Geo Caching
This past Saturday, I was introduced to the new rage among GPS owners and users, Geo Caching. Katie took me, her list and hand-held GPS on a journey to see if we could find sixteen geo caches. We found fifteen. I liken this to scavenger hunts of the past. In this case, there is no prize at the end; however, there is great satisfaction in locating caches, logging one’s success in the cachers’ books and bragging rights on the geo cache website. Along the way, we saw new things we hadn’t been aware of and, as the weather was superb, had a great afternoon.
Anyone needing an excuse to get out of the house and have some fun, this is definitely recommended by me. It’s an inexpensive pastime and won’t max out anyone’s credit card.
Katie said,
November 11, 2008 @ 10:03 am
Yes, this IS a great pastime, and I would imagine, if you’re in a city, you probably don’t even need a GPS. You can go to http://www.geocaching.com, check the map to see the geocaches near you, and just read the clues. It’s fun, cheap, and would probably be a great thing to do with kids!
Marcy harris said,
November 14, 2008 @ 5:55 pm
I never heard of geocaching. Sounds like you had fun though.
Marcie Wood said,
February 8, 2009 @ 1:26 pm
I have heard of geocaching, which sounds like fun. But I thought that if one picked-up the cache, then that person is supposed to leave something in its place?
What articles were in the cache? And did you leave anything, or make another cache elsewhere?
This sounds like a fun, on-going mystery.