Have GPS? Love Adventure? Then geocaching could be for you. What is geocaching you ask? It is hide-and-seek treasure hunting and it is happening right here in the Northeast Kingdom. How it works: Someone stashes a cache (pronounced cash) and pinpoints its whereabouts with GPS and uploads the information to geocaching.com. Adventurers use geocaching.com and GPS to find these hidden treasures. Caches can be all kinds of things from time capsules, random objects, and even structured games. The only rule of geocaching is if you take something from a stash you have to put something in.
It seems like fun to me…wanna play? Here are some geocaches in the Kindgom http://www.geocaching.com.
If you have never tried geocaching… I highly recommend it! It is alot of fun, especially with the kids. It is an activity that gets everyone out into nature and off the couch. Kids really enjoy the “treasure hunting” aspect to it, and the “take something, leave something” part of geocaching gives the younger generation a small lesson in sharing. And if you get really creative in the objects that you leave behind… it makes it that much more intriguing! There are ALOT of caches in the Kingdom… some easy, some a bit more challenging.
Try it! You won’t regret the time spent.