Where we get tags & Special Offer

      After our Tag giveaway we had several cachers ask about our tags and where we get them from.  It is easy, EXTAGS. We have only made 3 tags and they have all been Extags. From day one they have been excellent to us and our readers. Extags is growing and pleased to announce some exciting news. 


Extagz is pleased to announce a recent change in ownership. Extagz is a leading producer of trade items, such as personal tags, geocoins and pins for the geocaching community.

New owner, Joshua White, has committed to making improvements, and has started off by offering a free, limited edition tag to those who place new orders as a show of their continuing support. "First and foremost, we are Geocachers and taggers ourselves," White said, "and we want to build relationships and community with others who are passionate about the same things." He also stated that he hopes to bring fresh ideas to the company to help encourage new tags, trading within the community, and growth.
Expect to see freebies, contests, new offerings, new clubs and an Extagz table coming to a Mega near you! Check out what Extagz has to offer at Extagz.net, or visit their Facebook page at Extagz Facebook.

For the rest of July, readers of this blog can use the code livelovecache, to earn free vanity code on their order.

From time to time, Extagz will launch a new club. These clubs work one of two ways. The first is that there is a theme, and everyone joining the club makes a tag that fits that theme. Examples include our recent Pokémon club, which saw 68 different Extagz created, football players, train cars, or an upcoming club, Perfect Pairs! The second way is that there is a design made up and everyone creates Extagz using that one design, but chooses their own colors, glitter, glow, translucent, etc. for that same design. Examples include our current club, Trolls, and many past clubs such as GeoKisses, awareness ribbons, butterflies, and others.

Usually the cost of creating Extagz in these clubs is cheaper than creating other tags due to sharing mold costs, trading before shipping to save time and trade costs for the club members, and/or shared backs.

For each new club, we will typically start a new Facebook Group to facilitate conversation, orders, information sharing, and so that everyone see what is being done by current members to help give them ideas of what they could make for the club.

If you'd like to join our current Trolls Club, come join us at Extagz Trolls.

If you're interested in joining the Perfect Pairs Club, which hasn't officially started, but is coming soon, come join in the fun at Perfect Pairs Extagz.

Here are the 3 tags we have made with Extagz:
Don't forget for the rest of July 2017 readers of this blog can use the code livelovecache, to earn free vanity code on their order.
Happy Caching!

Celebrate this Independence Day with...WINNING!

Thanks to everyone whom entered our comment contest. The contest to win our personal Extag has come to an end and the winners have been randomly selected. Please return message with your address so we can get your shiny new Balkamper13 & Cacheseekers! Extag in the mail ASAP.

Patricia Goldsmith


Joshua White


Jeff S.

Jennifer Dawson

Pete Irwin

BONUS WINNERS

Sharon Wenz

Shannon Wolf

Elaine Roy Thibault

Congrats, to everyone whom entered, you are all winning at life, you are Geocachers. 
Stay tuned there will be many more contests.

During this contest we had a lot of interest in our tags and who produced them, stay tuned the next post will be on EXTAGZ and info on how you can make your own and/or join the group coin "Trolls." Happy 4th of July! 

Still Time To Try To Win An Extag &

Submit A Request For Free Trackable! 

Don't forget to comment on the last post about the new trackable promotion. 
Comment Here you will be entered into our drawing for our personal Extag. 
We will draw 5 lucky winners. 
There is also time to request a trackable from Hurtigruten.
Trackables looks like a penguin or polar bear. There is also
a contest associated with this promotion to win great prizes
Good Luck!

Win an Expedition Cruise on the Coast of Norway 

Another Free Trackable for 3000 cachers!



Looks like there is a new promotion that just started on 6/20/2017. You have the chance to win some pretty cool prizes including an expedition cruise on the Coast of Norway, or some Jackets and mugs. Hurtigruten is sponsoring this trackable promotion. 


To Enter 

Find a Hurtigruten trackable that looks like a penguin or polar bear. Share a photo of yourself Connecting with Your Inner Explorer – whatever that means to you – on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #HGInnerExplorer #Contest. The winner of the photo contest will get a 7-day Cruise North in 2018 for two guests. There will be additional prizes, read the rules. 


GET YOUR TRACKABLE!

Please complete the request for a Hurtigruten Trackable game piece @ www.geocaching.com/innerexplorer   you have until July 3rd / 4th to request your trackable. There is a countdown that shows a live clock of when the form requests will close, Mine was "This form closes in 12 days, 23 hours. (6/21/2017 @ 1:15AM PST)"  Once the form closes, they will randomly choose 3,000 people from all eligible requests to receive a trackable. Only those living in the United States are eligible. Filling out the form does not guarantee that you will receive a trackable.
Even if you don't get one, you can find one on the map that shows the locations of the trackables. 

