Monday, July 13, 2009
Lots of caching to come!
We have done about 10 caches recently, so we'll be uploading some pictures and our adventures soon!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Garmin=broken
Until we figure out what is going on with our GPS unit, we won't be able to do any caching. We tried going to a few in Greenville a couple weeks ago, but our Garmin is sending us in all sorts of directions. Not one of the directions in the right one.
We're trying to figure out what is wrong with it either that or we'll borrow someone's and go next week. :-)
It's also been raining on our days off together. How lame.
And we have an 8 week old puppy (that we got at 3 days old) that has been keeping us busy.
I promise we cache.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
It's been awhile.
Golly it has been MONTHS since we went caching. We just haven't had the time between school and work. Hopefully after finals we should have more time to get out and about.
Side note- anyone know about the red caboose cache in Clemson? We can't find it anywhere and have spent hours scouring the thing.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
1. The Intro and 2 caches
*I'm taking this from our regular blog at Tripping Down the Aisle since I already made a post*
We got hooked on Geocaching while we were visiting Clay's family for his birthday. Clay and I got the beginners course from Benjamin {his step-brother} and his Mama. If you have never heard of it I will give you a quick run down {you will probably find it really dorky.}
1. Go to Geocaching.com and register
2. Search for local Geocaches
3. Input coordinates into handheld GPS
4. Go find Geocaches!
Geocaches are placed all over the world and it's a huge scavenger hunt. If you place a cache you have to get permission from the owner of the land, so everywhere you go should know there is some kind of container with a log in it that you sign saying you've been there. It's basically controlled littering of sorts, since the owner is required to maintain the container.
The first one of the day had us trampling through the woods at a local park. We were looking for a plastic container that was wrapped in camouflage duck tape that was buried under leaves. Once we found it we opened it and signed the log saying that we'd been there. It had a bunch of items in it that you can trade out. Clay and I are going to start leaving buttons. Weird... I know. Cache #2 was on the same property, but this time the thing was smaller than my pinky and hiding in a tree. It was also wrapped in camouflage, so it was a hard find, too!
Clay and I got hooked. We did a search of a five mile radius to our house and there are dozens of them. So we went in search of a few yesterday with his brother and his girlfriend. The little red caboose on campus supposedly has one, but we couldn't find it. We were able to find one in another park in the knot of a tree. We also found one in Cooper Library on campus.
They are seriously everywhere! It's really dorky, but a lot of fun AND it requires a ton of walking to get to almost all of them. If you love scavenger hunts- this is for you!
We got hooked on Geocaching while we were visiting Clay's family for his birthday. Clay and I got the beginners course from Benjamin {his step-brother} and his Mama. If you have never heard of it I will give you a quick run down {you will probably find it really dorky.}
1. Go to Geocaching.com and register
2. Search for local Geocaches
3. Input coordinates into handheld GPS
4. Go find Geocaches!
Geocaches are placed all over the world and it's a huge scavenger hunt. If you place a cache you have to get permission from the owner of the land, so everywhere you go should know there is some kind of container with a log in it that you sign saying you've been there. It's basically controlled littering of sorts, since the owner is required to maintain the container.
The first one of the day had us trampling through the woods at a local park. We were looking for a plastic container that was wrapped in camouflage duck tape that was buried under leaves. Once we found it we opened it and signed the log saying that we'd been there. It had a bunch of items in it that you can trade out. Clay and I are going to start leaving buttons. Weird... I know. Cache #2 was on the same property, but this time the thing was smaller than my pinky and hiding in a tree. It was also wrapped in camouflage, so it was a hard find, too!
Clay and I got hooked. We did a search of a five mile radius to our house and there are dozens of them. So we went in search of a few yesterday with his brother and his girlfriend. The little red caboose on campus supposedly has one, but we couldn't find it. We were able to find one in another park in the knot of a tree. We also found one in Cooper Library on campus.
They are seriously everywhere! It's really dorky, but a lot of fun AND it requires a ton of walking to get to almost all of them. If you love scavenger hunts- this is for you!
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