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Geocaching Tools – Using Google Picasa Photo Collage

lucy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:57:44 +0000

I like to take photos of my geocaching adventures. I usually upload them to Google Picasa photo albums. I found this feature they added to the Picasa tool on my computer to create a collage of photos from a folder and thought I’d add it to my geocaching tools I use and share in my geocache blog.

Here is the photo collage from a trip to Tucson geocaching in Arizona.

It was VERY HOT at 116 degrees at the hottest but always better for the heat then geocaching in the snow…

If you want to know more about how to use this geocaching tool – Here’s a link to a blog entry with some tips and tricks about the feature from Google Picasa

Tucson EarthCache – Making you Work for it!

lucy — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:11:08 +0000

Earthcaches are geocaches that teach you about geology in the points of interest that you visit around you.

When in Tucson, I went to the “Leaning Towers of … Arizona” Earth cache which shows you the pinnacles that have been formed over millions of years from different types of minerals and the natural elements of water and wind.

To log the cache – you needed to ‘measure the verticality’ of the pinnacles. What does that mean? Not quite sure….but then the geocacher required you to make a plumb line….what? Here’s the description given…

So I rummaged the tourist backpack and came up with…a carbinger clip, a hairband, and a bottle of water….and put together this below….quite proud of myself – this Earth Cache made me work for it!

This geocache blog post is about finding an EarthCache geocache whilst in Tucson for a geocaching vacation

Interested in knowing more about EarthCache geocaches? This blog entry talks about the certificate levels and this is an example of an Earthcache in Zimbabwe, Africa.

Tucson Geocaching Adventures that take me to a Fantastic Places

lucy — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:36:59 +0000

Do you like to have adventures? Do you like to visit places and wonder what you’ll see, what you could learn?

Geocaching took me on the Catalina Highway in Tucson – and to this rock on the edge of a tourist pullout.

What an amazing adventure to have a picture and experience like this….and yes at the base of the rock is a geocache!

This geocache blog post is about the Tucson Geocaching Adventures that took me to fantastic places

Geocaching with Animals – ‘Moo’ve off the road

lucy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:25:35 +0000

Geocaching will take you to all sorts of places – especially those back roads that you never see another car for miles.

In this geocache blog post I was driving along this road but had to fight the traffic with the Tucson geocaching locals…asked them to ‘moo’ve off the road

Unusual Geocache Hide – A Saguaro Cactus or a Cell Phone Tower?

lucy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:06:46 +0000

This geocache blog post adds to the series of revealing the mysteries of geocache hides and showcasing the more unusual or surprising geocache hides.

There is a geocache at this photo location – but the unusual aspect is the reason for the hide – this large Saguaro cactus is actually a cell phone tower. I had never realized that the phone companies are becoming more respectful of their locations and blending into the environment. I have also seen a Palm Tree version in San Diego as well….and another geocache is located there to signify that unusual tower.

Links for more information:

Geocache that uses this theme: GC1T0ZJ and Series GC8785

Article in Arizona Star about Tucson’s ‘Talking Trees’

If you want to read about some unusual or unique geocache hides, you might be interested in the Lamp Post or the Tucson Rock or Sea Monkey Central.