
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