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<body><center> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="//ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </center>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-4KX380T5BD"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-4KX380T5BD'); </script>  <geoads></geoads> <h3 align="center">Geocaching News Worldwide</h3> <h4 align="center">Geocaching: The sport where YOU are the search engine! <br>  </h4> <table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="20" width="95%" align="center" border="0" id="table1"> <tr vAlign="top"> <td height="172"> <div id="content"> <div id="header"> <div> <table border="0" cell-spacing="2" id="table27"> <tr> <td> <h1 id="blog-title">Adventures in Geocaching </h1> <p id="description">Geocaching: The sport where YOU are the search engine!</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div>  <div id="main"> <div id="main2"> <div id="main3"> <h2 class="date-header">Monday, May 22, 2006</h2>  <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-title">Leave No Trace </h3> <div class="post-body">  <div style="CLEAR: both">  </div> In keeping with last week's theme of environmental awareness, I thought I should also mention another great non-profit organization called <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.lnt.org/"> Leave No Trace</a>. The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and inspiring responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships.<br> <br> <strong>There are 7 principles of the Leave No Trace program:</strong><br> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 78%"><em> (information obtained from http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105)</em></span><br>  <blockquote style="border-left: 0 dotted #596; border-right: 0 dotted #596; border-top: 1px dotted #596; border-bottom: 1px dotted #596; margin: .75em 0; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px"> <table id="table28"> <tr> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/1.html"> <img height="50" src="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/1n.gif" width="50" border="0" style="border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a></td> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/1.html"> Plan Ahead and Prepare</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/2.html"> <img height="50" src="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/2n.gif" width="50" border="0" style="border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a></td> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/2.html"> Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/3.html"> <img height="50" src="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/3n.gif" width="50" border="0" style="border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a></td> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/3.html"> Dispose of Waste Properly</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/4.html"> <img height="50" src="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/4n.gif" width="50" border="0" style="border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a></td> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/4.html"> Leave What You Find</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/5.html"> <img height="50" src="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/5n.gif" width="50" border="0" style="border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a></td> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/5.html"> Minimize Campfire Impacts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/6.html"> <img height="50" src="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/6n.gif" width="50" border="0" style="border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a></td> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/6.html"> Respect Wildlife</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/7.html"> <img height="50" src="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/7n.gif" width="50" border="0" style="border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a></td> <td> <a target="new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/21-105/7.html"> Be Considerate of Other Visitors</a></td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> An excellent article edited by Ken Braband was published online in April 2002 on the <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.wi-geocaching.com/"> Wisconsin Geocaching Association</a> website about this topic and how it relates to Geocachers simply entitled "<a style="color: #347" href="http://www.wi-geocaching.com/archives/apr2002.html">Leave No Trace</a>." <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/LNT"> Leave No Trace</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Guide"> Guide</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/CITO"> CITO</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em">  </div> <p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em style="display: block; float: left; text-align: left; font-style: normal"> posted by John @ <a title="permanent link" style="color: #347" href="http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/leave-no-trace.html"> 10:25 AM</a></em>   <a class="comment-link" onclick="window.open('http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114806837986201352&isPopup=true', 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114806837986201352&isPopup=true"> 0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"> <a title="Email Post" style="color: #347" href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114806837986201352"> <span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"><a