Fifth Annual Valencia Fun Day Event

Valencia County
10.24.09

It's time for the annual salute to Valencia County with Suz55tbird's legendary event. Put this on your calendar and plan to have fun. If you only visit Valencia county once a year, this is the day. Show up at 9am for event day info and instructions.

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Hiding Out in Roswell

Snazzy Pig - Roswell
11.13.09

Twas the night before Roswell That Ends Well and all the little piggies are far from home. Join the Roswellians for a most unusual challenge, some good food and even better company. 6-8 pm alien time.

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Roswell that Ends Well Event

Loveless Park - Roswell
11.14.09

The resident aliens have been nudged to let us join them once again for a blowout event in the state's southeast corner. Plan to be there at 9am for some serious schmoozing to be followed by a hunt sure to be full of well-done caches. Not to be missed as these folks can throw one heck of a party. Rumor has it that at least one alien had such a good time last year that he missed the return to the mothership and has been living in a large cache..

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Recent Events:

 

Fifty for 50

South Valley - Albq

8.22.2009

Sam & Shelley AKA Jam&jhelley, family and friends hosted and enjoyed the best birthday party in memory. Plenty of new caches, a hunt for purple things and pennies, gifts for almost everyone and fantastic food made for a great day for all. A late evening rain helped those of us that would stay forever decide to call it quits and give Shelley, Sam and family some much needed rest. Thanks for a great time and thanks for the contribution to keep this site going!!

 

 

The Santa Fe 400th Anniversary

The Railyard - Santa Fe

8.15.2009

As with all Reynolds Clan events, this was a unique experience and a lot of fun. Those who rode the train had an added pleasure and the compact tour of the Railyard area that could be done on foot was a nice twist. The short timeframe (about 3 hours) allowed cachers to continue caching in Santa Fe or just have a brief caching fix and do other things they needed to do. When the bears throw a party, it should be a must-do.

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NMSP 75th Diamond Anniversary Series Wrap Up

  Rio Rancho

  1.10.2009

NMCachers and the New Mexico State Parks hosted an awards ceremony and wrap up meet at Turtle Mountain Brewpub in Rio Rancho Saturday, January 10th.

Dave Simon, director of NM State Parks did a fantastic awards ceremony complete with pictures, quotes and anecdotes. CatWoman (Catherine), Hartman (Gregory), tealeaf (Maere) and the better half of Bob8bear (Wrenee) did great jobs giving out prizes for best story, best picture and congratulating all that took part. Our thanks go out to NMSP and Mr. Simon for much hard work and graciousness under fire. Great job to all involved!

 

Winter CITO 12 Freezing Our Bags Off

 Albuquerque

 1.17.2009

Mattarms1978 hosted a great CITO. Coffee and doughnuts were great, we had a large turnout and the weather was perfect. There were some great caches introduced so those who work got a head start for FTFs. Thanks to all, see you in April. Yes, you!

A big thanks goes out to Ryan of CowlesCachers for making our stretch of highway a reality.

 

I <3 Events!

Cottonwood Mall - ALBQ

2.14.2009

uuesley and bob8bear hosted a fantastic meet & greet on Valentines Day, at the Cottonwood Mall food court. The turnout was beyond imagination - at least 75, probably more. Bob8bear provided pink heart shaped nametags, red roses and heart pencils 'til they ran out. Cyclegreen was honored for 5,000+ caches with a Kelly green ammo can full of goodies and log already signed by a multitude of friends. Congrats Sue and thanks as always to the Reynolds clan for yet another fantastic event.

Pictures are in the Gallery HERE and if you have more, add 'em.

 

THE GREAT(er) ALBUQUERQUE CACHE HUNT of 2009

 Albuquerque area

 5.2.2009

Team Tuxawuxa, tealeaf & av8ndv8 hosted a huge geocaching hunt and event Saturday May 2nd with 30 caches, a meet 'n greet and awards. There were lots of teams participating, lots of cache finds and some fantastic prizes, mostly courtesy of Tux. Thanks to all who came!

