Andy Smith, aka HeadHardHat of GeoCache: I’m NOT Obsessed blog fame is featured in this great article here. (We can say we knew him when )

Another blogger friend, Elin Carlson, from Geocaching with EMC fame along with John Cappi, Jeff Jost and Robb Boyle are mentioned in this article here.

Sally Smith and her husband Jim Leesburg, Virginia are mentioned in this article here.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota resident Dorin Hemmelman and his family are mentioned in this article here.

Donna Wester, Mary Lee Gunn and Bill Davies, Geocachers from New York are mentioned in this article here.

Nate Cushman of Washington is mentioned in this article here.

University of Florida student Will Dueease is featured in this article here.

Springfield, Missouri residents John Curtis and his wife, Jennifer and Paul Kelsay are mentioned in this article here.

Jim Cox and David Kuhn of Evansville, Indiana are mentioned in this article here.

Shawn and Tiffany Goddard from Snow Hill, Maryland are mentioned in this article here.

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Dave Baumchen from Seattle, Washington area, who has 10,126 cache finds, is featured in this article here.

Jeff Zesch, Walter Guertin and Donna Siegel of Massachusetts are mentioned in this article here.

Denise Eickbush from Wichita, Kansas is featured in this article from KSN3 News.

Kathleen Fisher and Bob and Barb Fochtman are mentioned in this article about their caching experiences around Fort Gratiot’s Natural Reserve and Walking Trail in Port Huron, Michigan.

Amy Mills, from Central Iowa, is mention in this article here.

Nate Cushman, from the Everette, Washington area, is featured in this article here.

An introduction to Geocaching was held at The Indiana Dunes State Park recently which was well received. You can read more here.

Geocaching was also the part of the festivities of The No Child Left Inside event held recently in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. You can read more about this event here.

A Kelowna, British Columbia cache was recently mistaken for a bomb and the police are looking for the Geocacher so that they can ‘educate’ him. You can read more here.

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Eric and Therese Hostetter bring along a couple of ‘newbies’ from the Daily Sentinel in Texas for a Geocaching outing. You can read more here.

Michael K. Boensch and Khan V. Hollis from Saginaw, Michigan are mentioned in this article here.

Tony Papazian, his daughter Sierra, his son, Sage, his wife, Debra, and Ann Quattlebaum are avid Geocachers from Califonia who are featured in this article here.

Here’s an article about Tysa Royce and her son Robby, Darin and Susan Eaton Geocaching at Camp Floyd Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum in Utah that you can read about here.

Dick and Susan Klocke from Nebraska are featured in this article here. Dick has logged over 4500 Geocaches in his six years of caching.

Philip Poe taught students about Geocaching during the March break in conjuction with the library in Louisburg, Kansas. You can read more here.

Jim Reeves, Michael and Jane Levine, Joe and Rita Kernan are featured in this article here.

Local cachers Bob and Wendy McDonald (ABCtrekkers) were recognized recently for their work on behalf of the Halifax North West Trails Association and other major conservation projects. Congrats! You can read more here.

There were a couple of Geocaching related bomb scares recently. You can read about one in Allouez, WI here and about one that shut down City Hall and Main Street of Winston-Salem, N.C here.

Wiggins High School geography students of Colorado learn about GPS and release Travel Bugs as a class venture. You can read more here.

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About a dozen Geocachers from Tri-Cities Geocachers including Joe Solomon, Dennis Mott and Jeff Hartman got together for a CITO event in Tennessee recently. You can read more here.

Denise Kleiner, founder of Old Braden River Historical Society in Florida, is mentioned in this article here. There’s a related article here.

Ann Quattlebaum, Tony Papazian, his daughter Sierra, his son, Sage and his wife, Debra and John Cahill, his wife, Barbara, and their son Kyle, and daughter, Kaelyn of California are mentioned in this article here.

Kelley Fullen, Larry Cunningham of the Central Ohio Geocachers explain their exploints in this interesting article here.

Here you can read about the fourth grade pupils at the Conover Road Elementary School in New Jersey that released Travel Bugs and are following its travels.

An introductory Geocaching event was held in Bemidji, MN that was quite well received. You can read more here.

Going to New Mexico any time soon? If so, here’s an article you may find interesting.

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Lisa Brauer, Dan Shea, Cathy Weaver and about 40 other members of the West Central Nebraska Cachers Group met recently for their annual chili feed. You can read more here.

Thirteen year-old Elliot Patnode and sixteen year-old Andy Kittleson, Geocachers from the Ontario County 4-H Club, use their GPSr’s for a community effort of marking their town’s fire hydrants. You can read more here. There is a similar related article here.

Geocacher and author Colleen Coble is interviewed here. Her recent book, ‘Abomination’, is a murder mystery which is centered around Geocaching.

Sue Sandar, the Fraser Valley Ambassador of the B.C. Geocaching Association, is mentioned in this article regarding a Geocaching seminar held last week in Chilliwack.

Geocacher Mark Myers takes Tim O’Shea, both from New Hampshire, out for his first cache hunt in this humorous article here.