title="Edit Post" style="color: #347; border-style: none" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114806837986201352&quickEdit=true"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> <span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"> <a style="color: #347" href="javascript:toggletags('c114806837986201352')"> Tag</a></span> </p> <span class="taghidden" id="c114806837986201352"> <p class="tags"> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.blinklist.com/index.php?Action=Blink/addblink.php&Description=&Url=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/leave-no-trace.html&Title=Leave No Trace&Tag=Adventures in Geocaching,"> <img title="Blinklist" alt="blinklist" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/blinklist.jpg" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; 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This article is in the same format as the other published Tread Lightly guides for responsible hiking, camping and boating which can all be found on the main <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.treadlightly.org/"> treadlightly.org </a>website. The organization has also formatted this guide into a really well designed PDF brochure that I highly recommend viewing.<br>  <ul> <li> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.treadlightly.org/readedu.mv?edu=42A702E80001F48A00000C2900000000"> Tread Lightly: Responsible Geocaching</a> [HTML] </li> <li> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.treadlightly.org/images/education/geocachelayout.pdf"> Tread Lightly: Responsible Geocaching Brochure</a> [PDF]</li> </ul> <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Tread"> Tread</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Lightly"> Lightly</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/CITO"> CITO</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em">  </div> <p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em style="display: block; float: left; text-align: left; font-style: normal"> posted by John @ <a title="permanent link" style="color: #347" href="http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/tread-lightly-responsible-geocaching.html"> 12:56 PM</a></em>   <a class="comment-link" onclick="window.open('http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114806205768646508&isPopup=true', 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114806205768646508&isPopup=true"> 0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"> <a title="Email Post" style="color: #347" href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114806205768646508"> <span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"><a title="Edit Post" style="color: #347; 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But some are warning that its popularity will take a toll on the nation�s public land if not done responsibly.<br> <br> In geocaching, participants use global positioning systems (GPS) to direct them to hidden treasures or �caches.� Caches are usually low-priced trinkets and are most often placed in backcountry settings. There are at least 250,000 caches hidden throughout the world on any given day.<br> <br> �Unwanted tire tracks, damaged vegetation and disrupted wildlife can be harsh consequences of irresponsible geocaching,� said Patti Klein, National Stewardship Coordinator for the Bureau of Land Management. �We encourage geocachers to check with their local land manager for regulations and practice minimum impact behavior at all times.�<br> <br> "Tread Lightly!," a nonprofit organization that educates people to recreate responsibly, recently released tips to help geocachers minimize their impact on the outdoors.<br> <br>  <blockquote style="border-left: 0 dotted #596; border-right: 0 dotted #596; border-top: 1px dotted #596; border-bottom: 1px dotted #596; margin: .75em 0; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px"> <strong>TIPS FOR RESPONSIBLE GEOCACHING</strong> <ul> <li>Check with local land managers to determine regulations before placing or searching for a cache. The National Park Service, for example, has strict geocaching regulations. </li> <li>Keep vehicles on designated roads and trails. </li> <li>Use the �track back� feature on your GPS unit rather than flagging and marking trails. </li> <li>In addition to your GPS receiver, always carry extra batteries, a map, compass and know how to use them. </li> <li>Practice the �lift, look, replace� technique. If you lift a rock to look under it, replace it exactly as you found it. </li> <li>Following a trip, wash your gear to reduce the spread of invasive species. </li> <li>Traditional geocaching is not appropriate in areas designated as Wilderness.</li> </ul> <br> <strong>CACHE PLACERS</strong> <ul> <li>Avoid sensitive areas including cultural sites, wetlands, caves and steep slopes. </li> <li>Avoid burying a cache in the ground. </li> <li>It is the cache owner's responsibility to maintain the cache and the surrounding area. If the cache area becomes impacted, confer with the landowner on how you will mitigate the impacts, and seek their advice as to whether to relocate the cache. </li> <li>Never place food items in a cache.</li> </ul> <br> <strong>CACHE SEEKERS</strong> <ul> <li>Use maps to find a route that will minimize impact. </li> <li>If you notice a path has started to wear in the vicinity of a cache, notify the cache owner via email. </li> <li>When allowed to hike off designated trails, spread out in open country. One exception is in deserts, where hikers should travel in single file and try to walk on hardened surfaces such as slickrock, gravel or in sand washes. </li> <li>After you�ve finished searching for a cache, the area should look as though you were never there or better than when you arrived.