Geocache

We went camping for a couple of days and took an evening walk. A woman with a small dog was at this bench. As we approached, she hurriedly twisted, reaching behind the bench, then quickly stood up. As our dogs did the requisite nosing about rituals with each other, we chatted. “I guess you saw what I was doing,” she said, and then explained herself. An avid geocacher, she had just replaced a box she’d located under the bench. I won’t tell you where this was.

Geocaching is a contemporary form of treasure hunting. The woman we met used a GPS geocaching app on her cell phone, but a GPS device can be used. Caches are hidden around the world. Find one, sign the log at the cache, and earn bragging rights. I’m sure it can be addictive. I have enough of a similar challenge finding my car keys from day to day.

6 thoughts on “Geocache”

  2. I’ve heard of this but I think I’ll pass. So far today, I’ve needed to be convinced it was Thursday instead of Monday. Or Sunday. Pretty soon Medicare will claim I’m too far gone to cover! As they say I can’t find my you-know-what with both hands tied behind my back!

  3. That made me laugh – I think car keys should come with a little alarm that you can set off somehow to locate them.

    We’ve seen others geocaching – it sounds like fun but we haven’t tried it. I doubt that I would actually sign in – just finding one would be fun enough for me.

  4. My son and daughter have both mentioned geocaching, but I don’t know that either does it actively. I know I don’t.

    I read somewhere that we spend fifteen percent of our lives looking for things we have misplaced. It sure felt that way in my office.

  5. I love games, yet this particular one hasn’t caught my attention. Kay, I think you have lost faith in me. . .you doubt that my Vietnamese bakery has the best croissants in the world?! They got the best training from the French, and I swear they are as good as any I’ve tasted in Paris. Never figured you to be a doubting Thomas!!

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