What a fun fun day yesterday was! DH and I got together with a couple we've been friends with since college days (whew! long time!) and headed out for a little town about 30 minutes away. We did a little geocaching. The friends are quite good at this while DH and I are still novices. Geocaching is done with a handheld device, a GPS.
You must first go to a website, geocaching.com, to get information about caches in a given area. You then download from the website into the GPS the coordinates. You can also print off information about the cache from the website. Now, these caches are not valuable money-wise. After all, they are left unguarded! However, the thrill of finding one is great. Okay, armed with your GPS and your paperwork, you set off in search of the cache. The GPS provides direction. Once you've located it, you sign the tiny log with your username. Back home, you can register your find at the website to keep track of your "wins"! A good incentive to get outdoors and walk, geocaching also provides opportunities to see areas you might not visit otherwise. Even in our own home town, we have discovered lots of new sights through geocaching. And the cleverness with which some of the hiders place their caches is amazing! It is fairly inexpensive entertainment; you need the GPS, a computer and some good walking shoes. And the benefits are many: exercise, being outdoors, exploring new areas--and FUN!
5 comments:
This sounds like fun. I've been wanting to get outside and explore. Maybe I can talk hubby into trying this!
Such fun and you must have had OK weather to be doing that outdoor stuff. I'm jealous!
We enjoy doing this too...it is fun to see the treasures.
Where do you live? I am a very avid geocacher. It is a BIG thing with me. It's had to take a back seat the last few years so I replaced it with quilting more...but we still go as often as we can. In fact the minute my husband gets home, the boys and I are ready to head out for a couple!
I forgot, I am geocacher HBmamaG, live in Cameron but used to live in Pleasant Hill, and my world famous cache is "So Stupid, It's Magnificent"--look it up and go to it, cuz I am pretty sure you live in KC
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