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04-29-2007, 09:29 PM | #1 |
Geocaching ride
My neighbor & I got out for a ride today, and did a little geocaching.
[img][/img] I couldn't find this cache the first trip here in the fall, but we had better luck this time. The cache is the ammo can on the seat. [img][/img] A good fishing hole at the cache site. It was a pretty rough ride to get in here. [img] Gum Boot Hill. Supposedly long ago some hunter got lost and the only thing they found in the spring was his boots. [/img]
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04-29-2007, 09:34 PM | #2 |
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What is "geo-caching"?
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04-29-2007, 09:42 PM | #3 |
Check out www.geocaching.com. It explains everything much better than I could! Try doing a search for caches within 25 miles of your zipcode, you may be surprised at the number that are close!
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04-29-2007, 09:46 PM | #4 |
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hey madmax where at in central pa. are you i'm about 2 miles outside of morgantown wv
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04-29-2007, 09:50 PM | #5 |
I'm right in the center, in Centre county! I live about 15 miles from Penn State University.
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04-29-2007, 10:36 PM | #6 |
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Sort of like modern trasure hunting, cool... Too bad I don't have a GPS.
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04-29-2007, 11:51 PM | #7 |
Hey, that's cool! I had heard of geocaching, but never checked it out. I'm surprised at how many are within a mile or 2 of my house! LOL, now I'm signed up for the Easter Egg Hunt for grownups!
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04-30-2007, 12:07 AM | #8 |
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What sort of GPS do you have, what would you recomend, not only for geocaching, but trail riding with a dual/sport.. I may look into one as this looks fun, but want to make sure I dont sell myself short on the GPS... (probably used on the road a bit too I guess..)
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04-30-2007, 12:32 AM | #9 |
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Wow, that is very cool. I have a Lowrance iFinderGo GPS that I got off
ebay for cheap. I just figured out how to use it tonight. It's nothing fancy but does work pretty good. You may have just turned me on to a new hobby. Thanks...
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04-30-2007, 10:10 AM | #10 |
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There's a couple caches just east of me...geocaching is actually one of the reasons I bought us these dirtbikes...I mean, c'mon, what are we - monkeys still? Why walk when we've discovered internal combustion? (Oh yeah, cuz our arteries clog up with no exercise.)
Good to hear...I'll share my experiences once I get going. Cheers, R.
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04-30-2007, 11:34 AM | #11 |
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Geocaching... that's way too cool.
10 caches' 1/2 mile or less from my house and another 50 5 miles or less over 200 10 miles or less. Hmm.... I'll just forget I saw this post as my wife and kids complain I'm never home enough as it is due to work. |
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04-30-2007, 12:13 PM | #12 |
What was in the cache?
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04-30-2007, 01:29 PM | #13 |
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That is really cool, this geocaching. Checked and I couldn't believe the number of geocaching in my area. Now if I can find a cheap gps, looks like fun.
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04-30-2007, 07:46 PM | #14 |
It is a fun and addicting hobby. I guess it is kinda like an Easter Egg hunt for adults. There wasn't anything special in that cache, but sometimes you can find some interesting stuff. I try to trade evenly when I do trade, but lately I have just been signing the logbooks.
The gps I use is a Garmin Etrex Legend. It works pretty well, has 8 meg of memory for loading maps. It had a grayscale display, which can make it hard to tell the difference between a stream & a country road. I paid 140 for the adventure pack from Best Buy. also bought a handlebar mount from gpsnow? for 16 bucks or so.If you have the extra cash go for the color model. I hear the detail is great. After i posted that original message I went for a little ride & found another one just as the sun was going down. I also used geocaching as a reason to buy my bike! And my bike is the roketa DB-07A. Ok, I think I answered all the questions! Give geocaching a try, i think you'll like it.
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05-01-2007, 11:42 AM | #15 |
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My wife & I have been Geocaching for a couple years now. There are caches all over the world....
We use the bikes all summer long to do this. I ride the Lifan or KLR and she rides her XT225.
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