Bill and Debby Floerchinger from Minnesota explained Geocaching to approximately 60 people at a “Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in Today’s World” seminar recently. You can read more here.

Geocacher John Bowe from Warrensburg, NY is featured in this Geocaching related article here.

Park officials at Anoka County and Brooklyn Park in Minnesota are seriously looking at policy chnages that will allow Geocaching in their parks. You’ll find more info here.

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Cachers in the news this week include Howard Dack, Kevin DeVizia and John Neale who cache in and around Lehigh Valley and northwestern New Jersey. You can read more here.

Gayle Minkler, Heide Minkler and Julie Parker from Texarkana, Arkansas are mention in this short article here.

There’s information on an exhibit titled “GPS Adventures” at the Rochester Museum and Science Center in New York here. This is an interactive exhibit that explores Geocaching! There’s also another related article here.

Here’s a different twist to a Travel Bug mission. This one is a tribute to war brides and was created by the son of one of them! Check out this heart-warming story here.

A recent bomb scare in Colorado Springs, Colorado resulted in three caches being blown to pieces, or rather ‘rendered safe’. You can read more here.

There were also some updates made to the GC.com website this past week. Unfortunately at the time of writing the link to the update page is broken. Some of the highlights include a GPS rating system and a ‘Send to GPS’ for DeLorme units.

And keeping with the season (Valentine’s Day) here’s a cute story about a cachers Kerry Kennedy and her boyfriend Adrian Arya whos proposal didn’t go exactly as planned but worked out in the end. Read more here.

And finally again, the latest standings for the HooHaa GeoChallenge Race. Still in 1st place, and still on the move, is TripCyclone’s Easy Flyer with 8007.1 miles, in 2nd place is Gunny’s Electric Bug with 6517.7 miles, moving into 3rd place is Kiss My Cache’s Peace Luv and Travel Bugs with 2457.7, in 4th is Geocat’s Racer with 669.4 miles, in 5th place is Hick’s World with 505.5 miles, in 6th place and still on the move is HeadHardHat’s Just A Nut with 257 miles, in 7th place is EMC’s Chocolate Chip Cookie with 159.8 miles, in 8th place is PJ’s Champion Quilt with 149.7 miles and still in 9th place is our very own GoGo T. Urtle who is resting comfortably at Codswallop with a total of 54.5 miles.

And tha, tha, tha, that’s the way we saw this week, or so, in Geocaching! Seriously, these were a few interesting Geocaching related news articles that we came across this week that we wanted to share.

Oh, btw, you can always find more weekly Geocaching news here and here. If you know of an article we missed you can let us know here.

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Here’s a story about Peter Near and his two daughters, Jaimee and Katlyn, as well as Paul Bruch and Anne Hogan of the Ontario Geocaching Association. You can read more here.

Bret Hammond, Mike Gentry, Jay Banner and Brian Woods gathered last week in Linton, Indiana along with about 30 other Geocachers at a meet and greet. You can read more here.

Geocachers Cheyenne Flagg, Shania Smith, Brytni Stuard, Tristen Dyer, and his father David met with teacher Paula Roy’s students for a Geocaching intro day. Looks like they had a great time. You can read more here.

Lorraine Beever and Bob Aston, a couple of the ‘top hiders’ in the UK, are featured in this article from the Lancashire Evening Post. You can read more here.

Mike Foley and his two daughters Amber and Summer from Mississauga are featured in this short article here.

Kevin Lange and Lorrie LeBlanc from Fort Myers, Florida are featured in this article here.

The Conway Fire Department Bomb Squad’s robot now has two geocache “finds” to its credit… and both were hidden by the same Geocacher! Check it out here and here.

Here’s a unique idea where Geocaching is used for local promotion. Here in Mississippi Geocaches are being use to make us more aware of earthquakes awareness and disaster preparedness! There’s more info here.

And once again, the latest standings for the HooHaa GeoChallenge Race. Still in 1st place, and moving again, is TripCyclone’s Easy Flyer with 8007.1 miles, in 2nd place is Gunny’s Electric Bug with 6517.7 miles, moving into 3rd place is Kiss My Cache’s Peace Luv and Travel Bugs with 2457.7, in 4th is Geocat’s Racer with 669.4 miles, in 5th place is Hick’s World with 505.5 miles, in 6th place and still on the move is HeadHardHAt’s Just A Nut with 256.9 miles, in 7th place with a few added miles is EMC’s Chocolate Chip Cookie with 159.8 miles, in 8th place is PJ’s Champion Quilt with 123.2 miles and still in 9th place is our very own GoGo T. Urtle who woke up from his sleep long enough to plod another 15 miles North East for a total of 54.5 miles.

Btw – You can keep updated on the race positions at anytime by visiting GeoCache: I’m NOT Obsessed… Right? and scrolling down the right-hand menu.

And tha, tha, tha, that’s the way we saw this week, or so, in Geocaching! Seriously, these were a few interesting Geocaching related news articles that we came across this week that we wanted to share.

