well its not very well known, but sure is wide spread.
its something that i never hear about, yet i do it on occasion.
i'm curious if anybody here participates. anybody?
www.geocaching.com go ahead and type in your zip code, see how many are in your town. and to think you never knew it existed...
Geocaching is an outdoor activity that involves you getting off your lazy butt and useing a GPS to find caches hidden around the world.
the caches are small containers that someone hides, and records the coordinates with a GPS, and then posts on the internet for other people to find.
they may be 20 miles from civilization on the Napali coast of Kauai, or underwater at your favorite swimming hole. you never know.
how can something you have never heard of be so big? i dunno, but it is!
there are all kinds of geocaches. some are smaller than film canisters, some are .50 ammo cans, and some are just a vista point where you can catch a great view.
enough of explaining.
my favorites are the micro caches. especially the ones that really stump you for an hour or two. i have found one that was hidden inside of a bridge ( a bolt was cut, the cache put in the hole, and the bolt stuck back in the hole. arrrg, that was a toughy) and also one that was camoflauged as a broken tree branch.
have you ever done this activity before?
never done it, but want to?
i think you should be aware of these hidden containers, incase you stumble across one. its mean to steal them, because it leaves geocachers out there searching for nothing, and they took some effort to place.
oh yeah, the containers contain a log book and usually contain goodies for little kids to trade for. you bring some little toys with you, and exchange them for other little toys of approximate equal value.
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its something that i never hear about, yet i do it on occasion.
i'm curious if anybody here participates. anybody?
www.geocaching.com go ahead and type in your zip code, see how many are in your town. and to think you never knew it existed...
Geocaching is an outdoor activity that involves you getting off your lazy butt and useing a GPS to find caches hidden around the world.
the caches are small containers that someone hides, and records the coordinates with a GPS, and then posts on the internet for other people to find.
they may be 20 miles from civilization on the Napali coast of Kauai, or underwater at your favorite swimming hole. you never know.
how can something you have never heard of be so big? i dunno, but it is!
there are all kinds of geocaches. some are smaller than film canisters, some are .50 ammo cans, and some are just a vista point where you can catch a great view.
enough of explaining.
my favorites are the micro caches. especially the ones that really stump you for an hour or two. i have found one that was hidden inside of a bridge ( a bolt was cut, the cache put in the hole, and the bolt stuck back in the hole. arrrg, that was a toughy) and also one that was camoflauged as a broken tree branch.
have you ever done this activity before?
never done it, but want to?
i think you should be aware of these hidden containers, incase you stumble across one. its mean to steal them, because it leaves geocachers out there searching for nothing, and they took some effort to place.
oh yeah, the containers contain a log book and usually contain goodies for little kids to trade for. you bring some little toys with you, and exchange them for other little toys of approximate equal value.
discuss
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