Geocaching - My First Attempt

Published on July 9, 2007 By MasonM In Blogging

I was reading about geocaching Link and decided that it sounds like fun. It's basically like a scavenger hunt using a GPS. The cache can be anything from a simple container with nothing more than a log inside for you to sign, or it could contain any of a number of things. The rule is if you take something, you also leave something.

As I am killing time here at the truck stop in Vero Beach, FL I did a cache search for anything near these coordinates and found a listing for a cache about a half mile from the truck stop. I punched it into my GPS and started walking. It was located at a Cracker Barrel restaurant and between the GPS reading and the clues I am positive that I know where it was hidden, but there were just too many people around for me to get at it. One of the rules is that you don't want to give away it's position to any onlookers as they might steal it. Sadly I had to log it as a "Did not find".

But on a brighter note, I did find a D.O.T. survey marker that was listed between here and the cache. I was able to log it as found, and was the first to do so. So it was a 50/50 hunting trip.

I can understand why geocaching is so popular around the world. It is a lot of fun going on a treasure hunt. I'll be checking for caches wherever I am stopped for a while. I've also already discover listings for a number of them close to my home so I know what I'll be doing when I get home in a day or two.

I received an email today informing me that my new Garmin GPS was shipped out and should arrive at my house on Wednesday. Cool.

Comments (Page 2)

MasonM

on Jul 11, 2007

That sounds like a lot of fun! Thx for keeping people like me ('greenhorns') in the know! Good luck on the rest of your hunt!

Thanks

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