Geocaching - High-Tech Hide & Seek I discoveed geocaching quite by accident. In 2003 while travelling down the waterways of Russia we were able to keep abreast with our surroundings using a guidebook. Planning our 2005 adventure across Europe there appeared to be no similar publication, so I decided to invest in a GPS receiver and come up with my own location finder sytem. Eager to learn something about Global Positioning Systems (GPS) I visited a local bookstore where I discovered Erik Sherman's Geocaching-Hike and Seek with Your GPS. I was hooked. Like so many things in our high-tech world, GPS for the masses seemed to be waiting for a use. Born in the year 2000, geocaching, a new take on an old game, conjures up words such as health, family togetherness, education, natural beauty, challenge, discovery and fun. If I've peaked your interest, the internet has many sites where you can learn more. Now, if you care, follow along as I share some of our adventures. Searching for our first cache we read our clue sheet wrong with the result we explored 3 parklands before reaching our goal. By next day we had streamlined out attack. Finding our first cache of the day I realized we had come across the remains of storm sewer gully (now filled in) where years earlier I had enjoyed the perfect spot for playing Commandos.(World War II was ending.) Continuing on to search for our next cache we arrived on an island with pelicans in search of a feeding. Less that 2 miles from home I hadn't visited the spot since the 1950s. One of the joys of geocaching is it gives you a reason to explore areas you normally wouldn't think of visiting. <<< Sleuth - my geocaching buddy - left some buffalo chips. (Not what you think.)
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