PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness

Hosted by Sonny and Sandy Portacio: Geocachers, Podcasters and Entertainers

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A family friendly, weekly audio show (podcast) all about Geocaching!

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June 15, 202635 min

Show 946.0: Jasmer Hunting and Cardiff Crack

On our geocaching podcast today, we take you along with us for two different kinds of hunts. Along the way, we’ll share a great story of a missing and reappearing cache, an FTF hunt down in Australia that took two tries, news about WVTim’s Gadgets, a new look at the Jasmer challenge and much more. Listen To The Show (35:41) Show Discussion: Please chat about the show by commenting on this post below. Show Images: Go to the Flickr set for the show Links mentioned in the show Double Jasmer Challenge Checker The Legend of Cardiff Crack The Father of the Gadget Cache WVTim's Gadgetcaches YouTube Channel SUPPORT PodCacher: Join the PodCacher Club Bert Dix cache hunt - SA Australia National Monument Adventure Lab Bonus Cache - California 2025 Celebration Trackables - ON SALE! Check out the PodCacher Prize Vault Never Miss Out: Join the PodCacher Insider Mailing List Ways to contact us! Easily send us audio via Speakpipe Find MANY ways to listen to PodCacher Follow the PodCacher Geocaching Blog PodCacher Hotline number for your speed dial! (760) 300-3633 Call us with your rants, raves and as a roving reporter The post Show 946.0: Jasmer Hunting and Cardiff Crack appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.

June 8, 202641 min

Show 945.0: Retro/Rewind Geocaching Novels

On our geocaching podcast today, we have a retro-rewind-relisten-resurrection show where we share some GEMS from prior shows. This time, we go back to show 535 where we had an interview with Russ, a geocaching author and Joe, a geocaching voice actor. You’ll hear some interesting background, how they got to where they are, an unexpected find (with Jedi sense), Facebook connections and more. Listen To The Show (41:42) Show Discussion: Please chat about the show by commenting on this post below. Show Images: Go to the Flickr set Links mentioned in the show Cliff Knowles Mysteries website Cached Out audio book FREE with Audible 30-day Free Trial SUPPORT PodCacher: Join the PodCacher Club Website: Draft logs and cache owner notifications Support our friends at Pathtags and check out the JUNE specials! 2025 Celebration Trackables - STILL ON SALE! Check out the PodCacher Prize Vault Never Miss Out: Join the PodCacher Insider Mailing List Ways to contact us! Easily send us audio via Speakpipe Find MANY ways to listen to PodCacher Follow the PodCacher Geocaching Blog PodCacher Hotline number for your speed dial! (760) 300-3633 Call us with your rants, raves and as a roving reporter The post Show 945.0: Retro/Rewind Geocaching Novels appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.

June 1, 202632 min

Show 944.0: Earthcache Clean Up and Tips for Finding

On our geocaching podcast today, we share some important news about EarthCaches as well as some advice for finding Earthcaches. We also mention that Sandy was featured on another geocaching podcast, some amazing milestones from listeners, another EDC item and much more. Listen To The Show (32:38) Show Discussion: Please chat about the show by commenting on this post below. Show Images: Go to the Flickr set for the show Links mentioned in the show Geocaching Blog, Category: Geocache of the Week All.Things.EarthCache Facebook Profile Earthcache I - a simple geology tour of Wasp Head - Australia SUPPORT PodCacher: Join the PodCacher Club NexTool Micro Sailor Scissors S0 Victorinox Companion X Alox Pocket Tool with Precision Scissors Support our friends at Cache Advance and check out the Cache Crates Cache Like a Girl Podcast Sandy of PodCacher on 20 Years of Geocaching Community Missouri's First - Watts Mill - Missouri (Jun 2000) Gorilla Stash - Arkansas's oldest (Jun 2000) Turkey Cache - New York (Nov 2000) Boston Cache - New York (Nov 2000) 2025 Celebration Trackables - STILL ON SALE! Check out the PodCacher Prize Vault Never Miss Out: Join the PodCacher Insider Mailing List Ways to contact us! Easily send us audio via Speakpipe Find MANY ways to listen to PodCacher Follow the PodCacher Geocaching Blog PodCacher Hotline number for your speed dial! (760) 300-3633 Call us with your rants, raves and as a roving reporter The post Show 944.0: Earthcache Clean Up and Tips for Finding appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.

