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[moominmolly]

Last night, I was wandering through the woods and found a mysterious little box. It was not a geocache, but it did prompt vespid_interest to mention geocaching as something I in particular would get a kick out of, which several different people have done over the years. Anyway, it made me curious:

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[nex0s.livejournal.com]

No, but I think it would be FUN!

N.

[metagnat.livejournal.com]

I've never done it, but I agree it would be fun and interesting.

[cinnabarine.livejournal.com]

It's fun! Puzzles + GPS + wandering about outside + surprise! What's not to love?

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

Don't you have GPS in your phone?

[dbang.livejournal.com]

I've been geocaching and enjoyed it.

On my to do list of related things I have not yet done is letterboxing.

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

No, but I hope to start soon :)

tell us a story!

[twoeleven.livejournal.com]

and you opened the mysterious little box, and inside was...

[fengshui.livejournal.com]

Geodashing is also quite fun: http://geodashing.gpsgames.org/

[cacahuate.livejournal.com]

I went along with some people geocaching once to take pictures for the newspaper, but I don't think that counts.

[gretchens.livejournal.com]

Geocaching is GREAT for kids. A lot of times there are little toys to take, and you can leave a toy for the next kid to come along. Very cool.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Geocaching = awesome.

The geocaching.com folks have a very nice geocaching app for the iPhone that lets you look up caches near you. While the phone's A-GPS is not as accurate as true GPS, it's worth giving it a shot, IMHO.

[harimad.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm an old fogey but geocaching doesn't do it for me. The GPS does too much of the work.

[starphire.livejournal.com]

I haven't gone out looking for geocaches with a GPS in hand, but I've stumbled across one before, while out walking in the Fells. There was something slightly unnatural about the rocks covering a hole in a tree. I somehow intuitively knew it would be OK to take one of the items in the box (I got a glitter toy) if I replaced it with something at least as cool (I left a color-changing LED key fob) and put it back where I found it.

I love that they left extra wrapping material for you to re-wrap the box with.

[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

I've never done it, but my husband does, and I would if I were in better physical shape. My husband enjoys both finding caches and hiding them, and I think you would, too.

It's a walk. It's a treasure hunt. It's a puzzle. Sounds good to me!

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

Another GPS-based game by the same creator as Geodashing that you would probably really enjoy is ShutterSpot: http://shutterspot.gpsgames.org - figure out the exact location where the photographer was standing when they took the set of pictures (or take a set of pictures & let other folks figure out where you were standing). There are a couple in Boston for you to find (they're both pretty easy), and I'm sure with your eye for interesting photos, you could create some cool ones. If you want some pointers on what makes a good ShutterSpot, let me know.

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

When my youngest nephew was N's age, he really enjoyed geocaching. It's also worth pointing out that many of the caches are hidden in places that make them hard for adults to see, but the little ones, with their much lower point of view, look up and say "There it is! Under the table!"