Blue Switch Day Favorite USA Cache – A Meet & Greet
Who? Anyone who is a Geocacher, interested in becoming one, or even a muggle friend or family member.
What? Weekly RGV Geocaching Breakfast Meet & Greet *NOTE* purchase of food items is always optional however, fun and fellowship is a given.
Where? Country Omelette, 3420 N. 10th St., McAllen, TX 78501
When? THURSDAY, May 2, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Why? Share stories, tips & tricks of the game, assist with solving mystery/puzzle caches and share/trade trackables & just have fun!
This season, we’re looking at the top 50 favorite geocaches in the USA. However, this week we’re meeting on BLUE SWITCH Day so, we’re going to look at the Blue Switch Day Hide with the most favorite points as of today, April 10, 2024.
I did a search for caches in the USA with the words “Blue Switch” in their name and came up with 45 results.
The earliest cache with Blue Switch in its the name is GP69AP7, “Sky Blue Switcheroo,” placed on Jan 7, 2016.
The cache with the MOST favorite points, is GC8PZT8, “Flip the Big Blue Switch! 20 Years of Geocaching,” a multi in Iowa, USA, with 17 Favorite points; however, it was placed on April 4, 2020.
The first cache placed on May 2nd with Blue Switch in its name is GC7P38D, “Big Blue Switch day, 2018,” placed on 05/02/2018, but it only has 1 Favorite point.
The cache placed on May 2nd with Blue Switch in its name and has the most favorite points based on the previous two requirements is… drum roll please…
With 12 Fav Points: https://coord.info/GC9RXP0
A cache by bejs – Blue Switch
Traditional 1 ½ / 3 – Placed 05/02/2022 – Last found 03/08/2024
“Geocache Description:
On May 2, 2000 – with only one day of advance notice to the public – the United States Government threw the proverbial “blue switch” to remove “selective availability” from the global GPS system, and to thereby make more accurate GPS readings available to all users. The next day, as Geocaching.com relates, Dave Ulmer hid what became the first geocache in the world. This cache is intended to honor the 22nd anniversary of global availability of high-accuracy GPS signals, and thus the advent of geocaching.”
Location: Maryland, USA