Picture © Groundspeak

 

Cross-Country Meet & Greet: New Mexico

 Albuquerque

 5.7.2009

 Pennsylvania cachers Rev Mike, Evil Benchmark Hater, and Big Chief1 hosted a meet 'n greet at Kelly's brewpub, Thursday, May 7th. There were 20+ people that attended and all had a great time swapping stories and having a beer or three. Great meeting you guys!

 

Santa Fe's Second Annual Summer Kick-Off

 Santa Fe

  5.16.2009

The Reynolds Clan hosted the 2nd Santa Fe Annual Summer Kick-off event on Saturday, May 16th. There were over 40 new caches placed for the event and lots of great food plus the usual lie swapping. There was a great turn-out in spite of the cool, windy weather and all had a great time. Thanks for all the hard work!

 

 7th Annual Portales Heritage Days GeoCaching Event

 Portales

 6.20.2009

 Doug Lynch and crew hosted another blow-out event with 134 people attending! Goodies and great food were in abundance as always and all had a fantastic time.

 

 An Albuquerque Welcome

 Albuquerque

 6.24.2009

Zenguru hosted an event to welcome out-of-towners from Michigan, Nava Scotia and Pennsylvania. It was great meeting you all, we'll have to do it again.

 

PICNIC IN THE PINES

Oak Flat Picnic grounds - East Mountains, Albq.

9.19.2009

Weatherbug & XRN and RioNaiad are hosting a pot luck meet & greet on Saturday, Sept. 19th from noon 'til 2 to say goodbye to Summer and hello to fall. Grills will be furnished and you're asked to bring something for the meal. Check the web page for all the details. Sounds like fun and new caches too!

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3rd Annual Open Space Geocaching Event

ABQ west side
9.26.09

Once again we're working with the team from Albuquerque Open Space. This event is particularly good for newbies. You never know how much fun it can be to clean up and area when you're in good company.

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Coffee And...?

Old Town ABQ
10.10.09

Come join your fellow cachers with this breakfast/brunch fest during
Balloon Fiesta week. Take advantage of this opportunity to share what we love about Albuquerque with our out-of-town guests. Be there bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at 10:30am

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The Old Town Flash Mob Event

Old Town. ABQ
10.10.09

Our second Flash Mob event will be in Old Town. For those who are
time-challenged, this is almost a park n grab event. You can also combine it with the earlier Coffee and Sax event nearby. Don't miss this chance to confuse muggles more than you usually do. Plan to arrive around 12:30; the "flash" will be at 1pm.

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CITO VII - FALL IN !

 Albuquerque

 10.27.2007

  Team Tuxawuxa hosted our 7th quarterly CITO event in grand style! Coffee &  Donuts for everyone and 5 new caches, each with a new 2007 NM Geocoin for  some lucky finder. The cold wind didn't dampen anyone's spirit and our stretch  of  I-25 looks great. Thanks to all the regulars and to our first-timers. The wind's  not normally that bad, really!

 A big thanks goes out to Ryan of CowlesCachers for making our stretch of  highway a reality.

 

"Do Aliens Geocache?" MEET and GREET

 Roswell

 11.10.2007

 Frog Dog and Corker and Mermaid&HornyToad hosted one heck of an event, one of the best we've attended. About 50 people from around the state attended and were met with plenty of munchies, a sneaky cache hunt inside the event room, lots of great prizes and almost 30 new caches. All the SE New Mexico cachers are great folks that hide some mean caches! Great job, all of you. When can we expect the Alien 2 event?

I'm working on getting a photo album working and D. Lynch sent some pictures from the event so, rough as it is, check out the event in our new gallery......

The NMG photo gallery

3rd Annual Wassail or Whatever

 Albuquerque

 12.21.2007

 albuquerquebill hosted his 3rd Christmas meet 'n greet at Kelly's brewpub  Friday, December 21st. The crowd was smaller due to weather but we got to   know other cachers more than ever so it was a resounding success. A group beer brewing was planned with results sometime around the end of January. Thanks Bill and Fran!!

