Geocaching

[AgHntr10]

Ok, I'll be the one........


What in the name of Zeus's B-hole are yall talking about?

don't worry I had to look it up as well

[Bill]

If my kids were younger, and it was something we could do as a family, I could see it.

Here's the things cached for zip code 78711 in Austin- 98 PAGES of stuff.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?zip=78711&x=4&y=7

Crazy- people should be hunting!

[Dale Moser]

I'll be ****ed...

[Jaspro]

Nerds.

[Shadow]

My kids and I did this for a bit. We found lots of new places but for some reason most of the caches were in the trash infested area's. One was down in a well on a string that homeless folks used as a restroom.

Some of the caches are very smart and well hidden. Here are some of the types of caches we found.

Kids first find: Magnet key holder on emergency escape stairs.

Hardest one to find to date: log laying on the ground with a few other peaces but a hole was drilled and filled with a 35mm file case then topped off with a peace of bark making it very hard to locate.


Most of the stuff in the caches are "junk" and I mostly just signed the log and left the stuff unless the kids wanted to trade something. We carried a backpack with trading material, extra batteries for the gps, and print outs of the caches. If the kids were to find the cache by themselves I would print the clues as well.

[ken]

I know what geocaching is. I used to do it with my oldest daughter on Indian Princess outings.

I will definately have to look up the meaning of "Zeus's B-hole" though.

[cantexduck]

My 8 year old nephew was telling me about this the other day. I thought he was crazy. Looks like he is getting a gps soon.

[belly_up]

i'll do it when people start geocaching their huntin honey holes...who's first?

[Chew]

I looked up one spot because it was right next to my favorite crappie hole in Panther Creek in the Woodlands. Pretty cool stuff. But it would interfere with my other hobbies. Just got my 16 year old his own GPS so might look into it again.


I just woke the house up laughing at Zeuss's Butthole

[Flame-Tamer]

Very fun and oh ya fun. My kids love it.

hank

[txtimetravler]

The Boy Scouts are getting into the caching too. Kids love it...

[Buckrider]

I have done this a number of times. The number 1 benefit of Geocaching to me aside from having something else to do is it gives you an excellent opportunity to really get to know how to use your GPS and learn what it is capable of and after a little practice you will be amazed at how accurate they are. I got to where I knew without a doubt that once I homed in on the "hidden cache" that it would be within a 10 foot radius of where I was standing. So no matter how hard it was to find, I knew It was right there, just got to look harder!