Olympic Rings - 1/14/18

We've had several big doses of winter already this year, so it looks to be a long one in upstate NY.  I don't find much to like about the season, once Christmas is past, but at least this year I can look forward to the Olympics, which will officially open on PyeongChang on 2/9.  I've always been a bit of an Olympics-TV-junkie, although the sports these days are a far cry from the ones I remember watching growing up.  I'm not sure how long I've had today's puzzle from Canada's province of Quebec in the "to be solved" pile, but I don't think it's been sitting there ever since:

RIO 2016.

Tomorrow we'll ...

TV Graveyard - 1/13/18

Today's puzzle is from upstate New York.  I am just old enough to remember the gigantic TV's that used to operate with long glass vacuum tubes. Whenever the TV wasn't working properly, we called the repairman (named "Junior") to come out and work on it.  I was always fascinated by the gigantic case of different tubes that he brought along, and he was able to keep those TV's running for years and years.  Today it seems like when a TV malfunctions it is immediately consigned to the:

TV Graveyard

Tomorrow we'll ...

Plinko! - 1/12/18

Today's cache takes us to Tennessee.  Way, way back in the day I was a big fan of "The Price is Right."  I don't know if I actually saw the debut of "Plinko" (which was just a few days over 35 years ago) but if it happened to be a snow day from school, then it's a pretty good bet that I did.  I know I thought it looked like a fun game, and the cash prize seemed a lot more appealing than a new living room suite.  Try your luck with:

Plinko

Tomorrow we'll ...

P.S. Here's one last plug for my readership survey. I really appreciate all the responses so far.

A Perfect Match - 1/11/18

Today we travel to Oregon for a puzzle that includes "An Ode to the World's Finest Geocache Container":

A Perfect Match

Tomorrow we'll be in Tennessee.

P.S. If you've been tuning in all week, you can ignore the following:  Responses to my readership survey are still coming in.  Thanks to those who have participated so far.  If you haven't yet, you still can.  Also, you might like to check out the new location-based POTD cache bookmarks.

The Mystery Machine - 1/10/18

If you ignore the raindrops on the window you can see the "mystery machine" I spotted while out caching today with my niece and nephews.  What an awesome puzzle cache-mobile that would be!

Here's a puzzle from Utah for you about:

Nancy and Woody's Cachemobile

Tomorrow we'll ...

P.S. Responses to my readership survey are still coming in.  Thanks to those who have participated so far.  If you haven't yet, you still can. 

P.P.S.  Check out the new location-based cache bookmarks!

Well - 1/9/18

Today's puzzle finds us in Washington state.  I've featured several of this CO's puzzles in the past, so it shouldn't be surprising that I'm going back to that:

Well

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I've already spotted a great suggestion in the comments for the survey, which was to have a way for the Geocaching Puzzles of the Day to be searchable by location.  The best solution I could come up with was a series of location-based bookmarks you can check out here (there is also a link on the right hand side of the main blog page).  Let me know if you find these useful.

Iron Horse 1/8/18

Today's Australian puzzle landed in my in-box before Christmas, but I had set it aside until I had a little more time to explore:

The Iron Horse

I hope you'll click here to be directed to a short survey.  It should only take a minute or two to answer the questions, and you'll help me get a better idea of the blog's readership and your feelings about some ideas for possible updates that I've been considering.  

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