Any Geocachers here? (See www.geocaching.com for info if you haven't heard of it)

Yep. I have done some geocaching, but it has been a little while since I last went. It can be alot of fun, or incredibly frustrating depending on your sattelite signal strength. Good excuse to get outdoors and hike though, and interesting to read the log books sometimes. If you have a GPS, I would recommend trying it.<br><br>Enjoy!<br><br>Greg

We use geocaching as a navigation training aid.<br><br>Ted Fisher<br>Vermilion County Search and Rescue

To me, geocaching is just a good excuse to go romping around outdoors. Unfortunately, finding the goodies is almost like shooting fish in a barrel (at least here in Florida). Simply follow the arrow. Sometimes the terrain can be difficult, but that is it.<br><br>Letterboxing looks like it has more potential to be challenging. Some letterboxes (from what I understand) can be a combination of orienteering and puzzle solving. Finding one like this should be able to fill a person with a real feeling of accomplishment. Unfortunately, there are not many letterboxes in Florida, and most of these give clear directions which remove the challenge :(<br><br>Oh well, at least I still have orienteering for a challenge.

Hi Herrkey:<br><br>I'm sorry to hear geocaching isn't that exciting down there. Maybe its the terrain.<br> Here in CT and NY its more of a challenge as you have to study topo maps beforehand to figure out the best approach. There is also some orienteering (or dead reckoning) involved when you lose your GPS signal in a pine forest and have to rely on the last bearing you had.<br><br>Chris

Yup. Here in Florida, the terrain is as flat as a table. What I wouldn't give for a mountain or two. (and throw in some snow while you are at it)<br><br>Actually, Florida DOES have mountains. Unfortunately, they are land-fill sites

I thought there would be some fellow cachers here. Has anyone else noticed that their fellow hobbyists tend to take to the woods with a GPS receiver and little else survival wise? My friends and I notice this a lot here in the CT/NY area where many newbie cachers are going from the computer keyboard to the great outdoors for the first time. Hopefully they stay close enough to population to escape serious harm.<br><br>Chris

My nieces and nephews call it "treasure hunting" and think they are pirates.

It is a blast, gets them away from the TV and gets them a nice mixture of fresh air and exercise!

Yup, we do it from time to time. It can be a lot of fun, a good excuse to get out into the "woods," and learn your equipment...

Its a good way to kill boredom and get away from the TV.