Geocaching

A lot of people may have heard of geocaching at one point or another, but few know exactly what geocaching actually is. The definition from geocaching.com is:

Geocaching is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache’s existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS unit can then try to locate the geocache.'

Geocaching is a hide and seek game, played all over the world by people of all ages. A geocache can be small -

no bigger than your biggest fingernail - or as big as a 5 gallon bucket. These geocaches are placed by different people, usually whoever lives in the area, and sought out by fellow geocachers. To find a geocache, you need a GPS device to plug in coordinates. Almost all geocaches are virtually impossible to find without the latitude/longitude coordinates. Geocaches are hidden so mugglers (anyone who is not a geocacher) will not find and take. With a few exceptions, you are supposed to bring something to leave in the geocache and take an item (equal in value!) with you.

I have learned that geocaches and GPSing can be extremely annoying (haha) but fun as well. Being on Maui, a geocache is a great place to get things that may have traveled all over the world. I didn't learn much on actual GPSing, though, because I already knew how to work them.

We found two caches. One was a micro cache. It was a very clever hide, but I can't spoil it for anyone who might want to find it. Another was a little out of the way, which is good because you wouldn't want anyone stealing it. It's name is "Time to Stock Up on Cookies!" I'll let you find it to see why. ;)

-Lindsey

Awesome video of Aspen showing you how to turn on and mark a waypoint on the GPS.