May 25, 20262 min

Show 943.1 / MAPP Show 155

MAPP Show 155 for Club Members / Update 943.1 Listen to a Brief Update to hear why there is no regular show this week. Presenting MAPP Show #155: If you're a PodCacher Club Member, check your email (or the ClubHouse) for the link to the audio file, show notes, and exclusive photos. This is our "Members Appreciation Premium Perk Show", released as BONUS content for all of our Club Members. On this week’s MAPP show for our club members, * Cool cache idea inspired by PodCacher * GeoWoodstock news * High favorite caches around the world * A special invitation to a Mega event * A milestone that ties into a long ago story from before we were married! * Feedback on an EDC item to carry gear * Prizes for PodCacher Club members and much more! The post Show 943.1 / MAPP Show 155 appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.

May 18, 202634 min

Show 943.0: Geocache Puzzle Solving Tips

On our geocaching podcast today, we share advice for Puzzle Solving as well as the story of hiding a cache that didn't go as planned. We also have feedback on food odors in containers, a super helpful challenge checker for calendar stats, ideas for this year’s WWFM and much more. Listen To The Show (34:24) Show Discussion: Please chat about the show by commenting on this post below. Show Images: Go to the Flickr set for the show Links mentioned in the show Lumber Heritage Region GeoTour (GT505) Geocaching Pilot Program Launched at Three LDWF Public Lands Bogue Chitto WMA cache White Lake WCA cache Dewey W. Wills WMA cache Show 497.0: How to Puzzle Cache Show 570.0: Puzzle Solving Tips Show 696.0: How to Puzzle Cache REVISED Show 747.0: Geocaching Puzzle Resources Show 789.0: Geocaching Tips and Puzzle Resources Geocache Puzzle Solving Tips SUPPORT PodCacher: Join the PodCacher Club Script name: Multiple test Checker (Calendar and D/T Grid related stats) GC WWFM - Official WWFM Website Days of the Year Unconditional Surrender Support our friends at FTF Geocacher Magazine 2025 Celebration Trackables - STILL ON SALE! Check out the PodCacher Prize Vault Never Miss Out: Join the PodCacher Insider Mailing List Ways to contact us! Easily send us audio via Speakpipe Find MANY ways to listen to PodCacher Follow the PodCacher Geocaching Blog PodCacher Hotline number for your speed dial! (760) 300-3633 Call us with your rants, raves and as a roving reporter The post Show 943.0: Geocache Puzzle Solving Tips appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.

May 11, 202612 min

Show 942.1: Happy Mother’s Day!

On our geocaching podcast today, we share some news, geocaching.com updates and a fun geocaching song, before spending the rest of the day with family for Mother's Day. Listen To The Show Show Discussion: Please chat about the show by commenting on this post below. Links mentioned in the show Get ready to celebrate the June solstice! Website: Shared editing for Collaborative Lists Website: “Hide past events” filter Found It! The Travel Bugs music album on Amazon Music The Travel Bugs Music website SUPPORT PodCacher: Join the PodCacher Club Support our friends at Pathtags and check out the MAY special: 20% off all orders! 2025 Celebration Trackables - STILL ON SALE! Check out the PodCacher Prize Vault Never Miss Out: Join the PodCacher Insider Mailing List Ways to contact us! Easily send us audio via Speakpipe Find MANY ways to listen to PodCacher Follow the PodCacher Geocaching Blog PodCacher Hotline number for your speed dial! (760) 300-3633 Call us with your rants, raves and as a roving reporter The post Show 942.1: Happy Mother’s Day! appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.

May 4, 202633 min

Show 942.0: Visit with Geocacher Astronut

On our geocaching podcast today, we have a chat with Astronut, a geocacher visiting from Maryland. We also share an interesting cache series for America’s 250th birthday, an update on the Adventure Lab GeoArt map for North America, some milestone celebration stories, prize giveaways and more! Listen To The Show (33:51) Show Discussion: Please chat about the show by commenting on this post below. Show Images: Go to the Flickr set for the show Links mentioned in the show Gladys West and the GPS revolution Naked Letterbox - Louisiana JoGPS: A Life Too Cool - Tennessee SUPPORT PodCacher: Join the PodCacher Club AT250: The Beginning - 1776 The America Turns 250 Geocaching Series bookmark list Once in a Lifetime--the series bookmark list Geocaching Profile for ecrane Adventure Lab Geo Art Map (North America) Support our friends at Cache Advance and check out the Cache Crates GeoChallenge of the Month 2025 Celebration Trackables - STILL ON SALE! Check out the PodCacher Prize Vault Never Miss Out: Join the PodCacher Insider Mailing List Ways to contact us! Easily send us audio via Speakpipe Find MANY ways to listen to PodCacher Follow the PodCacher Geocaching Blog PodCacher Hotline number for your speed dial! (760) 300-3633 Call us with your rants, raves and as a roving reporter The post Show 942.0: Visit with Geocacher Astronut appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.

