Does anyone geocache?
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Donut | Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 09:48 am     My hub and I saw the coolest thing on the DIY channel, called geocaching. Does anyone here do it? For those like us, who never heard of it, its kind of a scavenger hunt sort of thing. People get these GPS devices(global positioning devices) that give you maps and coordinates of your location, and they put tupperware type of containers hidden anywhere from the top of mountains, to farmers sheep fields to bushes behind Harvard Univ, but mostly in scenic or fun spots and then everyone tries to find it by using the coordinates to track it. There are usually cameras, notepads and goodies in the boxes and people take their pics, write about the adventure and take and leave a goodie. then they have message boards where they post about it. It is really fun and fascinating reading their adventures(well maybe not as fun and fascinating as being here , but for when we are ready to leave our couches it sounds like a really fun activity. |
Meme9 | Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 10:14 am     That does sound like fun! If ya had the money to travel like that and the time. Maybe we could get a sponsor..hehe. |
Twiggyish | Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 11:07 am     I've heard of it and it does sound fun! |
Kstme | Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 11:24 am     Donut...that sounds VERY COOL! What fun! |
Babyruth | Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 11:51 am     I watched a tevelesion program about it, too- It does sound like a lot of fun! Wish I was wealthy and retired so I could do that..... |
Jewels | Monday, February 04, 2002 - 01:36 pm     I just saw this on the news last week and it sounds like so much fun! I am going to check into the cost of a GPS, I think it would be great for kids to do. Apparently there are quite a few caches in our area. |
Donut | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 10:29 pm     i forgot about this thread. i just wanted to tell you guys that its NOT something that involves a lot of time or money. it looked as if most places at least i noticed in my state, have lots and lots of places within even an hour or two. so it is more like a day or halfday actvity, just like going for a walk but more fun. and the only cost i believe is the gps which i think are about a hundred bucks. some of the places you can find just by description. i was thinking of trying some without a gps. hope that helps. i will try to find the website again for the national organization. of course if you were rich and retired then you could do it all over the world. |
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