 

Pictures in the NMG photo gallery!

 

Southvalley Open House

 Albuquerque South valley

 12.23.2007

 Jam&JHelley hosted their not-to-be (last?) Christmas open house Sunday,  December 23rd. Plenty of geocachers, family and neighbors showed up to have a  great time. There was food and conversation aplenty inside and a great  gathering around the bonfire outside. With a little prodding and some help, we  want to make this happen again next year! Thanks for a great gathering and a perfect Christmas party.

See plenty of pictures in our photo gallery event section!

 

 

  We knee'd to meet & greet!

 Santa Fe

 01.23.2008

 Team Donutdog hosted a Meet & Greet Wednesday, Jan. 23rd at  Whole  Hog Cafe. The owner is wonderful, giving us our own private roon  and  just opened a restaurant in Albq!! There were a lot of us old timers and  two new geocaching couples that just moved to NM. WELCOME!!  LittleAmerica & MouserNerdboy finally occupied the same room at the same time. Wrenee unveiled the first finished quilt from her Quilting -Quilting cache. Great job!

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CITO VIII Great 2008

 Albuquerque

 1.26.2008

 Jam&Jhelley hosted our 8th quarterly CITO event Saturday, January 26th in grand  style. Coffee, cocoa & donuts for everyone and new caches to find all over the  area. 30 or so people showed up, some never before seen at a CITO event and  our area was cleaned up in record time. There were lots of "Happy Birthday"  balloons and a singing fritter to celebrate Wrenee's (bob8bear) 29th birthday.  Thanks to all!

 A big thanks goes out to Ryan of CowlesCachers for making our stretch of  highway a reality.

 

1st Annual NMGeocaching Travel Bug Workshop

 Albuquerque

 5.20.2007

 The Justice League of NM hosted a Travel Bug workshop in Albuquerque Sunday, May 20th. There were 50 people or more enjoying the event and the great conversations. Many creative travel bugs were crafted and a great time was had by all. Many thanks to Ron for all his hard work!

 

 Santa Fe Cachers Go Hog Wild

 Santa Fe

 5.23.2007

 Team Donutdog hosted a Meet & Eat in Santa Fe Wednesday, May  23rd  at the Whole Hog Cafe.  There was a team  assault on HartMan- CatWoman's new night cache afterwards. About 20 cachers attended and enjoyed great company, food and refreshments.

 

The pride of Geocaching

 Las Cruces

 6.2.2007

 Aberwak hosted a meet & greet in Las Cruces Saturday, June 2nd at New Mexico State University's Pride Field. About 20 people attended to share tales, find new caches and participate in a raffle. Thanks Aberwak!

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 Santa Fe River Festival CITO

 Santa Fe

 6.2.2007

 Team Donutdog hosted A CITO event Saturday, June 2 in conjunction with the Santa Fe River Festival.  

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GeoCachers Gone Wild at the Oasis

 Portales

 6.16.2007

 Doug Lynch hosted the 5th annual Portales Heritage Days GeoCaching Event in Portales at The Oasis State Park. About 125 people were in attendance and as usual, there were plenty of games and prizes. A great time was had by all! Thanks Doug!

 

Team Donutdog hosted Cachers, Chow and Chicken Killer at the Santa Fe Brewing Company 3.10.07. About 75 people attended and a great time was had by all. Prizes were awarded, upcoming events were announced and lots of new friends were made. Thanks for all the work, Jaime!

Here are a few pictures!

 

Suz55tbird hosted the quarterly CITO event Sunday, Jan. 21st.

Over 20 people participated and we were done in an hour. Thanks to all for the help. Our stretch of I-25 looks nice!

      We have pictures!

 

Tealeaf & av8ndv8 hosted the CITO event on our mile of I-25 at Rio Bravo on Saturday, Oct. 21st at 8am. A nice crowd showed up and all had a great time. There were five new caches unveiled.

