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It Be Talk Like a Pirate Day!

by Islander1988

Posted on 2016-09-19 at 5:35 PM

Arrrr, me mateys. It be Talk Like a Pirate Day! May ye have luck with yer searches and may your swag chests run over.

The Intersection of Geocaching and Pokemon Go

by Islander1988

Posted on 2016-08-30 at 5:27 PM

So today I dropped in on the #UKGeocachingHour Twitter chat and in the course of conversation Pokemon Go came up. I thought the description of how to find a Poke Stop...

Our Annual Summer Shutdown has Begun

by Islander1988

Posted on 2016-05-30 at 9:10 PM

Each year I (Islander1988) spends part of my summer in Ukraine. During this time I.B. Geocaching Supplies goes on hiatus, and the 2016 summer break has now begun....

Happy Mother's Day!

by Islander1988

Posted on 2016-05-08 at 7:57 PM

No matter whether you're a geocacher or muggle, if you're a mother, Happy Mothers Day!

May the Fourth Geo-Bingo

by Islander1988

Posted on 2016-05-04 at 2:51 PM

Tonight I'll be hosting my 60th event, and as I thought about games to play, I decided to make a Star Wars themed geo-bingo sheet. Since there are probably other people out there also hosting geocaching events tonight I thought I'd share what I created....

Shakespeare 400 - The Bard's Little Known Geocaching Works

by Islander1988

Posted on 2016-04-23 at 9:35 PM

Four hundred years ago today Shakespeare, the great playwright, passed away. As many people celebrate his famous works I'd like to draw attention to his lesser known geocaching writings. So, for your pleasure, hear are some quotes from The Geocaching Bard....

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A New Group Coin, but Act Quickly to Participate!

by Islander1988

Posted on 2016-03-20 at 6:15 PM

People who plan to host a geocaching event sometimes think it would be cool if they could make a custom geocoin for it ... for CITO week we have created a group project where you can get a trackable CITO GeoMedal engraved with the name of your CITO event. Many group geocoin projects have a minimum order of 50 coins, but in our project the minimum is just 5, making it feasible for anyone.

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A Photo Prop for Pi Day

by Islander1988

Posted on 2016-03-13 at 6:22 PM

... On Monday I'll be hosting a Pi Day geocaching event (GC6B314 - like the last 3 digits?). I plan to reuse a photo prop I made for my Pi event last year, and I thought I would make a PDF available to people who may be hosting an event and would like to make their own.

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