Today was absolutey gorgeous weather and I took the opportunity to go on a 3.4 mile hike in Picayune Strand State Forest. I have a hobby called geocaching. Being the techie/gadget girl that I am, I like hunting for "treasure" with my gps. Geocaching is world wide and its such a blast!
Today I did what is called a "multi-cache." You are given one set of coordinates and you have to find the treasure, which in turn gives you another set of coordinates, and so on. This one had five stages. I didn't have any paper, so I had to write the instructions on my hand. In the end, I found the "treasure," in this case, an ammo can. Once you find the cache, you sign the log to say "I was here." Sometimes, there will be trade items inside, as well as special coins for tracking and something called travel bugs. Travel bugs are in the shape of a dog tag and are meant to travel from cache to cache. Sometimes they have a mission, such as, "I want to visit every state capital in the country." Then people will take them to a cache near their state capital, then the next person, and so on...
If you're looking for a fun hobby that takes you to places you would otherwise not visit, then you should try it! If you want to learn more, go to geocaching.com. Type in your zip code and you'll be amazed how many are close to you.
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Hi girly! U r quite the "adventurer!" (Is that a proper/correct/formal pass the Stac/Pat writing test word?? LOL! :) I love that your 365 project is going so well! Your captured photos are great! :) xoxo, S~
ReplyDeleteCongrats on doing Signs of Nature. You guys better have back up pens for the next time :).
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