It seams Soooo long ago! It really was & wasn't: Geocaching Still a thing!?
Grab your maps(Phones/tablets), Grab your pens, Grab your hiking boots! It's time to re visit geocaching, I myself had not thought of It for years Until Pokemon go Brought GPS games back into the scene. I believe It was my dad that truly introduced it to me, this was back when he was into metal detecting. At that time there were maybe a dozen caches in a smaller town & a city only had less than 100 per square mile, now it appears to have steadily grown to 10x or 15x that number in a few locations I've looked into.
Now to bring it back I must stress why this has come back to my attention now, well I'm in need to get in shape!! simple enough. I am wanting to incorporate a daily walk, jog run, hike etc... into my day to day...I need that cardio! I looked into Pokemon go again(nope still not worth it), there was a few zombie based running games, some tracker apps & other goal based games but none had compared to the memories of mystery, adventure & achievement that came with geocaching.
So getting down to business I've decided to get back into it & I will be keeping a log here for my health gains/benefits & my finds/photographs along the way!! I look forward to being able to have more than just babel to post. I look forward to getting out of my norm & back into nature/adventure!!
I am in Idaho, I plan already to cache in Oregon, Washington & Utah by the end of the year & if I can make it work I would love to cache again in Wisconsin (visiting for my brothers wedding) back where it started where I'm from & where I had cached the very first time.
I would love to make it to Missouri as well to visit with my wonder full madre @borrowedearth! I feel like the caching would be more interesting in a lesser populated area such as the Ozarks.
Only time will tell & Only time can mold.
Wish me luck & stay tuned!! Will have some interesting results I'm sure!
Photo Cred: pixaby.com: MasterTux
I used to do quite a bit of geocaching maybe 15 years ago. Man, that seems like forever. I have always enjoyed exploring and discovering new places in the wilderness, so having a goal to work toward at the end just added that much more to the experience. I also liked it when there was log book so you could see when the last person visited the cache.
Yes, it was early/mid 00s that does seem like for ever, kinda puts other things into prospective too, like what else was done but not anymore & of which what would you still enjoy doing now? I am definitely gonna enjoy this one !!! ^_^
This is something my ex tried to get me into when we were together many many moons ago...I have a few friends that do it as well. I never understood the fascination, so I never tried it. But then the same goes with disc golf, and now I play whenever I get the chance. I might be down to give it a shot.
My question is: Do I need a fancy standalone GPS system? or these days can I get an app?
I love it when obscure things pick up in popularity, so they get notices...but then taper back off so it's not overwhelming.
It is in app form, it uses google maps i believe
Thank you in advance for nice post @darkbish (>‿♥)
thank you & I wont disappoint! ^_~