Geocaching

What brought this on you ask?  Debbie mentioned this some time back and after using the small handheld GPS on our kayak trip we decided to give it a try. from www.wikipedia.com  : Geocaching is an outdoor activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container (usually a tupperware or ammo box) containing a logbook. Larger containers can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaching is most often described as a, "game of high-tech hide and seek," sharing many aspects with orienteering, treasure-hunting, and waymarking. www.geocaching.com We set up a free account at the above site and downloaded five waypoints to our GPS. There are hundreds of cache sites in our area.  We located the five sites we transferred to the GPS in an hour and a half.  The one at Union Point eluded our efforts on the first try so we returned once we sharpened our skills. Each location included a list of when the cache was first hidden and each subsequent find.  It was really interesting to see who found the site previously. Sorry for the picture quality but all we had available was Debbie’s cell phone camera.  At least we had that!

Map of our overall trip.

Close up of the cache area.

When you’re in eastern NC NASCAR is bound to show up.

This is actually more difficult than we first imagined.  Some of these folks are are quite creative in their hiding methods.  Hint: not everything is at ground level and some things are hidden in plain sight. All of these were in the easy range both for location and terrain.  We’re ready to go one level up. Next time maybe we can combine the Harley in the outing.