Visiting Ben’s family for Christmas and we slipped out to take the dog to the park. On a whim, I loaded the geocaching app to my phone just to see if there was anything nearby.
And there was!
But caching from a REAL GPS is a lot easier!
Still happy to find my first-ever east coast geocache!
The first International Geocaching Day was celebrated on Saturday August 20, 2011. Geocaching.com says that this will be an annual affaire held on the third Saturday of August each year.
If you found a cache or attended an event on 8/20/11 you will get a special souvenir on your profile on geocaching.com. (Souvenirs will be awarded soon but as of today, nothing has appeared yet!)
jeananjoe’s EVIL NASTY micro cache is actually hidden in my hand in this photo.
Not only did I drag ESP Boss and The Queen Mother out for a “quick” cache on Saturday, I also celebrated my 100th find. I had been “saving” lucky number 100 for a special occasion…
Last week I wrote about planning the big geocaching adventure for Sandy. It was her very first time ever geocaching but she’d been hearing about it from me all summer long.
Sandy’s First Cache Find!
I decided that we should head to nearby Willow Lake. I chose Willow Lake for three reasons:
ESP Boss has had a great girl working for him this summer. Sandy is a local girl who has been attending ASU pursing a degree in accounting. So, this summer we’ve hired her at the tax office to help out.
In addition to working on a MASSIVE project for a client, she’s also been doing some back-fill for EatStayPlay.com. Mainly, Sandy has been researching the state parks in Utah.
She’ll be heading back to school in a couple of weeks but before she goes back to Tempe, she asked me if I would take her geocaching. Yeah! I love nothing more than introducing a new person to the great game of geocaching.
By Steve Allen aka MO PIRATE
By now, I believe most folks know about the worldwide treasure hunting game called geocaching.
Using a GPS receiver and the satellites that transmit the signals to them, geocachers can get a “fix” on the location of over 1.3 million hidden containers around the world.
Way back in June, I wrote an article about non-traditional geocaches. The type of cache where it isn’t just a box of swag hidden in the woods.
And I had mentioned, under virtual caches:
I’ve run into a few virtual caches but I never participated — I wasn’t sure what the ghostie meant and it made me nervous!
Then, blog reader Don_J left the comment: “Don’t be afraid of the Ghost.”
Well, Don_J, I took your advice and went after my first ever virtual geocache.
Writing Contest for Geocachers!
New Frontier Books is sponsoring a writing contest JUST for geocachers! The book will be released at Geowoodstock XIII in May.
The book is titled: “Geocaching GPS: Great Personal Stories of Romance, Adventure, & Connection”
You can find more details here.
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