Oh, btw, you can always find more weekly Geocaching news here and here. If you know of an article we missed you can let us know here.

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Brad Bumgardner and his girlfriend Amber are mentioned in this article about caching in the Indiana Dunes State Park. You can read more here.

Bill Primrose, Jerry Edmunson, John Boettiger and Shirley Phillips from Brazoria County, Texas are featured in this great article. You can read more here.

Don Hillman from Lakeland, Florida and his caching partner, Beth Bodenstein are featured in this article along with Aleeta Hall of Haines City. BC Five or MuchAdo are also mentioned.

Don Hillman and Beth Bodenstein are mentioned again in this article about Bok Tower Gardens and Trek Ten Trails, a series of hikes in Polk County that feature Geocaching opportunities. You can read more here.

Wes and B. J. Sorenson from Vergas, Minnesota will be teaching an upcoming Geocaching class on January 19th. here.

Dan Henke and Felicia Higgins from Waynesville, Missouri and mentioned in this article from The Daily Guide.

Leeanna Clark, a registered nurse spoke about Geocaching to the Society for Professional Archaeologists (quite the audience!). You can read more in this article that preceded the speech date.

Dr. Jamie Whetlock, his 11-year-old son, Carson and Jeff Drozd from Yucca Valley, California are featured in this article from the Hi-Desert Star. You can read more here.

Bob and Loretta Ellis, of Janesville, California are featured in this lengthy and informative article about Geocaching located here.

Eric and Donna Wilcox of Breton Bay and Billy and Terri Doughty of Lexington Park, along ith their 3-year-old granddaughter, Lilly were out recently searching the Leonardtown sponsored caches along the MML Geocache Trail. You can read more here and here.

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Katherine Tracey, her husband, Rodney, and her sister were out caching on the new Maryland Municipal League Geocache Trail recently and are featured in this article here. There is also another article here.

Colette Jessen of Grant from Imperial, NE and her sister, Brenda Ledall and Ledall’s son Callin are featured in this article here.

Claire Coco and Jeff Sibley are mentioned in a recent article in Louisiana’s The Advocate. Coco spent thent past week hiding caches for an upcoming ‘Swamp Treasure Hunt’. You can read more here.

Here’s a great, three page article from ‘down under’ which mentions Geocachers Darren Osborne and Linda Broschofsky. You can read more here.

Marcy Davidson from Twain Harte, California writes an adveturous tale of Geocaching with her husband, Gary where, instead of a cache, they found a snake! You can read more here.

Bill Primrose, Jerry Edmunson and John Boettiger from Brazoria County, Texas are featured in this article here.

In an interesting article here you can read about Bill Morrison V, 17, of New Hope, Minnesota and his father Bill Morrison IV who have Geocached in all 72 of Minnesota’s state parks!

Now here’s a great addition to just looking for caches on your next outing. Between Alton and Harding, Illinois you can look for eagles too! How cool! Read more about this great opportunity here.

And finally, in the HooHaa GeoChallenge Race all the competitors drop back a spot as TripCyclone’s Easy Flyer jumped to 1st place with 8007.1 miles after returning from a short vacation in Hawaii. (Psssst… and it looks like it’s off again!)

And that’s the way we saw this week, or so, in Geocaching! Seriously, these were a few interesting Geocaching related news articles that we came across this week that we wanted to share.

Oh, btw, you can always find more weekly Geocaching news here and here.

Keep on cachin’!

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The Waynesboro, Pennsylvania police are still looking for the Geocacher who left the ‘suspicious device’ that we told you about last week. You’ll find the continuing story here.

A mysterious item stashed in the base of a light pole in Urbana, Ohio caused the Wright-Patterson Bomb Squad to be called in. On investigation it proved to be a cache. More here.

The city of Aberdeen joins the Maryland state trail that continues to gain momentum as more cities and towns join in. A short mention is made here.

And speaking of the Maryland state trail, the official launch is this coming Thursday, New Year’s Day. The Maryland Municipal League Geocache Trail includes 78 towns and cities across the state! For more info about this great project please go here.

A big WOW! Is all we can say for the latest update to the HooHaa GeoChallenge Race. Gunny’s Electric Bug has taken a big leap to 1st place with 6517.7 miles! TripCyclone drops to 2nd with 3848.3 miles, in 3rd place is the Geocats Racer with 669.4 miles, in 4th is Just A Nut with 256.9 miles, in 5th is EMC’s Cookie with 139.2 miles, in 6th is the Champion Quilt with 123.2 miles, in 7th is GoGo T. Urtle with 38.9 miles, followed close in 8th place by Peace, Luv and TB’s with 31. 1 miles, and in 9th is the yet to be placed Hick’s World.

Btw – You can keep updated on the race positions at anytime by visiting GeoCache: I’m NOT Obsessed… Right? and scrolling down the right-hand menu.

And that’s the way we saw this week, or so, in Geocaching! Seriously, these were a few interesting Geocaching related news articles that we came across this week that we wanted to share.

Oh, btw, you can always find more weekly Geocaching news here and here.

Keep on cachin’!

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