For Christmas we got a GPS so we could go GeoCaching. This is a high tech term for 21st century treasure hunting. There is a webpage that lists hundreds of thousands of treasures that have been hidden around the world. You type in your zip code and it will describe hundreds of items that have been hidden in your area. The site gives you lattitude and longitude coordinates. Pop those into the GPS and away you go. The GPS will get you close and then you have to hunt around until you find the treasure.
So far we have found five different cache treasures. Some have been as big as an ammo box. But one was just a small mint tin hidden under some rocks by a coffee shop. A couple were hidden inside light poles. Very tricky!
The larger cache's have trinkets for you to take as long as you leave something for the next guy. The smaller ones only have a log for you to sign.
We are now working on hiding our own cache for others to find. Let us know if you want to go treasure hunting with us sometime. :)
2 comments:
I love GEOcaching. I don't have a GPS though so I have to bum off other people. Next time your up here we'll have to go.
David and I were just tlking about this the other day. We want to go hiking at least one a month (one of our goals for the year) and we thought it would be fun to go GEOcahing. If you ever want to go hiking with us let us know. We are starting with small hikes and hopefully want to finish with a hike down to Havasupi Falls, anyone interested?
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