Show 943.0: Geocache Puzzle Solving Tips
PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness
Sonny and Sandy Portacio: Geocachers, Podcasters and Entertainers
4.9 • 792 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
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.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Penguin Lady from San Diego and you're listening to Podcatcher. |
| 0:18.0 | Hey, I'm Sunny. |
| 0:19.3 | From Sunny, San Diego, California. |
| 0:22.6 | Welcome to Podcatcher. |
| 0:23.9 | This show is packed with geocashing goodness, news, tips and tricks, and tools of the trade. |
| 0:29.2 | Also interviews, geocaching events, and stories from around the world. |
| 0:32.7 | You can find show notes with links mentioned on the show and a lot more geocaching goodies at podcasher.com. |
| 0:38.5 | So with that, let's to another podcaster podcast. |
| 1:03.2 | We are glad you're here with us for show 943 for May 18th, 2026. |
| 1:07.8 | And no matter where you are in this great wide world, hopefully you had some time to do some geocaching the last week with friends, family, complete strangers, or maybe just by yourself. |
| 1:16.6 | Well, today, which is Sunday, we found a cash as a team effort. |
| 1:22.4 | We actually were in a small town called Vista, and Sunday had heard about these new art installations there. |
| 1:28.7 | Yeah, Vista has done a good job of putting art on the sidewalk, so you just walk by. |
| 1:34.2 | But I guess there was a recent contest or whatnot, and I believe these were all kinetic |
| 1:38.3 | sculptures. |
| 1:39.2 | Yeah, they all had some kind of movement involved. |
| 1:41.4 | A little bit of wind, kind of moved around. |
| 1:43.3 | They were pretty cool. |
| 2:04.0 | So, yeah, I saw something that was fed to me on my feed, social media. And I'm like, wow, let's go check that out. And it happened to be next door to one of my favorite places to eat. So bonus. So we ate. And then we walked around town looking for the sculptures. and then I had noticed that there was one cache only that we had not found in the whole downtown area. |
| 2:04.2 | And it happened to be near one of those art installations. |
| 2:08.0 | Yeah. |
| 2:08.3 | And we looked for a while in the wrong place. |
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