</li> </ul> </blockquote> "It is important for the worldwide geocaching community to tread lightly on the environment in order to maintain the natural beauty of our outdoor resources,� said Bryan Roth, Co-Founder and Vice President of geocaching.com, the web�s dominant geocaching site.<br> <br> Geocaching.com also created a program called �Cache In, Trash Out� to help the sport make a positive impression on public land. Further information can be found on their website.<br> <br> Additional tips for responsible geocaching are available on Tread Lightly!�s website at www.treadlightly.org or by calling 1-800-966-9900.<br> <br> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 78%">Tread Lightly!(R) is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly. Tread Lightly!�s strategic educational message, along with its training and restoration initiatives are designed to instill an ethic of responsibility in outdoor enthusiasts and the industries that serve them. The program is long-term in scope with a goal to balance the needs of the people who enjoy outdoor recreation with the needs of the environment.<br> </span><br> <br> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.treadlightly.org/images/news/geocaching.jpg"> <img style="float: left; width: 200px; cursor: hand; border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 4px" alt="" src="http://www.treadlightly.org/images/news/geocaching.jpg" border="0"></a>CAPTION: JILL SCOTT, A GEOCACHER FROM OGDEN, UTAH, STUDIES HER GPS UNIT TO FIND A HIDDEN CACHE. GEOCACHERS ARE ASKED TO FOLLOW GUIDELINES TO HELP THEM MINIMIZE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AS THEY HIDE AND SEEK. <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Tread"> Tread</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Lightly"> Lightly</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/CITO"> CITO</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em">  </div> <p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em style="display: block; float: left; text-align: left; font-style: normal"> posted by John @ <a title="permanent link" style="color: #347" href="http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/geocachers-encouraged-to-tread-lightly.html"> 4:56 PM</a></em>   <a class="comment-link" onclick="window.open('http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114799039061428875&isPopup=true', 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114799039061428875&isPopup=true"> 0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"> <a title="Email Post" style="color: #347" href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114799039061428875"> <span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"><a title="Edit Post" style="color: #347; 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Have you ever wondered why some websites get spidered by Google and others do not?<br> <br> The answer to these questions is DMOZ Open Directory Project. "The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors."<br> <br> Just recently, I've been selected as a volunteer editor for the category <a style="color: #347" href="http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Outdoors/Geocaching/Personal_and_Team_Pages/"> Recreation/Outdoors/Geocaching/Personal_and_Team_Pages</a>. To help build this category, I have been adding and reviewing some of the geocaching blogs that I'm aware of and read, but I need your help. If you know of another good geocaching blog or geocaching-related personal web site, please let me know by suggesting it to the directory using the link below.<br> <br> In addition, I will soon begin adding many more XML links to correspond with blog sites that provide RSS or ATOM feeds. If your site provides a <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.feedvalidator.org/"> valid</a> XML link to your content, please suggest that URL as well.<br> <br> <a style="color: #347" href="http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/add.cgi?where=Recreation/Outdoors/Geocaching/Personal_and_Team_Pages"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%">Suggest a Site</span></a> <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/DMOZ"> DMOZ</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Directory"> Directory</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em">  </div> <p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em style="display: block; float: left; text-align: left; font-style: normal"> posted by John @ <a title="permanent link" style="color: #347" href="http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/dmoz.html"> 2:41 PM</a></em>   <a class="comment-link" onclick="window.open('http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114746452121209330&isPopup=true', 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114746452121209330&isPopup=true"> 0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"> <a title="Email Post" style="color: #347" href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114746452121209330"> <span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"><a title="Edit Post" style="color: #347; 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There are other presentations out there that have a similar purpose without all the �shady� content. I highly recommend looking at these. The first one by the Wisconsin Geocaching organization is probably the best I've seen! If you know of other good presentations, please post links to them in the comments. I'd love to see what else is out there.