lucy on January 4th, 2010

A group of geocachers were starting to email each other in November about this 5/5 cache that they wanted to do.
A 5/5/ geocache is one that is Level 5 difficulty and Level 5 terrain. The scale is from 1-5 so it is the hardest one out there. I’m not sure how many exist but in [...]

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Finding a geocache when you are building up your ‘geosense’ can be the hardest thing.
I remember that I would often think “there was a geocache like this?!” (in a library, looks like a stick, under a lamp post…)
So, here is a little video finding a San Diego geocache

Interested in finding this geocache too? GC1PKY7 – [...]

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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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Was at Torrey Pines State Reserve to complete a nice walk at the beach and a couple of Earth Caches. Along the walk there was an unusual object on the beach – have seen a seal on occasion – but his was much larger – and the shape made it odd to determine what it [...]

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I am still on the learning trail of Puzzle Geocaches. Some can be quick and easy, whilst others are rock hard!!
So putting out a series of blog posts highlighting Geocache Puzzles – solve the series highlighted in the blog posts…..and I’ll publish a new cache at the end.
Disclaimer: All caches will be located in Southern [...]

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I enjoy geocaching as a couple – and always wondered about other geocachers – but never really went to the next step of meeting others.
Well, the weekly email update from Geocache provides a list of events that are local and was seeing this event called “World Wide Flash Mob Event V – San Diego Old [...]

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I’ve recently moved from Northern California to Southern California. I’ve got to get used to all sorts of new things, like my local shopping areas, places to eat out, and of course…places to geocache!
The best way for me to get a view of geocaches in an area – and I use this for any trips [...]

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lucy on March 11th, 2009

ooh, just saw this ranking from a geocacher and thought wow. It was for a California geocaching couple called J&J who were like in the ranked #26 in the world!!!! WOW! We were following them on a trail today in the geocache logs – so what an honor.
So, I liked the look of the site [...]

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lucy on February 10th, 2009

I’m in San Diego for work this week so thought I’d get a bit of geocaching in a new area. The week’s forecast is Rain on Monday and Sunny the rest of the week. Guess what day my schedule was light? Of course, Monday!
Well, managed to find a few caches anyway and have some fun [...]

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