Saturday, July 31, 2010

Treasure hunting........GPS style

Cache means to hide or a hiding place. Put that together with a GPS and you have the wonderful adventure known as geocaching.

Geocaching is basically where a container ( geocache ) is hidden by someone and then they record that online with GPS coordinates so other people can go hunt the "treasure" down! It is done all around the world. It's a great way to get outdoors and get some exercise too.
If this interests you then www.geocaching.com is where you will find all the information you need to get started!
Inside most geocaches is a little notebook and pen or pencil so you can record that you were there. You don't take the cache....you leave it so others can find it too. Each geocache has a different title. We found one that had yellow in the title and all the little treasures in that cache were yellow.

The pictures below are from earlier this summer when DJ and I went geocaching with our friend Doug up around Snowbasin ( about 20 minutes from our house ).


I never get tired of this scenery!
I love the Wasatch Mountains
This cache was hanging on the fence
Skull.......possibly moose as it was a very large skull
More bones.......
Doug & DJ hunting with their gps's


Such a pretty flower! Star something or the other....?
It was a little muddy that day.....not bad
Cache treasures
He kind of blends in but there's a duck in the middle of the picture
You find all kinds of things in a cache!
DJ opening a cache
Our dog, Koda, loves to get out and explore!


Have a wonderful weekend!

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