🎆 2025 in Review & Your Geocaching Resolutions for 2026!

As the year draws to a close, it's the perfect time to look back at the caches we conquered and plan the adventures waiting for us in the new year.

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🚨 Last Call: Don't Miss the Closing 2025 Souvenir!

The final souvenir of the year is available! Geocaching HQ is giving out the Closing 2025 souvenir for anyone who logs a find between December 24th and December 31st.

Souvenir Details:

• What: Log any geocache, Event, or Adventure Lab® location.
• When: Any time from December 24th through December 31st, 2025.

If you need a quick, easy find before the clock runs out, check out the lower-difficulty caches near campus — it's the perfect way to cap off your 2025 find count!

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🎯 Your 2026 Geocaching Resolutions

New year, new goals! Whether you're a seasoned cacher or just getting started, January 1st is the ideal day to set some personal geocaching challenges.

Challenge Yourself in the Brazos Valley:

• Fill the Calendar Grid: Find at least one cache on every day of the year (366 days in 2028, but 365 in 2026!).
• Complete the D/T Grid: Find a cache for every combination of Difficulty (1-5) and Terrain (1-5).
• The Cache Hider Challenge: Hide at least one quality, memorable cache in a new area of the Brazos Valley (after finding 100 first!).
• Find all the Oldies: Finish finding the 5 oldest Traditional caches in our region (you can re-read our past blogs for that list!).

Go Big and Go Regional:

• Attend the Texas Challenge (March 2026): Your Mega-Event attendance goal is already set!
• Conquer a GeoTour/GeoTrail: Look at one of the dedicated trails outside of our immediate area for a weekend road trip.
• Try a New Type: If you’ve never found an EarthCache, Letterbox, or Wherigo, make 2026 the year you master a new type.

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✨ What’s Your Goal?

Whether your goal is 10000 finds, mastering the Difficulty/Terrain grid, or simply getting outside more, we encourage you to write it down and share it with the BVGC community! Accountability makes achieving those tough goals so much easier.

Happy New Year's to all our fellow Brazos Valley explorers! We can't wait to see your success in 2026.

Don't Forget: You can also earn the Unboxing 2026 souvenir by logging a find between January 1st and January 8th! A great way to start the new year!