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How many here do Geocaching? After registering my new Colorado 400c on Gamin was given a 30 day premium membership to Geocatching.com so checked it out. My brother in-law and his son have been doing it for years so thought Jacob and I would give it a try, what a blast. The two of us spent most of Sunday Geocaching, we’re hooked. If you’ve never tried it you’re truly missing out on a grand adventure activity. We'll be adding this activity to our boating this summer, and plan on setting a few Geocaches out in PWS.

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The 400c arrived last Thursday and from what I can tell the G2 limited software is essentially the old Blue chart like I have on the 172c but with vastly more coverage area.
So far love the 400c, nice size and lighter than I thought. Went out a bought Topo U.S. 2008, a nice addition especially for hiking and Geocaching. Was able to load all the maps I need on one 2 Gig SD card so now I can just switch back a fourth from marine to Topo seamlessly on the go.
 
We got hooked on it a couple years ago. It is a great excuse to get outside and have a little adventure on a Sunday afternoon. A friend dummied up a geocache and proposed to his future wife over the diamond ring which she found in the geocache.

I did a short presentation for a Boy Scout troop this winter on GPS use and geocaching. It is amazing how quickly younger folks can pick up on the technology and put it to use.

We purchased a C-Dory yesterday, so will be looking for your caches in PWS in the future.
 
I have not tried this but it sounds like fun. I do have a question. How hard can it be? I mean you I have done land nav with a map and a compass at night and was always able to find my way point mark. If you have a gps and a way point it should be a no brainer or am I missing something??

p.s. Ken welcome to the site. Which model did you get?
 
I did it a few years back when it first started. At that time, the closest one was about 1/2 way between here and Panama City. We took the motor scooter for a outing and found it. It was great fun. I even "planted a few myself. They hobby has really taken off since I did it. The last time I looked there was about 20 within a couple of miles from my house. At about the same time the Degree Confluence Project http://confluence.org/ was just starting. I did a lot with that and was the first to visit most of the Florida Confluences as well as the first in Al, Ms and Ky. It is amazing what we can find to entertain ourselves :lol: I have a link to the Confluence thing on my web page. www.rogerrockwell.com

Roger
 
starcrafttom":2pb8nig5 said:
I have not tried this but it sounds like fun. I do have a question. How hard can it be? I mean you I have done land nav with a map and a compass at night and was always able to find my way point mark. If you have a gps and a way point it should be a no brainer or am I missing something??

p.s. Ken welcome to the site. Which model did you get?
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I’m new at this but from the little bit we’ve done it is always a challenge. Granted some caches are large and fairly easy to find but others are the size of a film canister. A lot of caches are hidden around urban areas while others require hiking into the back country.
There is one downtown here in Anchorage called Pictures.
You have to print out the pictures from www.Geocaching.com and follow the directions which require you going to the first picture using coordinates and looking for the second picture. It took friend and his son almost 2 hours on that one.
Then there are Travel Bugs you can track all over the world, and Geocoins.
As of today there are 732,005 active Geocaches around the world.
There is this one here that has a blond wig and sunglasses in it, you have to take your picture with the wig and sunglasses and post the picture in the Geocache log to get credit for the find, have that one on my must find list. Some have little reflectors attached to trees leading you to the cache for night hunting.
The list goes on and on………..

Go check it out and put in your area code to see how many Geocaches are in your area. www.geocaching.com

Congratulations kennharriet on the new boat, if you make it out on Prince William Sound give me a shout, a long drive from ID.
 
We purchased a 99 22' Cruiser with the Honda 75 hp. We are looking forward to wearing it out. We have not had a chance to put it in the water yet.

There have been a few geocaches that we have not found. After looking hard to find the one, we later learned that it was a "virtual geocache". Actually, it was a site with some petroglyphs, but nothing planted there. We have located a few mini caches, that were magnetic key holders in hard to find structures. One of the more challenging was a cache fairly high up a tree. Pretty cheap entertainment.
 
I'm approaching finding my 600th cache, after geocaching for about 4 years.

Many geocaches are very challenging to find. There is a rating for difficulty assigned to each cache from 1 - 5. When someone assigns a 5, you know that you're not likely to find it if you think in conventional ways. GPS accuracy gets you within about a 75' radius, if the cache owner did a good job getting coordinates. But, caches can be hidden diabolically cleverly.

The real pleasure of geocaching for me is going to beautiful natural or archeological sites that I never would find otherwise. Plus, I get exercise 1 day a week. In winter I XC ski or snowshoe to caches. In Summer, I kayak to them or get to them via Hunky Dory. In spring & fall we hike. It makes a pleasant day to hike around a State Park for 6 miles and bag several caches at scenic outlooks.

On Northeast C-Brat gathering/Cruises for the past few years, I've included at least 1 geocaching trip.

Rick from Maine
 
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