Upcoming Area Events

We’ve got an event heavy month here in West Texas! GC3WDD5 – Holly Hopping….Ice Cream Shoppe’ing October 4, 2012 @ 20:00 – Lubbock, Texas GC3WDDM – Divine Bovine’s Delicious Dairy…Grub N’ Go! October 6, 2012 @ 20:00 – Amarillo, Texas GC3WDDQ – To be Franco…254 is a LOT! October 7, 2012 @ 20:00 – San Angelo, Texas GC3XQF8 – KEEP ABILENE BEAUTIFUL OCTOBER CITO October 13, 2012 @ 8:00 – Abilene, Texas GC3XQQ3 – Abilene Welcomes New Geocachers Meet & Greet! October 13, 2012 @ 18:30 – Abilene, Texas GC3T9YT – PBCA Adopt a Highway October 2012 Cleanup October 20, 2012 @ 08:00 – Midland, Texas GC3TDV0 – Make a Difference Day Lunch 2012 October 20, 2012 @ 11:15 – Midland, Texas GC3X803 – Adopt a Spot, lets clean the Lot October 20, 2012 @ 13:00 – Midland, Texas GC3X7YK – DiscGolf in the Park October 21, 2012 @ 18:30 – Midland, Texas GC3XEA3 – Z Walking Dead – Halloween Party October 27, 2012 @ 18:00 – Midland, Texas GC3X7DT – Hallowe.. Hey look a pumpkin! October 28, 2012 @ 17:00 – Midland, Texas GC3RRY3 – Mixed Up In San Angelo November 10, 2012 @ 09:00 – San Angelo, Texas

Make a Difference Day

Every year the City of Midland (Along with other West Texas Cities) have two annual cleanups. They are in April (Texas Trashoff) and October. On October 20th is Make a Difference Day, join the Permian Basin Geocachers at their CITO event and meal event listed above to participate, or organize another CITO event in your city.Hopefully the PBCA Adopt a Highway Pathtags will be in in time for the Cleanups!

Texas State Parks Geocache Challenge

The Texas State Parks have been doing a yearly Geocache Challenge for a few years now. Last year marked the first year they had participating parks in West Texas. This years Challenge started this morning with the coordinates being released at 08:00 AM. Be sure to check out the Texas State Parks Geocaching page to learn more.

Texas Challenge XI (Mega-Event)

April 5 – 7, 2013 @ Robert Point Park, Port Aransas, Tx

For Eleven years the Texas Geocaching Association has been putting on the annual Texas Challenge Event.  Last year this event went Mega, so it is automatically a mega event this year as well!

The event page is up and ready for your “Will Attend” if your interested in competing for the West Texas Team contact SKnight579!  Click Here to go to the cache page and click the banner below to learn more about TXGA and what is posted there on Challenge!

Geocaching in the News

Recently there has been some press in Texas about geocaching:

Modern adventurers: The geocaching game combines technology and the outdoors Lake Highlands Advocate, August 22, 2012

The Fall is upon us!

This time of the year we have alot to be thankful for! #1 it wasn’t that bad of a summer, especially compared to last summer. Not only that, this past weekend we got a TON of rain! I could not believe it when I woke up Friday and the streets were flooded, they even cancelled school here in Midland. This morning reading the news I see that lake Ivie has risen over 14 feet and went from 11.7% full to 22% full! Maybe we won’t all dry up and blow away out here afterall.

The weather is getting much nicer for being out in about and geocaching!

Did you know there is a geocaching supplier right here in Texas? GxProxy is a Texas company that make some of the neatest stuff out there for geocachers and well worth checking out.  They supply several other geocaching stores around the country and set up their booth at many events.  If you want to meet them their next event is Geocoinfest this weekend.

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