Giant Mutant Ninja...

[Popoki_Nui]

...Marshmallows?? We were out geocaching in the area today and came upon this peculiar site north of Victoria. (It's really just new-mown hay, covered against the unseasonally cool wet weather...)

[Trek420]

Beautiful! sharpen the sticks and light the camp fire. I like mine crispy.

[KnottedYet]

Man, I need to get out and do some geocaching.

My eTrex Yellow is sitting right here on my coffee table, giving me sad looks. And my sig items are right there next to it. Each in it's own zippy bag, ready to go!

Gotta do some bike-to-the-cache geocaching!

[Mr. Bloom]

OK, I'll ask. What the heck is geocaching?

[wannaduacentury]

Beautiful! sharpen the sticks and light the camp fire. I like mine crispy.

I was thinking the same thing

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

We see these white plastic covered hay bales all over where we live. It's the new way. Sometimes they line them up like breath mints in a package, with one long white cover in a long undulating scary white "Dune worm" along the edge of a field. It looks way nicer when the bales are just "naked", but they are trying to keep the rain off them until they get used.

Knotted writes:
<<My eTrex Yellow is sitting right here on my coffee table, giving me sad looks. And my sig items are right there next to it. Each in it's own zippy bag, ready to go!
Gotta do some bike-to-the-cache geocaching!>>

I have no idea what any of this means!

[Pika]

Geocaching is what I like to think of as modern day treasure hunting
It is LOADS of FUN!!!
All you need is a gps ( and access to a computer)
1) go to geocaching website and do a search of caches in your area ( or place you are visiting)
you'll get coordinates for your gps and depending on the difficulty more or less instructions
3) start huntin'
4) find the cache - it is usually waterproof container that has been cleverly hidden- inside you will find a few goodies- huge range of stuff really and a signature book- you sign the book and take something if you brought something to leave-
5) Leave the cache where you found it ( cleverly hidden)
6) Feel like Indiana Jones on your way home

Besides just being fun- it is a great way to learn how to use your GPS

[KnottedYet]

www.geocaching.com

c'mon, it's great fun!

[madscot13]

Do they bury them? Or is it hidden above ground?

[Popoki_Nui]

Do they bury them? Or is it hidden above ground?

Not usually buried, per se. They can be hidden in/under bushes, in fallen logs, in knotholes in trees, under rocks, on beaches (around here, some are hidden just offshore on small motus [small islets] necessitating careful planning at low tide to get to), some are hidden under bridges or other steel structures attached with magnets. Some are very cleverly hidden in plain sight, others take several attempts to find.
Many cache containers are cleverly painted in camo colours to match their surroundings. Some are tiny: 35mm film cannisters containing only a log sheet to sign to prove you found it, others are as big as ice cream pails containing the logbook, and all sorts of goodies to trade. Some are "virtual caches" meaning there is no physical cache to find. You are led on a multi-stage hunt ending with, say, the date on a heritage building, the name on a plaque in a local park, or some other unique object you must correctly identify by sight. You email the cache owner with the info, and if you're correct, you get credit for the 'find' just as with a physical cache.
Some caches are quick and easy to find. Others require long hikes in the woods, up mountains, down city alleys. Yet others require solving a puzzle of some kind first to get the GPS coordinates, before you even leave home to find it.
We started only in January, and we're absolutely addicted.