We hope you are all doing well and the caching Gods are smiling upon you. Let us know if you put in your submission form for the trackable or just let us know what you are up to. If you comment, you will be in the running for one of our personal ExTagz. We will randomly select 5 winners from those that comment on July 4th 2017.  


Good Luck!



 

Our new Tags & New Promotional Trackable

I am not sure if you got everything you wanted for Christmas, we did. I had some tags designed and produced by Ex Tagz . I didn't get my order placed in time for Christmas delivery so I printed a copy of the tag proof then had it imprinted on a Zippo lighter for Balkamper13 to open on Christmas morning. He was surprised, I kept a secret. Our tags arrived the 2nd week of January and we are in love!
We will be hosting a giveaway soon, we want to share these fantastic tags!
 

It's time for another promotional trackable & photo contest

 We hope 2017 is starting off like a FTF mixed with a 5/5.
If it is not, maybe this will help [insert drumroll here] Dream Big & author Kat Kronenberg have teamed up to bring us 1,400 CATCH-M trackables  & a photo contest. Let's start our year off with a free trackable and a chance to win $1,000 and autographed 1st Editions of Dream Big.  So very sorry international cchers this one is limited to geocachers in the USA.


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                                   Request a Dream Big CATCH-M trackable

This is not a first come first serve promotion, 1,400 trackables will be distributed randomly. Like the last one, I was not lucky enough to be randomly selected, however lots of our readers were. Let us know if you got the Urban Adventure trackable.

Requests for the Dream Big CATCH-M  trackables will be open from January 17th to January 31st, 2017. Go fill out your request!

I did want to point out it is noted,  if you do receive a trackable and do not place it within 2 weeks it may affect your chances of getting in on any more promotions.
Ohh...I am GUILTY...I kept the John Grisham gold bar, LOVE IT.

For the Photo contest, Finders can share photos of “Big Smiles” with a CATCH-M trackable on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You cab submit a photo using #GeocachersDreamBIG #contest. There will be 8 entry periods, I like that.

For more details please see the rules on the same page as the above link. Thank you for stopping by and we hope you are one of the lucky 1,400 selected to kick start this promotion.

Happy Caching!
 
 

Get Your Promotional Trackable NOW!

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Trackable Promotion & Photo Contest: 1,500 itsy-bitsy Urban Adventure luggage trackables are being released into the game. Geocachers will have a chance to win a free guided tour by using #localsknowgeocaching on Instagram.

      It has been far too long. We miss you all. Just wanted to drop a little post on the new Promotion Trackable available to 1500 cachers. This promotion is a little different than the ones I have done in the past. Even though I signed up with in minutes of launch, I am not guaranteed a trackable. Urban Adventures is leaving the request page open for 7 days and then randomly selecting 1500 cachers to receive the itsy bitsy  luggage trackable.  Get your requests in now at the link below.

              https://www.geocaching.com/brandedpromotions/promo/urban-adventures/


 

GC1A1EP Jimi Hendrix Memorial "Holy Sweet Cache"

GC1A1EP Jimi Hendrix Memorial




Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past,
And with this crutch, its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last."
And The Wind Cries Mary...
         There are those days when you are out Geocaching and you come across a hide that turns out to be a " HOLY SWEET CACHE". Today was one of those days when I  stumbled        apon GC1A1EP Jimi Hendrix Memorial. 


    The geocache itself is located about 200 feet from the actual memorial but its close enough to this awesome site to get you there. The hide is a pretty classy non micro hidden under a fence post cap. It is located in Renton, WA not to far off a freeway exit. Its caches that take you to neat spots like this that make me love this game more every time i find one. The family and friends of Jimi Hendrix have built a great tribute to this rock/blues icon for the public to see. From the sundial on the one side to the live flowers all the way around. The giant marble pictures, song lyrics, and quotes this place is amazing. If you are ever in the area you should take the time to stop and see it for youself. This place makes for one heck of a 
" HOLY SWEET CACHE "












LiveLoveCache.com new life adventure

New life adventure for LiveLoveCache.com 

    As some of you may have heard Darcey, the boys, and myself have started on a new life adventure. We packed up our stuff in Salt Lake City,UT and moved to Friday Harbor,WA on San Juan island in the pacific northwest. We are now located about 80 miles northwest of Seattle and only 10 miles across the water from Victoria,BC. The life choices we were making in Salt Lake were good but the job I was working took up all my time and family life. We are now closer to other family members and I will be working a great daytime job with most weekends off so I can enjoy time with my loved ones once again. As you can see we have already had a bit of free time so we went caching on the island and found GC4ZGP3 T-Turn. this cache was in a really neat location at one of the  public beach places near Friday Harbor. Another really cool feature about this cache is that in the background is Steve Miller from the Steve Miller Band's house. 
         Since moving to the island we have spent alot more time outdoors. After work everyday we take some time to get out and explore some of the neat places around the area, and have found a lot of really cool places to go and play.
One day while out exploring we found this tree full of Teddy Bears just off the side of the road. There is a little sign next to it that says        " DO NOT FEED THE BEARS" 
 We got a good laugh out of that random little spot and may just have to hide a geocache nearby. We have also been playing on the kayaks practicing for a trip on bigger waters. The pond in the backyard works great for practice and for cooling off on a hot day. 













