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www.geocaching.com
I have had a GPS receiver for a year of so used for hiking, offroad etc
and decided over the holidays to give this geocaching a try.
At above site I searched by my local zip code and found a few nearby.
Went to a couple of wilderness areas that had caches hidden in them
over the holidays and actually it was quite fun..
Half the fun is when people post online the location and you learn of a new park or preserve or whatever that you didn't even know was near you..
Then its fun following the GPSr on trails etc to the LONG/LAT that they give you. Some are in nature areas with no one around and some are in city parks where you must be carefull not to let people see you get the cache as they may pilfer it..
The GPSr will get you to maybe 10 ft or so at best of the hidden cache and then most are covered very well by brush etc.. Some are easy to guess where it is (base of a tree) and some are really tough to find.
Caches are usually ammo cans or camo painted plastic sealed containers with a few toys/trinkets to trade and a log to sign. Some are micros like a film can with a slip of paper inside that you simply sign.
They you go back online and post up on the owners cache page that you found it and what you took or left as a trade item..
They also have Travel bugs that are toys that have dog tags attached that are registered and serial numbered. You can pick one up at one cache and move it to another one, posting and tracking its movements online.
Some go hundreds of miles and Country to Country even..
My Daughter is excited about joining me on my next outing..
I have had a GPS receiver for a year of so used for hiking, offroad etc
and decided over the holidays to give this geocaching a try.
At above site I searched by my local zip code and found a few nearby.
Went to a couple of wilderness areas that had caches hidden in them
over the holidays and actually it was quite fun..
Half the fun is when people post online the location and you learn of a new park or preserve or whatever that you didn't even know was near you..
Then its fun following the GPSr on trails etc to the LONG/LAT that they give you. Some are in nature areas with no one around and some are in city parks where you must be carefull not to let people see you get the cache as they may pilfer it..
The GPSr will get you to maybe 10 ft or so at best of the hidden cache and then most are covered very well by brush etc.. Some are easy to guess where it is (base of a tree) and some are really tough to find.
Caches are usually ammo cans or camo painted plastic sealed containers with a few toys/trinkets to trade and a log to sign. Some are micros like a film can with a slip of paper inside that you simply sign.
They you go back online and post up on the owners cache page that you found it and what you took or left as a trade item..
They also have Travel bugs that are toys that have dog tags attached that are registered and serial numbered. You can pick one up at one cache and move it to another one, posting and tracking its movements online.
Some go hundreds of miles and Country to Country even..
My Daughter is excited about joining me on my next outing..
