Quote Originally Posted by cmayer31 View Post
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.