  










   We are so excited about our new adventure and hope that we will now have more time to share stories on this site once again. Please keep checking back to see what new stuff we have been up too. Like I say we really hope to start putting up more posts on our site and sharing our adventures with you all once again. 
See you all soon. 
Until then LIVE, LOVE, and CACHE on.






24,694 GEOCACHERS HAVE EARNED THe Road Trip Hero SOUVENIR SO FAR, We are not one of them. Thanks to Pip-Boy3000 we were able to earn...

Events and  One SOUVENIR closer...             when We check our progress, we still need 

LET’S GET EXTREME!  (level 5 in DIFFICULTY or 5 terrain cache) way easier than a 5/5)

HIGH-FIVE FOR THE EARTH (finding an EarthCache or clean it up by attending a CITO event)  & 

PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP(finding a Mystery Cache) 

yes...we are behind. It's due to this need for Souviners that we are thankful for the Event on Wed 8/19/2015, at a local coffee house. 

Get a Fix GC5WGFG


 Pip-Boy3000 Hosts a monthly event at the coffee house and he nailed the meaning of get-a-fix on his event page.
"Geocache Description:

get-a-fix


Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To obtain something necessary, especially a dose of an addictive drug or anything else compulsively sought after.
In our case CAFFEINE and GEOCACHING!"
This was our first event in ages. It's amazing, no matter how long we are away, our Geocaching friends are like family (Not the crazy Aunt type, the good type)
Nice Full Log and Caching Prizes
There were over 30 attendees as well as a couple from out of state, a few first time event attendees and the oldies. 
Pip-Boy3000 enticed cachers with an announcement before the event...
 "ALL I was given another Founders TB by Brian Roth at the HQ Block Party. Since he gave me one at my PI Day event I'm going to put his one up as a drawing prize for those in attendance at this event. I will draw the name @ 7:30 pm."
 The lucky winner was Mtd1965

This event also featured some great Travel Bugs from the Block Party. It was so nice, someone typed up a list of the numbers so we got to spend more time enjoying the bugs, instead of frantically writing them down or snapping pictures of them. 


I love event caches, they are probably my most favorite kind. We challenge you to hold an event. It doesn't have to be fancy to bring great people together! Thanks Pip-Boy3000

If you are already a Road Trip Hero, CONGRATS! IF NOT...12 more days...

Next time we post, we are hoping to have a souvenir instead of below....


AUGUST 14 - SEPTEMBER 2

ROAD TRIP HERO
Become the ultimate road trip champion by earning all five of the other souvenirs.

Happy Caching, thanks for reading! 

Holy Sweet Cache



Shipwrecked!                                       GCK4GB

     This holy sweet cache is actually one that we had to log a DNF on but the location of it was worth the look. Shipwrecked! GCK4GB is located on Lopez Island, Washington. There are a few ways you can get to ground zero. You can walk from the parking area and its a great .25 mile walk or you could take a boat or kayak ride in. We took the walking route and found a few other great caches along the way. Here's a few links to them.



   Once you get to the coordinates you find yourself surrounded the sight of five weathered broken beached boats. It makes your mind wonder how did all these get here. I'm thinking it was a large storm and the damage was too great for them to be salvaged. Darcey and myself had a blast climbing round all the pieces and looking for the hide. 

One of the wrecks was a very old looking barge type of boat. It looked like they just fastened a bunch of big driftwood logs together for the bottom. That one made me think of all the old cartoons where the characters would fasten trees together to get off the island. Even though we were unable to make the find on the cache we had to share it. The owner has replaced the hide since we logged our DNF and we cant wait to go back and get the smiley. If you get a chance to go geocaching on these islands this is one that I would recommend searching for. 

    Along the walk out to the cache you go through some cool wetlands that have all kinds of wildlife. We saw countless types of birds and even a few bald eagles. After passing the wetlands you have to walk a little ways along the beach area. We had fun looking for little white egglet rocks, and shells. 



Moral of this adventure is, GO CACHE the San Juan Islands in Washington.

So how is everyone doing on SOUVENIRS?
July 31-Sept 2nd
HIGH-FIVE FOR THE EARTH
The geocaching game board, aka the Earth, is pretty awesome. Learn about it by finding an EarthCache or clean it up by attending a CITO event beginning July 31 to earn this souvenir.
So, We are slacking only have the First one, need to step it up on have until the 2nd of next month, good luck to you all, Thanks for reading!