Geocaching - Making the Find

Here is a bonus post for today.  I wrote this post while I was back in the US traveling around but I never posted it.   So, here it is for you to enjoy...

As I mentioned in a previous post, I enjoy the game of Geocaching.  It goes perfectly with my other favorite thing to do ... traveling because you can geocache all around the world.  So far, I've geocached in 6 states in the US, as well as Vietnam and Thailand.  Hopefully, I will be able to add many more places to that list in the future.

One of the things I like about Geocaching is that it leads me to spots I might not otherwise go on my own and it helps me notice things that I pass everyday and never noticed before.

For example, here I am doing a cache in Pennsylvania.  It's in a store parking lot hiding on this lamp post.  A store parking lot is not a very exciting place to visit but look at the view behind it.  I never noticed before how pretty it is.  You can see the valley and farmland and the mountains in the distance.  I would have never stopped and noticed the view if it wasn't for Geocaching.

Geocaching with Cassie

What do you like to do in your free time?  Do you have any hobbies?

Well, today I would like to tell you about mine.  (If you are one of my friends from the American Center, you already know.)  I like to play a game called Geocaching.  The idea is you use a GPS unit to look for boxes hidden in different places.   Here is an official video explaining more about it -



I have a confession to make.  I don't use my GPS very often when I play this game.  That's because I play in the city and it's often easy to figure out where the hidden location is by using Google maps and the hints listed on the Geocache page.  Of course, this doesn't work if you are looking for a cache hidden in the forest or on a long hiking trail but I've managed to find quite a few this way.

Come along with me as I drive from my hotel to find an easy geocache.  It's filmed in timelapse so the whole video is less than 1 minute.  (42 seconds to be exact.)