April 27, 20261 min

Show 941.1 / MAPP Show 154

MAPP Show 154 for Club Members / Update 941.1 Listen to a Brief Update to hear why there is no regular show this week. Presenting MAPP Show #154: If you're a PodCacher Club Member, check your email (or the ClubHouse) for the link to the audio file, show notes, and exclusive photos. This is our "Members Appreciation Premium Perk Show", released as BONUS content for all of our Club Members. On this week’s MAPP show for our club members, * A discussion about affordable containers and where to get them * Tips for hiding Multi-Caches * A cross-platform geocache management tool * Suggestions for using the log templates * Detailed stats in Project-GC * New geocache hiding theme * Prizes for PodCacher Club members and much more! The post Show 941.1 / MAPP Show 154 appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.

April 20, 202642 min

Show 941.0: Retro/Rewind: Creative Cache Building Tips from Pere Rabbit

On our geocaching podcast today, we have a retro-rewind-relisten-resurrection show where we share some GEMS from prior shows. This time, we go back to show 655 and our interview with Pere Rabbit, an extremely creative cache creator from Canada. You’ll get lots of tips, tricks, ideas and inspiration from our chat with him! We also have feedback on doing more than cut-and-paste logs, a challenging event in Idaho and much more. Listen To The Show (42:58) Show Discussion: Please chat about the show by commenting on this post below. Show Images: Go to the Flickr set for the show Links mentioned in the show Pere Rabbit Profile Pere Rabbit's Tip Document (PDF) Pere Rabbit's Photo Descriptions (PDF) (use as reference with Show Photo Image Set) WestCan7 Feature Cache - Saskatchewan, Canada The Early Worm Gets The Bird — RAGC - Saskatchewan, Canada SUPPORT PodCacher: Join the PodCacher Club Challenge Checker for Challenge Fest 2026 Challengë-Fest - Idaho Challenge Fest - Test your fate at GCBF8TE - Explanation Video FlagMan's 2nd Maker Magic Event - California Support our friends at Cache-Advance Cache Crate 2025 Celebration Trackables - STILL ON SALE! Check out the PodCacher Prize Vault Never Miss Out: Join the PodCacher Insider Mailing List Ways to contact us! Easily send us audio via Speakpipe Find MANY ways to listen to PodCacher Follow the PodCacher Geocaching Blog PodCacher Hotline number for your speed dial! (760) 300-3633 Call us with your rants, raves and as a roving reporter The post Show 941.0: Retro/Rewind: Creative Cache Building Tips from Pere Rabbit appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.

April 13, 202638 min

Show 940.0: Geocaching Outside My Comfort Zone

On our geocaching podcast today, we have some great stories of getting outside your comfort zone with geocaching. We also share a fun geocaching song from The Travel Bugs, making choices for fitness, log templates in the App and much more. Listen To The Show (38:31) Show Discussion: Please chat about the show by commenting on this post below. Show Images: Go to the Flickr set for the show Links mentioned in the show iOS - Templates Experimental Feature DANBG RHAPSODY IN BLUE - Kentucky Kidd's Ledge at Eagle Caves - New York 2001 VT Challenge - Vermont TFGT: Freshwater Flight - Florida Owasso Shalom Clothing Optional Cache - Florida SUPPORT PodCacher: Join the PodCacher Club Couch to 5k Running Plan NHS Couch to 5K plan Get Running iOS App and on Android Robert Ullrey's Couch to 5k Podcasts - you can get a Zip file with all 9 mp3 files here The Travel Bugs Music Support our friends at FTF Geocacher Magazine 2025 Celebration Trackables - STILL ON SALE! Check out the PodCacher Prize Vault Never Miss Out: Join the PodCacher Insider Mailing List Ways to contact us! Easily send us audio via Speakpipe Find MANY ways to listen to PodCacher Follow the PodCacher Geocaching Blog PodCacher Hotline number for your speed dial! (760) 300-3633 Call us with your rants, raves and as a roving reporter The post Show 940.0: Geocaching Outside My Comfort Zone appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.