...AND THE WINNER IS...STEVENDEDE
Congratulations to Steve Jacobs on his November SLAGA Adventure Awaits Monthly Challenge win and $10 Gift Card prize for finding and submitting five different types of geocaches and one event cache. His November 2023 geocaching entries, listed below, were chosen because they were each favorites of the month for him. When asked why Steve decided to take part in the November challenge, he said it was "because cootie-man pestered me" to participate, "but I think it's great that SLAGA is trying something new."
GCA1FPG. Rapunzel Traditional
GC6FXDF Lewis and Clark Expedition. Letterbox
GC7KT9P 1150 AD. - Tour Through Time. Wherigo
GCACYW6 Pop-A-Squat Port-A-Pot Challenge. Mystery
*GCAEF3M Geocaching International Film Festival SLAGA Style. Event *
Steve started geocaching in 2011 with his 12 year old daughter, who cached with him for several years. His wife DeDe is a muggle, but has always let him grab a geocache or two during their travels together, so Steve has cached fairly steadily over these past 12 years. As a matter of fact, there were only 21 days between his first and second geocaches, and amazingly that is still the longest slump in his geocaching history. Steve retired this past April, so he definitely has more time to dedicate to geocaching and his other hobbies now, including collecting and repairing vintage pocket watches and travel.
It's a good thing travel is a hobby of Steve's, because his favorite caching experiences involve traveliing and letting geocaches bring him to places that he wouldn't have experienced otherwise. In September of 2023, Steve and DeDe traveled through Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Some of the best sights they visited were ones where Steve targeted a geocache. During their trip, Steve actually enjoyed a day in Wachtendonk, Germany with another geocacher from Frankfort, whom he had met at an event in Creve Coeur, MO. The caching duo accomplished two multis that took 4 hours each. Steve commented that he never could have done those without a native German-speaking cacher. Now that's an example of international geocaching fun and friends.
Steve is most proud of having geocached in every county on the Isle of Great Britain, with the exception of Cornwall. According to Project-GC (quite a fun fact), Steve has cached in more counties in the UK than any other American geocacher. Steve has hidden 30 geocaches to enhance this fun game and has found an astonishing 16,056 caches as of this posting. He has now won the November SLAGA Adventure Awaits challenge. Only Steve knows what is next on his geocaching bucket list. The Adventure Awaits!