</p> <ul> <li> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.wi-geocaching.com/info/WPRAGeocaching.ppt"> http://www.wi-geocaching.com/info/WPRAGeocaching.ppt</a> </li> <li> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.texasgeocaching.com/docs/geointro.swf"> http://www.texasgeocaching.com/docs/geointro.swf</a> </li> <li> <a style="color: #347" href="http://benoits.ca/geocaching/presentation/Geocaching-interactive.mov"> http://benoits.ca/geocaching/presentation/Geocaching-interactive.mov</a> </li> <li> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.vickiblackwell.com/GPS/GPS%20power%20point.ppt"> http://www.vickiblackwell.com/GPS/GPS Power Point.ppt</a></li> </ul> <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Presentations"> Presentations</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em">  </div> <p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em style="display: block; 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margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> </span></div>  <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-title">Muddy Cachers </h3> <div class="post-body">  <div style="CLEAR: both">  </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 0 dotted #596; border-right: 0 dotted #596; border-top: 1px dotted #596; border-bottom: 1px dotted #596; margin: .75em 0; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px"> <p align="center">Well if I feel tomorrow<br> Like I feel today<br> I'm gonna pack my GPS<br> And make my getaway<br> Lord I'm troubled,<br> I'm all worried in mind<br> And I'm never bein' so horrified,<br> And I just can't keep from cryin'</p> <p align="right">-- Muddy Cachers<br> <em><span style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"> (original lyrics by Muddy Waters)</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p><br> I just got done listening to the greatest and really only podcast about geocaching and heard a recommendation for a PowerPoint presentation used to help educate Police and or other law enforcement officers about geocaching. The presentation in question showed photos of geocachers sneaking behind bleachers, climbing over guardrails out onto bridge girders, and finding containers near concrete bridge supports. It also had several photos of ammunition boxes with the military markings still visible and even a huge buried cache! The presentation began by showing excerpts from news articles of geocachers falling to their death, being arrested for hanging buckets from a major overpass, and having cache containers blown up by bomb squads outside of police stations. </p> <p><strong>I know ALL of this has happened and is public knowledge, but why on earth would you choose <em>this </em>stuff when giving a presentation to police officers about geocaching?</strong> </p> <p> <a style="color: #347" href="http://img.geocaching.com/track/log/6d2ee9d7-482d-4e2a-abbf-722909fd2ece.jpg"> <img style="float: right; width: 200px; cursor: hand; border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 4px" alt="" src="http://img.geocaching.com/track/log/6d2ee9d7-482d-4e2a-abbf-722909fd2ece.jpg" border="0"></a>If you want law enforcement officers to learn about geocaching as a family-friendly, outdoor-loving, eco-friendly and police-friendly sport, show them the good stuff!!! Show them the pictures of <a style="color: #347" href="http://geocacheville.com/?p=50"> Brandon's kids</a>, or some informational articles on <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.jestcaching.com/"> jestcaching</a>, or some of the great stories about kid's <a style="color: #347" href="http://flickr.com/photos/sonnyandsandy/142158301/in/set-72057594128661965/"> geocaching birthday parties</a> on the <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.podcacher.com/"> PodCacher</a> site, or even photos of a bunch of city-slickers about to <a style="color: #347" href="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/00c4bd50-c9c2-4d96-9d30-7c01d51c3426.jpg"> kayak down a river</a> in central Texas. Tell them about <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.cacheintrashout.org/"> Cache-In, Trash-Out</a> or about the <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.geocreed.info/"> Geocachers Creed</a>.</p> <p>Inform them about the sport, but do it the right way - "Safe, Legal, Ethical." Tell them what we do and how we do it, but make sure the examples you give show geocaching in a positive way. Make any presentation about geocaching seem like something they should try themselves and not something they should be on the look-out for.</p> <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Police"> Police</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/News"> News</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em">  </div> <p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em style="display: block; float: left; text-align: left; font-style: normal"> posted by John @ <a title="permanent link" style="color: #347" href="http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/muddy-cachers.html"> 2:54 PM</a></em>   <a class="comment-link" onclick="window.open('http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114738229542454036&isPopup=true', 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114738229542454036&isPopup=true"> 1 comments</a> <span class="item-action"> <a title="Email Post" style="color: #347" href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114738229542454036"> <span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"><a title="Edit Post" style="color: #347; border-style: none" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114738229542454036&quickEdit=true"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> <span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"> <a style="color: #347" href="javascript:toggletags('c114738229542454036')"> Tag</a></span> </p> <span class="taghidden" id="c114738229542454036"> <p class="tags"> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.blinklist.com/index.php?Action=Blink/addblink.php&Description=&Url=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/muddy-cachers.html&Title=Muddy Cachers&Tag=Adventures in Geocaching,"> <img title="Blinklist" alt="blinklist" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/blinklist.jpg" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a target="_blank" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/muddy-cachers.html&title=Adventures in Geocaching: Muddy Cachers"> <img title="Del.icio.us" alt="del.icio.us" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/delicious.