  We got pictures

 

Thanks to Ryan of CowlesCachers, NM geocachers have signs along I-25 near Rio Bravo attesting to our desire to keep the environment clean. We've adpoted a one mile stretch of highway and will be having CITO events four times a year.

 

2nd Annual Valencia Fun Day

9.30.2006

Suz55tbird and the Valencia County gang hosted a great weekend of eats, greets and caching. Attendance was well over 100 and a good time was had by all.

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Balloon Caching

12.04.2005

Cachers Ballooner, Pegster&JustBob and Fpapasmurf placed
Red Rocks & Hot Air, the first NM cache to be placed from a hot air balloon. The cache page tells the tale!

The cache was placed during the 25th annual Red Rock balloon rally at Red Rocks State Park. The .50 cal ammo box is accessible by foot with a 2.5 difficulty.

The Red Rocks are a spectacular area of wind-sculpted sandstone just north of I-40 about 20 miles east of Gallup.

 

  Pork and Pobah

 Albuquerque

 03.02.2008

 Tealeaf hosted a Meet & Greet Sunday, Mar. 2nd at  the new  Whole  Hog Cafe in Albq. The turnout was outstanding, a few newcomers were warmly welcomed, Pobah was greeted and grilled and Zuni Kid was presented a surprise gold ammo box filled with goodies. Congratulations on your 5,000th!

 

 F is for Friends Having Fun

 Las Cruces

 03.15.2008

 Aberwak hosted a potluck Meet & Greet at the "A" mountain parking area. There was a huge turnout and many new cachers were in attendance. The food was great, the company was outstanding and the wind made an unwelcome visit making the finish a sprint to grab things before they went to the next county. Great job, looking forward to the next one!

 

Annual - Readwest - Geocache Challenge in Rio Rancho!

 Rio Rancho

 4.12.2008

 Boldly Broken hosted the third Annual - Readwest - Geocache Challenge in Rio Rancho on Saturday, April 12th. Evidently the event was a success as one of our members came out ahead. Onward to next year I guess...

 

April 2008 CITO Event - Potluck?

 Albuquerque

 4.19.2008

 RCAC07 hostied our 9th quarterly CITO event Saturday, April 19th on a fantastic morning. They had a spread of refreshments and treats and a computer and printer to print cache pages on the spot! Great job you guys. We had over 20 people show up and had our mile clean in about an hour. About 21 new caches were released in the "pot Luck".

 A big thanks goes out to Ryan of CowlesCachers for making our stretch of  highway a reality.

 

 6th Annual Portales Event

 Portales

 6.21.2008

 Doug Lynch hosted the 6th annual Portales Event "Cachers R Us 2008" in  Portales at The Oasis State Park. The theme of the event was Scrabble with the teams grabbing letters from lots of temporary caches in order to spell the longest official English word. The winning word was 24 letters!! The eats were great as always, lots of prizes were awarded and all had a blast. Everyone left with a beautiful, multi-pocketed backpack courtesy of Doug. DO NOT miss this one next year and register early! Fantastic job Doug, thanks from all of us.

 

Summer CITO Fun!

 Albuquerque

 7.19.2008

 WeatherBug & XRN hosted our quarterly highway cleanup and did a great job with plenty of refreshments and snacks. A large turnout made quick work of the CITO part, leaving plenty of time to shoot the breeze. Thanks to ZenGuru for volunteering to host the next one.

 A big thanks goes out to Ryan of CowlesCachers for making our stretch of  highway a reality.

 

FoCoGeo Summer Event

  Bloomfield

  7.26.2008

FoCoGeo including Kingbee hosted the FoCoGeo Summer Event Saturday, July 26th. Wow! What a great turnout and organization. There were plenty of caches close by to find, lots of good food and plenty of stories told. Great job guys, can't wait 'til next year. (hint)

 

NM State Parks 75th Anniversary Series

 Statewide

 Through 12.31.2008

 The State Park system in conjunction with NMGeocachers have placed  a cache in each of the 34 state parks. There will be prizes for all that  finish the series plus prizes for best photos and stories.. It is not a  race, go slow and enjoy the magnificent  scenery!