Out of this World!

This is my favorite part of the new geocaching guidelines! 

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I'm a Space Cadet!

Attended the Livonia Space Traveling Meet GC4PQB3 last night with several dozen of my friends.  We were celebrating Geocacher/Astronaut AstroRM blasting off into space!  (I wrote about it here). AstroRM is only the second Geocacher into space (the first hid a geocache on the International Space Station and AstroRM will get the first official First-to-Find!  There are over 4600 geocachers watching this!) 

AstroRM is also carrying a special geocaching trackable with him, and, when he returns, he will give it to his former elementary school in Connecticut. In the meantime, he’s using both his time as an astronaut and his connections with geocaching to teach the local kids about geography.

The latest addition to our caching group: PaRaDiZ and RayQix brought Kaiden Hunter with them!

And Mibb’s Offical Photo:

There’s another event tonight.  For attending a “Space” event, we each get a virtual souvenir for our profiles. And there are events ALL OVER THE WORLD celebrating this milestone!

I think this shows that, no matter where you are, it’s a small world!

Geocaching in Space!

I just read the coolest thing on the Groundspeak blog – Geocaching is going into space AGAIN!

“WE’RE GOING TO SPACE!” Yeah! A Geocaching Travel Bug® is hitching a ride with astronaut Rick Mastracchio straight to the International Space Station. The mission is currently scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan at 4:08 GMT on November 7, which is 5:08 a.m. in Berlin and November 6 at 8:08 p.m. in Los Angeles…… Rick will live aboard the ISS for 6 months. He plans to use the Travel Bug as a tool to teach students on Earth, in his home state of Connecticut, about geography and science. He’ll also earn the Solar System’s most elusive smiley and find the International Space Station geocache.

Did you know there was a geocache on the International Space Station?  The log is pristine!  Lucky Rick!

What’s really cool is that we’re in on the action!  Anyone who attends a Geocaching even on November 6th or 7th will receive a special Virtual Space souvenir!  I’m so excited as I’m already scheduled to attend the Livonia Traveling Meet Greet and Cache #18 that day!