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Across the Fence:  Geocaching  |
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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
592 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 17 2009 : 6:13:18 PM
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I had never heard of this before a farmgirl mentioned it in another post.
Do many of you do this?
I'm curious to know what you've found and what you've left behind?
Please tell me about your adventures with this!
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom"
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - Sep 17 2009 : 8:26:29 PM
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I also read the other post and was going to ask the same question, I have never heard of it but it sounds like fun. How do you know where to look? How do you get started doing this?
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Sep 17 2009 : 8:34:25 PM
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Hi Diane,
One of the farmgirls said to go to this site. There's a place that you can type in your zip code and it will let you know how many geo cache sites there are in your area. I'd never even heard of it before today.
Sounds like a lot of fun, but I want more details!
www.geocaching.com
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom"
www.mylusciousjourney.blogspot.com |
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HeatherAnn
True Blue Farmgirl
187 Posts
Heather
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - Sep 17 2009 : 9:31:25 PM
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i went once with my in laws. my father in law and brother in law were in charge of the logistics, but it was fun! we just got some coordinates or something and went galavanting through the hills. We found the spot, but nothing was there :(. It was fun though, just as a good excuse to hike and be nosey.
try it if you have a GPS. it's worth doing at least once :)
Heather Ann
Apartment Farmgirl
"You got to look at all the good on one side and all the bad on the other and say 'Well, alright then.'" - Aunt Eller, Oklahoma
www.plumblossomknits.etsy.com |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Sep 18 2009 : 03:43:48 AM
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This became popular a few years ago
Kind of fun
If you have a cell phone w/ a GPS or I guess just a GPS you can go online and find coordinates in the state where you live and go "treasure hunting"
Some Geocaches and really easy to find and have bigger items you can trad out, others are really tiny. So the tiny ones have just basic info on pieces of paper you can relay to other searchers back online. |
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2355 Posts
Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Sep 18 2009 : 05:24:04 AM
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| My son and daughter in law take my grandchildren letterboxing...gets them outside for hikes as a family and teaches the children a little about following directions in the outdoors. I went with them and it is a lot of fun! Great activity for the little ones! |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
T
MI
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Posted - Sep 18 2009 : 07:01:27 AM
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We go letterboxing! Well, we did. More when my oldest was younger. Lately we haven't but a friend mentioned it to me and she would like to try with her kids, so I thought I'd break out the letterboxing stuff and give it a go again!
http://www.letterboxing.org/
Here they are searching out clues!
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Edited by - StarMeadow on Sep 18 2009 07:14:15 AM |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Sep 18 2009 : 07:05:31 AM
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THAT'S what we called it! Letterboxing! I had a total mindcramp yesterday and couldn't for the life of me think of it! I started doing it when I lived in England.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Sep 18 2009 : 07:12:53 AM
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We love to go caching but I haven't got to go very much lately. My favorite time to go is in the fall and winter when the weeds aren't so bad and it's not so hot. It's one of my favorite things to do out in nature. Like I said in the other post geocaching can take you to places and let you see things you might otherwise not have seen.
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/
An Angel says, 'Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.' |
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Cabinprincess
True Blue Farmgirl
682 Posts
Melody June
Athens
TX
USA
682 Posts |
Posted - Sep 18 2009 : 7:36:52 PM
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I have never heard of this before. I am going to look up my town and see if there are any. What a really fun thing to do. I would get a kick out of digging something up just to see what someone else thought was important enought to bury.
Smiles, Melody June
God's gift to you are your talents, your gift to Him is how you use them. |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9329 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9329 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2009 : 04:06:12 AM
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Geocaching,I have never done this myself but my daughter and her husband go often.
They seem to really enjoy it.
Exactly what is letterboxing? Never heard of it.
God is good....all the time.
Denise
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2009 : 6:30:44 PM
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We're Letterboxers here! We've previously used a store bought stamps, but have now carved our own. You can print out clues from here: http://www.atlasquest.com/
You follow the clues to find the box. Inside you'll find a stamp and logbook. You take their stamp and stamp it into your logbook - then stamp your stamp into theirs and sign it with your "trail name". Hide it well and you're on your way.
My girls & I usually write something in the logbook if there's enough room - like saw a deer on our hike to find the box. Other people sometimes do the same. Date it and sign it.
It does get the kids out hiking, for further than they'd normally go. 
We have a GPS and have tried once to find a geocache without luck. We're going to try some close to our house.
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Edited by - City Chick on Sep 21 2009 6:31:27 PM |
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rhondacate
True Blue Farmgirl
234 Posts
Rhonda
Janesville
CA
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2009 : 11:25:26 PM
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I am a letterboxer.
I like it better than geocaching, because you don't need a GPS. Plus there is so much creativity involved in the stamps that are carved.
I've found letterboxes all around the country. And planted a few as well. I don't have kids, but it is a fun thing to do with my friends who do have kids. I highly recommend it.
~Rhonda
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - Sep 22 2009 : 4:38:57 PM
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My DH said he would try it someday but that he is busy (and he is) now so it may have to wait a while. I went for a walk in the woods at the end of my street it's not very big and you can see where some kids had a campfire, I could not believe the junk in the woods. It's near a mall and filled with bags and just junk. I saw a nice bike in the deep ditch. I called the police to report it as it was probley stolen, I haven't been back but I think I'll go tomorrow for an hour or two and pick up some of the junk. I just can't believe how awful it is. We had a shared woods with about 15 families and it was always beautiful and you could let your kids play in it. I don't want my grandson around any of it.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Sep 22 2009 : 10:24:44 PM
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Its so much fun! You will love it!
Maggie |
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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