GeoCaching

One of my goals for this year was to get back into geocaching. Ok so most of you are now asking "What is GeoCaching?" Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps (Global Positioning System) users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. 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.

Obviously the first thing that one needs is a gps unit. I got mine online at GPSCity located in Calgary. Ordered it online and it was shipped overnight. The nice thing about buying from a store located outside of Ontario is that I didn't have to pay the PST (a good 7% savings). True I had to pay shipping but there is very little selection in Sarnia for this type of unit so at the very least I would have had to gone to London. I could have ordered it from TigerDirect but then I would have paid the PST.

Ok so I now have my gps unit but how do I find out about a cache to go and find? Easy - just go to the GeoCachng website! It is the 'offical' web site for geocaching around the world and there are literally thousands of cached listed. Each cache has the location, hints to find it, a list of who has found it (or not), a little Yahoo or Google map of the general area etc.

I have found 4 so far and am normally out each weekend looking for more. I will post a little update for each new cache that I find. If you would like to join me or learn more about geocaching, please drop me an email or give me a call.