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a target="_new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.digg.com/submit"> <img title="Digg" alt="digg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/digman.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a target="_blank" style="color: #347" href="http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?t=Adventures in Geocaching: Muddy Cachers&u=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/muddy-cachers.html"> <img title="Furl" alt="furl" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/furl.jpg" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.simpy.com/simpy/LinkAdd.do?href=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/muddy-cachers.html&title=Muddy Cachers"> <img title="Simpy" alt="simpy" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/simpy-icon-16x16.png" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a target="_new" style="color: #347" href="http://slashdot.org/submit.pl"> <img title="SlashDot" alt="slashdot" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/slashdot.png" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.technorati.com/ping?url=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com&ip=1"> <img title="Technorati" alt="simpy" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/tn-logo.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> </span></div>  <h2 class="date-header">Wednesday, May 10, 2006</h2>  <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-title">$12 Billion Dollar Hobby </h3> <div class="post-body">  <div style="CLEAR: both">  </div> I just came across this site <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.lostgear.com/"> http://www.lostgear.com/</a> and love their opening tag. Check it out!<br>  <blockquote style="border-left: 0 dotted #596; border-right: 0 dotted #596; border-top: 1px dotted #596; border-bottom: 1px dotted #596; margin: .75em 0; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px"> <p>GeoCaching is the only activity that requires $12 Billion dollars worth of equipment to participate.</p> <p>That's right, one relatively cheap GPS unit, and $12 Billion U.S. dollars worth of satellite systems, and you're ready to play. Luckily the US government has already footed the bill for the satellite system, and put it out there. So all you need is the GPS, some walking shoes, and a sense of adventure. We'll wait right here while you gather these things together... </p> </blockquote> <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em">  </div> <p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em style="display: block; float: left; text-align: left; font-style: normal"> posted by John @ <a title="permanent link" style="color: #347" href="http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/12-billion-dollar-hobby.html"> 5:23 PM</a></em>   <a class="comment-link" onclick="window.open('http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114729992025105923&isPopup=true', 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114729992025105923&isPopup=true"> 1 comments</a> <span class="item-action"> <a title="Email Post" style="color: #347" href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114729992025105923"> <span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"><a title="Edit Post" style="color: #347; 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cursor: hand; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 4px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/400/PodCacherGeocoin.0.jpg" border="0"></a><br> All I can say is, WOW! I just got Sonny and Sandy's PodCacher.com geocoin in the mail last night and it looks incredible. I'm not a big geocoin collector and only have 3 or 4 other coins, but this is definitely the prize of my limited collection. The front you can see here, but the back has a treasure chest on an island in front of sparkling (literally sparkling) blue water and a sun that glows in the dark. It really is a great looking coin! Thanks Sonny and Sandy!!! <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/PodCacher"> PodCacher</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Geocoin"> Geocoin</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em">  </div> <p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em style="display: block; float: left; text-align: left; font-style: normal"> posted by John @ <a title="permanent link" style="color: #347" href="http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/05/podcachercom-geocoin.html"> 9:30 PM</a></em>   <a class="comment-link" onclick="window.open('http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114729028638140276&isPopup=true', 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114729028638140276&isPopup=true"> 1 comments</a> <span class="item-action"> <a title="Email Post" style="color: #347" href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114729028638140276"> <span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"><a