Caching with Frankie and a Riley Cameo

[cmayer31]

Thanks everyone! It was a great day and a good hike. I'm sure Frankie will be sleeping well tonight!

It's good to see your girls again. I've missed them.

I know you (or Amy) has explained about the caches, but could you please explain it again? I don't remember the details and there may be others who do not know about them. How do you know where they are?

I'll steal from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching for the explanation of what it is:
"Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. Today, well over 800,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the pastime. Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica."

To find them just browse http://www.geocaching.com/ There are caches everywhere and they are rated by difficulty to find as well as terrain difficulty. Some are hidden in city areas, others are way off the beaten path.

[Taz_Zoee]

Thanks everyone! It was a great day and a good hike. I'm sure Frankie will be sleeping well tonight!



I'll steal from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching for the explanation of what it is:
"Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. Today, well over 800,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the pastime. Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica."

To find them just browse http://www.geocaching.com/ There are caches everywhere and they are rated by difficulty to find as well as terrain difficulty. Some are hidden in city areas, others are way off the beaten path.

That's neat. I'll have to see if there are any in my area. Of course, I do not have a GPS though.
So the reason there might be a lost cache is because someone happened upon it and didn't know about these geocaches and just took it.

[cmayer31]

That's neat. I'll have to see if there are any in my area. Of course, I do not have a GPS though.
So the reason there might be a lost cache is because someone happened upon it and didn't know about these geocaches and just took it.

Exactly. The geocaching world borrowed a term from Harry Potter and non cachers are called Muggles, so in this case the cache was probably muggled. It was in a rock outcropping only 10-20 yards off the main trail. Someone could have seen a cacher moving around the area and went to explore, or could have just stumbled on it.

[Flatcoatluver]

I love seeing pictures of your girls, there both so cute! Looks like they had a fun day!

[wolf_Q]

Great pics of your girls! It looks like Frankie really enjoys geocaching. I've looked around for a few caches that were gone as well (even climbed into a pine tree looking for one that wasn't there...). I love the pic of Riley running, she's such a beautiful dog!