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Terry

Terry

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Hi All,

I just started Geocaching today. Anyone else into this?

Terry:D
 
Yup!! Family and I go out often and have 6 of our own cache hides in the area. Lots of fun for the kids and we often find some new parks and play areas. We have a few TBs out as well, one that has traveled over 7500 miles!
 
Greg,

Check out Geocaching.com and look for video.

Warning, it is addictive but just plain fun!

Terry
 
Greg Bockelman said:
Want to explain just what that is?
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Quick description: Someone hides a 'cache' with and marks the coordinates with a GPS. They then go to a website (geocaching.com is a good one) and advertise their hidden cache and post the coordinates. Then other people go out with nothing more than the GPS coordinates and try to find the 'cache'. Then they come back to the website and say "We found it!"

It can get more involved than that - 'prizes' in the cache, 'travel bugs' which are serialized items that's goal is to travel around the world and are tracked online when found, etc. etc. It's a good way to have a reason to get out and about and see 'nature' as most cache's are hidden in parks or park-like areas.
 
I used to geocache. Its a lot of fun and a good way to get out of the house!
 
We've had lost GCers traipsing through our property, even with all the no trespassing signs. Really doesn't bother me but I get to thinking, what if they do this at Crazy Bob's place; yikes!
Y'all be careful out there.
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
We've had lost GCers traipsing through our property, even with all the no trespassing signs. Really doesn't bother me but I get to thinking, what if they do this at Crazy Bob's place; yikes!
Y'all be careful out there.
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Wait 'til one of them trips over something on your property and decides to sue you.
 
JeffDG said:
Wait 'til one of them trips over something on your property and decides to sue you.
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It's a concern, but I have excellent insurance and no local jury or judge would decide in favor of a someone ignoring a no trespassing sign around here. Of course I'd rather avoid the whole ordeal.
 
I've always been surprised that nefarious people don't leave wicked things inside those geocaches.

Pretty sure the entire hobby would disappear overnight with one string of well-publicized "geocache pipe bombs".

I guess I never had much interest in wandering around looking for a box of unknown stuff in a strange hiding spot left there by a total stranger and posted on a website anonymously?

I'd rather use the GPS to navigate and take the good camera out for a stroll. Never quite "got" geocaching I guess. But photos are fun. ;)
 
denverpilot said:
I've always been surprised that nefarious people don't leave wicked things inside those geocaches.

Pretty sure the entire hobby would disappear overnight with one string of well-publicized "geocache pipe bombs".

I guess I never had much interest in wandering around looking for a box of unknown stuff in a strange hiding spot left there by a total stranger and posted on a website anonymously?

I'd rather use the GPS to navigate and take the good camera out for a stroll. Never quite "got" geocaching I guess. But photos are fun. ;)
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Guess we need a Geocache Security Administration (GSA) that will operate just like TSA.
 
wsuffa said:
Guess we need a Geocache Security Administration (GSA) that will operate just like TSA.
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Some state and local park systems require you to obtain a 'Geocache Permit' before placing your cache. I think the standard requirements are to list its contents (which is useless b/c the contents constantly change), container description, and location. Most of the time the permits are free, but I have heard of some places putting a small fee on the permits.

Believe it or not, the permits is a improvement from the previous stance that a lot of parks had of not allowing any geocaches to be placed on their property at all.
 
denverpilot said:
I guess I never had much interest in wandering around looking for a box of unknown stuff in a strange hiding spot left there by a total stranger and posted on a website anonymously?

I'd rather use the GPS to navigate and take the good camera out for a stroll. Never quite "got" geocaching I guess. But photos are fun. ;)
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A lot of geocacher's are avid photographers as well. The geocaches help give motivation to get off the beaten path and sometimes lead folks to places that you normally wouldn't just stumble on, but someone found it and decided to put a cache there to lead other folks to the spot with spectacular scenery, etc.
 
Hi All,

Ah C'mon guys. Listen to yourselves. It a fun, clean, sport. People who don't play by the rules get comments on their caches and people avoid them.

Pipe bombs are bigger than the cache anyway. :D Not that I know about pipe bombs, just saying.

I think Geocaching is a fun sport and I will keep playing.

Terry
 
I like to play with an airplane and try to find someplace with a runway using the GPS. It gets frustrating when you can't find it. Especially when it's where you took off from. :)
 
CJones said:
A lot of geocacher's are avid photographers as well. The geocaches help give motivation to get off the beaten path and sometimes lead folks to places that you normally wouldn't just stumble on, but someone found it and decided to put a cache there to lead other folks to the spot with spectacular scenery, etc.
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That's cool. Hadn't thought about using the cache to lure people to nice views. ;)
 
One of the nice things about Geocaching is when we are out of town it ussaly brings us to nice places we would have never found other wise. It has also brought us to some spots that we ask why would anyone place one here.
 
NV DOT removed a lot of geocache sites along the Alien Hwy near Rachel NV because of traffic concerns with people parking along a deserted 2 lane remote highway.

Geocachers world wide had a fit and swore to avoid NV, threatening to withhold their vacation dollars from the state. Not sure how that worked out for them.
 
I occasionally geocache. Last month I picked-up a travelbug in Ohio that some elementary school kids would like to see visit all 50 U.S. states. Last week I dropped it off in Colorado after taking care of six states. I have one puzzle cache here in Tucson that any pilot should be able to solve.
 
tlglenn said:
I occasionally geocache. Last month I picked-up a travelbug in Ohio that some elementary school kids would like to see visit all 50 U.S. states. Last week I dropped it off in Colorado after taking care of six states. I have one puzzle cache here in Tucson that any pilot should be able to solve.
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That's cool what you did for the kids!

Can you provide a link to your aviation related one?
 
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