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« on: January 20, 2009, 05:09:22 PM »

The "Anything Else" board looked so sad and forlorn without a single thread... Smiley
...so I thought I would post about another hobby of mine!

www.geocaching.com

Anyone else geocache? I have found 240 so far. Great outdoors family friendly activity.
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2009, 07:12:03 PM »

G'day Bixby

Noticed you were a Geocacher in the introduction thread. I have been Geocaching since 2005. Maddie and I are pushing 1130 finds here in Australia. Just had holidays in the Blue Mountain Area ended up with 75 finds for the 2 weeks.  Love Geocaching gets us outdoors a fair bit and there are some great people to meet. We combine geocaching with other outdoor activities like 4x4ing, Metal/Gold detecting and of course general trips around the country side.  Where do you hail from?
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2009, 08:01:26 PM »

I gave it a try once, but I just don't have the patience for it. The only reason I even got one find was because the cache owner gave me a ton of hints (it was in front of his house). I made a pitiful attempt at another nearby cache but couldn't find anything. Felt like a complete dork and went home.
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2009, 08:53:36 PM »

Edmil:
Cool beans. You area  true veteran. I live in Saskatchewan, Canada. I have found caches in Canada, USA, and Scotland. Some very interesting places and some very interesting finds. I imagine you have seen some very clever hides and travel bugs. cache on my friend, cache on...

Scott:
Sorry to hear about your experience. Sounds like the early caches you went after happen to be frustrating. That is not indicative of the hobby. I have had a few that were very hard to find, but tons more that were quite rewarding. 
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2009, 10:55:46 PM »

I live in Saskatchewan
My deepest condolences to you. Grin
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« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2009, 06:37:06 AM »

I live in Saskatchewan
My deepest condolences to you. Grin

Nice. Smiley

I have lived in four provinces...
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...is the easiest to draw. Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2009, 07:34:41 PM »

The first geocache I found was in August of 2003.

I quit caching once I returned to college--too many other activities taking too much time to geocache.  I do miss it, though.
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« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2009, 09:15:04 PM »

Have thought many times about doing it.  I travel a fair bit and love the outdoors.  Perhaps I will try it this summer.
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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2009, 01:17:42 AM »

Do give it a try. It can become very addictive, but it can take you to some amazing places.  Maddie and I have only cached in Australia but if we get the opportunity to travel OS you can be sure it will be part of our sight seeing.
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« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2009, 12:35:31 AM »

Hey - I'm also a cacher.

Carbon Hunter - done about 400 in a few places. Really love it as I travel a bit for work - allows me to see interesting parts of the world
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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2009, 06:47:16 AM »

Very Cool Carbon.


I should get a couple of Meeple Travel bugs going. That would be fun to track. Smiley
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