title="Edit Post" style="color: #347; 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cursor: hand; border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 4px" alt="" src="http://dimmare.com/assets/images/tikiman.gif" border="0"></a> This evening, I had the opportunity to search for one of the areas most mysterious legend caches, <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ed71702f-001d-4ad8-97de-e04557b64bb8"> The Woods of the Tiki Man</a>. Since the weather was so nice, my wife and I decided to take the girls out for a Subway picnic at the City of Woodway's Carleen Bright Arboretum. The arboretum is the home to two caches including this "mysterious" cache. I had already found the first several months ago, but I decided to put this one off until later. Well, tonight was finally the right night for this hunt. This is his story.<br>  <blockquote style="border-left: 0 dotted #596; border-right: 0 dotted #596; border-top: 1px dotted #596; border-bottom: 1px dotted #596; margin: .75em 0; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px"> Long before Carleen came along, this area was Tiki Man's. He romped in the woods, hid under the bridge waiting for billy goats, like his cousin the Troll, and just caused mayhem for any hikers who dared venture into his woods. One day, the tax man came by. Tiki Man had spent way to much time chasing goats, and not enough time earning money. So the tax man took his land and sold it for pennies on the dollar to Carleen, a woman of wealth with no taste for Tiki's OR goats. Soon both were banished from the land. The goats were sold, but Tiki Man went running into the woods vowing never to come out again. </blockquote> I found the cache location very quickly and the hint made it pretty easy since there was an old tree stump just a few feet from the small trail. Inside the stump was a small wooden tiki man idol that looked a lot like the hidden immunity idol from last season's Survivor. Tucked into the back of the tiki man's head was the film canister with the log book. Overall, it was a fun find in a great location! <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/tiki"> Tiki</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/adventures"> Adventures</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/woods"> Woods</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em">  </div> <p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em style="display: block; float: left; text-align: left; font-style: normal"> posted by John @ <a title="permanent link" style="color: #347" href="http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/04/tiki-man.html"> 9:16 PM</a></em>   <a class="comment-link" onclick="window.open('http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114411833088746457&isPopup=true', 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114411833088746457&isPopup=true"> 2 comments</a> <span class="item-action"> <a title="Email Post" style="color: #347" href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114411833088746457"> <span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"><a title="Edit Post" style="color: #347; border-style: none" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=11512880&postID=114411833088746457&quickEdit=true"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> <span class="item-control admin-809895455 pid-1697941057"> <a style="color: #347" href="javascript:toggletags('c114411833088746457')"> Tag</a></span> </p> <span class="taghidden" id="c114411833088746457"> <p class="tags"> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.blinklist.com/index.php?Action=Blink/addblink.php&Description=&Url=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/04/tiki-man.html&Title=Tiki Man&Tag=Adventures in Geocaching,"> <img title="Blinklist" alt="blinklist" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/blinklist.jpg" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a target="_blank" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/04/tiki-man.html&title=Adventures in Geocaching: Tiki Man"> <img title="Del.icio.us" alt="del.icio.us" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/delicious.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a target="_new" style="color: #347" href="http://www.digg.com/submit"> <img title="Digg" alt="digg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/digman.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a target="_blank" style="color: #347" href="http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?t=Adventures in Geocaching: Tiki Man&u=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/04/tiki-man.html"> <img title="Furl" alt="furl" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/furl.jpg" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.simpy.com/simpy/LinkAdd.do?href=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com/2006/04/tiki-man.html&title=Tiki Man"> <img title="Simpy" alt="simpy" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/simpy-icon-16x16.png" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a target="_new" style="color: #347" href="http://slashdot.org/submit.pl"> <img title="SlashDot" alt="slashdot" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/slashdot.png" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.technorati.com/ping?url=http://adventuresingeocaching.blogspot.com&ip=1"> <img title="Technorati" alt="simpy" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/tn-logo.