lucy on July 12th, 2009

uuurgh, I do love geocaching, but the smallest hide of all “the nano“ is my nightmare.
It is always really hard to find (check out the size of this thing in the photo…it’s the little black dot at the edge of the lampost).

And when you find it, the joy of looking in a cache hide is [...]

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lucy on April 20th, 2009

When I started geocaching I did not have “geosense” – which is the understanding of how and the types of hides that people do with their geocaches.
So I would often walk by somewhere and go “it’s not here!” and then find that it really was. After I started getting my “geosense” I could start to [...]

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lucy on March 26th, 2009

Might be a challenge out here…what is the biggest geocache you have ever found?
I was on a hiking trail and saw the geocache name “45 Gallon” and thought “interesting”….reading the log told me it actually was this big!
Wow! So when I found it, I had to see if I could fit in it….see the result…

 
And [...]

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lucy on March 20th, 2009

I love finding geocaches that are unusual. I walked past this one several times before I worked it out, and now I see it a lot.
Can you see the geocache in this picture?

 
 
Let’s get a bit closer….this will give it away.
 
 
 

Yep, it’s the sprinkler unit! I suppose the fact that I was in a nature [...]

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lucy on March 5th, 2009

 

When I tell people about geocaching, many ask “what’s hidden in a geocache” so I thought I’d share a picture of an example or two. These are caches that I’ve just hidden (my first hides – exciting!).
Usually you find:

The geocache container (might seem obvious, but some are very clever!)
A log book or log sheet where [...]

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