I've got a Garmin for road navigation and a DeLorme for woods and water, but don't understand what geocaching is all about.

Then look at a list of geocaches in your area, use your GPS to find one, sign the log inside, replace the container as you found it, and go online and log the find.

Pioneer cemeteries, parks, viewpoints, and all kinds of things I might never have noticed.
And besides, it's a challenge that gets me off my butt and away from the PC.

I have found a lot of very nice secluded spots around town while Geocaching. Some close to the highway.. Small streams running past. You can find some beautiful spots. Just remember to look up once and a while from your GPS. You don't want to fall into a stream. I have almost walked right into tree in the past.

an attraction to collecting, to set fun goals, to become part of the a "sport" (as you often will leave something for the next person). And finding some of the caches, even with gps, can be a challenge. They are hidden to keep non-players from finding them.

since phones added GPS?

And it has made geocaching easier, since I can open the geocaching app and find nearby caches wherever I go.

Verrrry interesting.

in total finds.

My favorites are always the rugged, wilderness-y caches; I've got a ~12 mile death march hike planned in the next few days to grab some remote caches I've been eyeing for a while...

It's been a crazy spring and we just started the hobby last November.


Hopefully as schedules settle down in the next few weeks we'll have more time to hunt.

find I tend to like the clues aspect of letterboxing a bit better than the more techy geocaching. My son, a gadget nut, loves geocaching.

Currently we'll hit new caches nearby or when traveling but I'm too lazy to go back online and document them. Maybe the kids since they've started hitting the net pretty hard will start doing that for us.

It's a great activity the whole family can get into...lots of fun.