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" style="border: 0px solid #586; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 4px"></a> </span></div>  <h2 class="date-header">Thursday, March 30, 2006</h2>  <div class="post"> <h3 class="post-title">Reader Rewards </h3> <div class="post-body">  <div style="CLEAR: both">  </div> I am proud to announce the public availability of the first ever <span style="COLOR: #000099"><strong>M-T-P</strong></span> signature item, the <strong> <span style="COLOR: #006600">M-T-P Geonickel</span></strong>!!! The nickels are 1.5" wooden nickels printed in full color on both sides and are currently being manufactured by Mark at <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.geonickels.com/"> http://www.geonickels.com</a> from my own designs. If you listen to the <a style="color: #347" href="http://podcacher.com/"> PodCacher</a> podcast, this is the same company where Sonny and Sandy got their PodCacher.com wooden nickels.<br> <br>  <p align="center"><img style="display: block; cursor: hand; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 4px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/400/MTPNickel.jpg" border="0"><br> <strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 78%">Order and trade information will be posted soon!</span></strong></p> <hr><br> Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/signature"> Signature Item</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Geonickel"> Geonickel</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Geocoin"> Geocoin</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/Giveaway"> Giveaway</a> <div style="CLEAR: both; 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Earlier this week, I had one of those days. These are my <strike><i>adventures</i></strike> misadventures in geocaching from that day.<br> <br> For the past several weeks, my geocaching activities have been suspended due to the birth of my second daughter. After almost a month-long absence from geocaching, I finally decided to head out and grab two brand new caches that were just hidden in our area on my way to work.<br> <br> Early Tuesday morning, two new caches popped up on my screen and both were less than 10 miles from my home. Even better, they were mostly on the way to my office with only a slight detour through the town of Hewitt. I rushed to get ready in the morning, rushed out the door, and drove to the first cache site, <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=773e77d2-77bf-430b-b2e1-836c62883889"> Chapel's End</a>, as quickly as I could while still obeying the speed limits! I pulled up to the stop, got out of my car, and practically ran over to the URP listed in the cache hint!! I opened up the bison tube, extracted the tiny logbook, got ready to sign my giant *FTF* above my name, and then I saw it - "Giggledodge 3/21/06 FTF." ARGH!!!<br> <br> That was how it all began. With this first failed FTF attempt, I knew right then and there what sort of day I was going to have. Reluctantly, I decided to go ahead and go find the second new cache just over a mile away, <a style="color: #347" href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=09fae671-16b5-419a-8b17-ca995ee38c07"> Twenty-Seven Feet</a>. Wearing my dress shoes, khaki pants, and a nice dress shirt, I arrived at the second location to find the cache container near a roadside water tank in a small tree. Unfortunately, the tree was surrounded by thorny briars and I got several big red scrapes all up and down my hands and arm why retrieving and replacing this cache. If that weren't bad enough already, I open the log and read "Giggledodge 3/21/06 FTF." ARGH, ARGH!!!!!!<br> <br> But as you can probably guess from the image, the misadventures don't stop there. <a style="color: #347" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/1600/PoliceLights.jpg"> <img style="float: left; cursor: hand; border: 1px solid #586; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 4px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7100/937/200/PoliceLights.jpg" border="0"></a>Hewitt is one of those little Texas towns that has a reputation for being a speed trap and has an overabundance of police officers with nothing else to do, and I am unfortunately one of those people who will sometimes forget to do certain yearly activities whenever my life gets a little hectic. This time, while preparing for the birth of my daughter, I apparently forgot three very important tasks:<br>  <ol> <li>Mount my newest vehicle registration sticker, </li> <li>Get my vehicle's inspection sticker renewed, and </li> <li>Put a copy of my vehicle's most recent proof of insurance in my glove box.</li> </ol> <p>Normally, in most cities and highways across Texas, all three of these are things that police officers usually check if and only if you get pulled over for something else like speeding - NOT IN HEWITT! One of Hewitt's local police officers happened to drive by in the opposite direction as I was just about to cross out of their city limits, when all of the sudden I saw him turn around in the middle of the road and begin to follow me. </p> <p>Immediately, I ran through a mental checklist of all the things I could have been doing wrong. Was I speeding? No. Did I run a stop sign? No. Was I following too close to another car? No. Was I swerving or driving erratically? No, none of the above. The officer just happened to notice as we passed that I still had the "5" vehicle inspection sticker instead of the "6" sticker and he didn't have anything else more important to do. Lucky me, I had actually paid for my 2006 vehicle registration; I just hadn't put the sticker on yet. For this, I just got a warning, but I wasn't so lucky for the other two issues. ARGH, ARGH, ARGH!!!!!!!!!