Need more to do while on vacation?

10 04 2008

I am assuming anyone reading this is going to have a lean towards camping.  I suppose you don’t have to but if your checking out info about Tear Drops and Tiny Travel Trailers odds are good you will be out camping.

Of course your chosen destination will probably have lots of sites near by to go visit.  Plus you are camping after all sitting out and enjoying a good bit of nature is always part of the itinerary.  If you are looking for more the perfect answer is Geo Caching. Basically you have a hand held GPS unit and Coordinates to a hidden container usually in an out of the way place.

Geo Caching is a great way to find other spots of interest where you are camping and who would not like using a billion dollars worth of satellites to play hide and seek with a Tupperware container in the woods.

Typically most caches will have a log where you sign your name and the date you found the cache.  Occasionally caches will have little nic naks  in them that you trade with what you bring.  Some caches will have special coins or items with tracking bugs that you take with you to put into another cache and enter the info in on geocaching.com and see where else in the world the object has been.  To find the coordinates to caches go to geocaching.com and search by the zipcode that you will be in.  You will find many caches in the near by area to go out and hunt down.  In some areas you might find special caches like in western PA there is the Allegheny GeoTrail.  The Allegheny trial offers you special coins by finding caches in each county.

If you are interested in Geo Caching be sure to check the Getting Started section of geocaching.com where you will find guides to everything involved in Geo Caching.   Also you don’t have to be on vacation to go Geo Caching.  You will find caches in your own area and you can also hide your own cache for others to find.

Do you GeoCache while on vacation?

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