Worldwide Treasure Hunting

Have you heard of geocaching?

Those who know about it, know.

The ones who don't need a long, drawn out, detailed

explanation of it and even then they don't totally understand

until they actually do it.

The definition on the website, geocaching.com, says

"A free world-wide outdoor treasure hunt. Players try to locate

hidden containers, called geocaches, using a smartphone or GPS

and then share their experiences online."

For more details you can watch this...

I remember geocaching with my mom as a kid.
It was a lot less common back then.
When Andrew and I moved back to CA we started doing

it together as a hobby.
Soooo fun!

Andrew even tracked some down in Japan during his last deployment!

I think the hardest cache we ever found was in Oceanside, CA.
It was inside a Mini M&M container with sticks and leaves
glued to the outside and hidden at the bottom of a tree.

Check out these other creative caches...



 

 

 


Although a lot of them just look like this...



 

Another fun thing we like to do in the world of geocaching
are travel bugs. You purchase this little tag and each one has
its own tracking number. Attach the tag to whatever you want
to send on an adventure. As it travels from cache to cache, other
geocachers will enter the tracking number on the website so you
can follow it's journey. You can post a "goal" for your item or just
see where it ends up. Geocoins have the same concept.

It's a great past time to spend time with family/friends, enjoy
the outdoors, get some exercise and have fun!

I highly recommend trying it out if you haven't yet. I just ask a couple things
of you. Please be respectful of nature as you hunt or place your caches. Please be
considerate of the caches you find and put them back the way you found them.
Many, many people enjoy geocaching and we rely on each other to keep it
running smoothly.

Join the crowd at geocaching.com and check out how many caches are in your area.
Also, add us as a friend: TeamPirateIke