Hey All - though I'm not sure if it's a sport of not, I couldn't think of where else to put this topic. Mods - please feel free to re-direct if there's a more sensible spot.
I was wondering if anyone else here participates in geocaching?
I love it and have "found" caches all over the country, plus Canada and Newfoundland!
Basically, geocaching is sort of like a treasure hunt you go on using your GPS (I currently use a garmin handheld model GPSmap 60CSx, but started with a much less expensive model). You find a hidden cache, typically a box or container of some kind, take trinket out and leave a trinket for the next people. Nothing expensive. Sometimes its something like a MickyDs Happy Meal toy, or maybe a key chain, or a matchbox. Anything really. You also sign a log with your geocaching nickname and then post/log your finds at www.geocaching.com - it really is a fun way to get out and enjoy the world. Not to mention, the beautiful places I've seen but never would have come across had I not been out looking for a cache.
There are hidden geocaches everywhere. And I do mean everywhere, believe it or not - you have at least one in your city right now. If you don't believe me, I encourage you to go over to the geocaching website and enter your zip code in the upper right corner and hit the find button.
If you want to start caching, all you need is a GPSr (receiver) and an account at geocaching - which are FREE by the way.
So far, I've found nearly 70 different caches. If you want to look me up over there, just search for turtlex.