</p> <p>In summary, on my first morning out caching since the birth of my child, I missed two FTFs, got an armful of bloody scrapes, two citations, a written warning, and ended up being late to work by the time it was all said and done. It was... in every possible way... a really bad day!</p> <hr>Tags: <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/geocaching"> Geocaching</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/law"> Law</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/citation"> Citation</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/FTF"> FTF</a>, <a rel="tag" style="color: #347" href="http://del.icio.us/jdlowe/adventures"> Adventures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <div align="center"> <table cellSpacing="4" cellPadding="3" width="100%" border="0" id="table2"> <tr> <td width="78%" height="115"> <table cellSpacing="2" cellPadding="4" width="100%" border="0" id="table3"> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="37%" height="105"> <table height="100%" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" id="table4"> <tr> <td height="14"> <h3> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7766333p-7678811c.html&cid=0&ei=9fV1RJyzJ5P2oALCqemfBA"> <b>Hopefuls 'Race' to Moses Lake - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald</b></a></h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="63%" height="84"> Hopefuls 'Race' to Moses Lake Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA - 23 minutes ago ... green ties and khaki pants. 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The very first one I put out, "Leapin' Lizzards," had a rocky start, and then after six months in a cache in the California Desert, he finally moved on. After more than a year, he is still out there, but he is my only success story Another T.B. went missing when the person who had it in their possession moved . . . 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Tips for geocaching. ... <br> <font size="-2"><br>  </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  <p> </p> <div align="center"> <table cellSpacing="4" cellPadding="3" width="100%" border="0" id="table17"> <tr> <td width="78%" height="115"> <table cellSpacing="2" cellPadding="4" width="100%" border="0" id="table18"> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="37%" height="105"> <table height="100%" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" id="table19"> <tr> <td height="14"> <h3> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2006/05/24/features/feature1.txt&cid=0&ei=9fV1RJyzJ5P2oALCqemfBA"> <b>Hidden treasure - Hi-Desert Star</b></a></h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="63%" height="84"> Hidden treasure Hi-Desert Star, CA - May 24, 2006 ... collectively known as geocachers get information and coordinates from an Internet Web site, then head out, GPS beeping the way, on another geocaching adventure ... <br> <font size="-2"><br>  </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td vAlign="top" width="34%" height="105"> <table cellSpacing="2" cellPadding="4" width="100%" border="0" id="table20"> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="63%" height="88"> <table height="100%" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" id="table21"> <tr> <td height="14"> <h3> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-trails.artmay24,0,446522.story%3Fcoll%3Dhc-headlines-editorials&cid=0&ei=9fV1RJyzJ5P2oALCqemfBA"> <b>Time To Take A Hike - Hartford Courant</b></a></h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="63%"> Time To Take A Hike Hartford Courant, United States - May 24, 2006 ... There will be horseback rides in Westbrook, an outdoor treasure hunt (called "geocaching") in Windsor, a seminar on invasive plants in Ledyard, and clinics on ... <br> <font size="-2"><br>  </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  <p> </p> <div align="center"> <table cellSpacing="4" cellPadding="3" width="100%" border="0" id="table22"> <tr> <td width="78%" height="115"> <table cellSpacing="2" cellPadding="4" width="100%" border="0" id="table23"> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="37%" height="105"> <table height="100%" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" id="table24"> <tr> <td height="14"> <h3> <a href="http://geocacheville.com/?p=75"> <b>Rest Stop and Botanical Gardens</b></a></h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="63%" height="84"> We got home from finding Million Dollar Bridge yesterday and I went to log the find and noticed two new caches in the same area placed by Cardinal. So I downloaded the geocache information for Rest Stop and Botanical Gardens and loaded up the Magellan eXplorist 400 so I would be ready today. Both of these [...] <br> <font size="-2"><br>  </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td vAlign="top" width="34%" height="105"> <table cellSpacing="2" cellPadding="4" width="100%" border="0" id="table25"> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="63%" height="88"> <table height="100%" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" id="table26"> <tr> <td height="14"> <h3> <a href="http://geocacheville.com/?p=76"> <b>Lake Springdale Cache</b></a></h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="63%"> After finding Million Dollar Bridge yesterday afternoon we headed over to hunt the Lake Springdale cache. I didn?t know this lake existed and it is not far from our home. We found it after wading through the thorns and bushes for a few minutes and Hannah and Megan made their trades of geocaching buttons for [...] <br> <font size="-2"> <br>  </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <font size="-2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This page was created using RSS courtesy of <a href="http://www.feedforall.com/"> FeedForAll </a></font></div> </body>