Friday, August 10, 2007

the Modern Day Treasure Hunt

Have you heard of geocaching? According to www.geocaching.com the definition of geocaching is...
" Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache."
In other words geocaching is a modern day treasure hunt. I've got to say that I'm becoming increasingly addicted to it. I went on a geocache last summer with some friends and my daughter and instantly fell in love with this activity. Every camping trip we've been on this summer I've been geocaching. I've found caches in Ocean Shores WA, Metolius OR, Crescent Lake OR and Paulina Lake OR. I'm planning on placing my first cache in the Dry Canyon in Redmond soon. There are also hundreds of caches around town ready to be found.

It is a great way to get my 7 year old daughter interested in hiking and the outdoors and my new westie puppy loves the chance to get out on long walks. I highly recommend it! To find out more visit www.geocaching.com. You can search for the location of geocaches all over the world. Have fun, I am!
As a side note I'm trying to find a local geocache group here in Central Oregon. From what I've heard there is only an informal group. If anyone knows how to contact them, please let me know.

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