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GeoCaching... who knew?

2/4/2014

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So jump back a couple of months ago and I am picking up my sons from school or a play date (sorry for the lapse of memory). As we walk back with their young friends and their friends parents, one of the parents asks "Do you geocache?". Not knowing what the question actually meant I simply answered "Not that I am aware of, what is it?". Well rather than an elaborate expression they simply showed me an app on their phone that utilized GPS and web access to demonstrate a significant number of nearby "caches" or little hidden containers. With the internet provided clues and some GPS coordinates we were able to find two such treasure troves in just under an hour. The kids were amazed to say the least but I was completely intrigued. This was fricken awesome! It had me imagining myself as a cold war, deep cover agent in the Soviet sector of Berlin. I was attending a dead drop and leaving a message for other agents in the field. I was to take all measures to avoid detection by "muggles" (ok, muggles is not a word Forsyth or Dieghton would have used, but it is the geocache equivalent of counter-intelligence agencies). 

I was instantly hooked. I went home and began an online research of the topic. The simplest source for information turned out to be geocaching.com. I subscribed as a free basic member (username Sunriseeast), uploaded a free app to my phone and began my own adventure. Since downloading the application, I have been able to find some caches with my class in Vancouver and a few more caches in Ladner with my children. We are now planning to make our own caches with each group respectively. I can't wait to add updates as to how this is all progressing. Our adventuring will definitely increase as the weather improves with spring.
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