Yet another addiction in my life – Geocaching
Ok, I will admit it, I have an addiction. Last week I bought my first GPS unit and I wanted to play with it. So I had heard people talk about geocaching, but I didn’t really understand what it was. So I visited Geocaching.com and read about the process. I searched and found a couple caches near my house ( a couple really near, but 50 within 5 miles). And I took my wife and my daughter out and went searching. WE HAD SUCH A BLAST! And we found nothing. :) Since that first night I have gone everyday and found at least one cache, although I usually look for a few.
This weekend we took a drive to the coast with Ryan and Ciara to show them around where I grew up. We found one out by the river. After Ryan and Ciara headed back to Seattle I hooked up with my dad and my brother and we went on to find 8 more caches that day! After coming back to portland my daughter and I went for a bike ride and found a couple more.
GeoCaching has been a wonderful combination of technology and nature, and just enough of a reason to get out of the house and go do something. If you have a GPS I really want to you to try geocaching. If you don’t have a gps? Well now you have a reason!
Keep an eye out for GeoLog an AIR application I am writing that uses the GPX files from geocaching.com and the AS3 Map Component from Yahoo to help you manage your geocache collection.
I am 100% with ya Sim… I have been a big fan of geocaching since 2000, when I discovered it referenced in some outdoor magazine.
Since then, I’ve found caches in Nevada, California and Spain!
Geocaching is like a hike, with a point. And maybe some treasure at the end. Lots of caches are placed at interesting spots that we might never quite get to on our own.
I even did a night cache once. It was set up by posting little tiny reflectors on the path and using a flashlight, we navigated to the spot!
Fun Times.
DW
Me too!
I’ve been geocaching since December and we are having a blast. There are so many cool places right near home that you never knew existed. I am nearing find # 200 and still going strong. World Wide Flash Mob is this weekend,(An event geocache) there is no doubt an event near you. Do a Google search on it or stop by my site and read about this fun group aspect of geocaching.
Happy caching!
Geocaching With Team Hick@Heart
I’m addicted! I can’t help myself.
Welcome Aboard….let us know when you start dreaming about geocaching!!
I’m also geocaching newbie that has just started out. So far I’ve just found one, but I’ve hidden one myself so I feel that I’m fully into the swing of things.
What kind of GPSr do you have?