Geocaching anyone?
Ever heard of geocaching?
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.
My highschool buddy Dave Brennan had emailed a while back regarding this, and asked me this weekend, if I had ever got started. I have a GPS device ( Magellan Blazer12 which I don't recommend, as it is old and not as accurate as modern devices ) we bought for Sherri's father over 10 years ago, and have been interested geocaching, but never got off my duff to do it. Well, this weekend I got off my duff.
Dave sent me a link to a cache near us...
Sherri and I got a late run at it, but we ended up finding it. Click here for pics
We found the container which had several trinkets and a log (which we signed).
After doing some checking, it appears there is a cache on Ed & Heather's street!
Sort of. N 29° 54.169 W 095° 38.755
Here is its description:
The coordinates listed above will put you in the right area of town, but not within reasonable walking distance of the cache itself. In order to find this cache, you must first find three hidden "triplet" microcaches:
Mother's Day Baby: Cinco
Mother's Day Baby: Dee
Mother's Day Baby: Mayo
The triplets hold the secret coordinates that are the "key" to unlocking the secret hiding place of their kidnapper, the EVIL MICRO. The EVIL MICRO's Hideout contains several large safety pins on which to display the pink, blue, and green beads found at the triplets' microcaches.
Ed: Interested in finding it?
You'll have to tell me more about this. Looks like it could be a fun thing to do when your saying to each other "I don't know, what do you want to do today?"
A little nervous about the one on my street. From the mark on the map, that would be at someone's house. Would feel funny rooting around in someone's front yard looking for it. How do you explain to the cops that your looking for buried treasure with out ending up in handcuffs?
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