Congratulations to Dean Meredith, deancmeredith, who's name was drawn to win the $10 gift card and sticker for April's Adventure Awaits Challenge!  As prolific of a geocacher as Dean is, it might surprise some to know that he only started geocaching in January 2021, yet to date has over 6900 cache finds ... No Foolin'... he started caching as a way to keep active and entertained during the Covid pandemic, and he caches almost continuosly.  He has cached on every day of the calendar, including leap day (366 days) and has found every D/T two times or more (Fizzy challenge).  Dean's found caches in 40 states and 10 countries. 

As for Adventure Awaits monthly challenges, Dean states, "I enjoy these challenges as they give me something to work towards on my daily caching."  For the month of April, Dean chose the following caches with different terrain ratings.

GC4FGF9 Pendleton, Trad T1.5

GCA549 Origins of Alexandria, Virtual T1

GC1V1WR Westledge Mountain: Masters Series #1, Trad T2.5 

GC33Z7E Westledge Mountain: Sands of Time [Master Series], Trad T3.5

GCAMQMR CVGA Adopt-A-Highway CITO, Event T2

DEAN MEREDITH 

with county-run buddy cootie_man at the CITO Event in Virginia 

Part of the enjoyment of geocaching for Dean is taking county caching trips with friends.  He says he is 'getting to see every corner of America," and loves it!  Besides the monthly challenge, Dean has challenged himself from the start of his caching history in a unique way.  In 2021, he found 2021 caches.  In 2022, he found 2022 caches.  Last year in 2023, he found 2023 caches.  Adventure Awaits Dean not only every month, but every year as he continues his personal challenge. I'll let you all guess how many he intends to find this year!