4th Annual Sub-9 Gravel Grovel

[Aromig]

I wondered why it was 25 miles rather than 30 like before. I've never done it before, but had been watching for the announcement for this year. The new starting location does seem more convenient (I've been to both the boys scout camp and the horsemans' camp for various other cub scout/geocaching/etc. events).

[Catrin]

I wondered why it was 25 miles rather than 30 like before. I've never done it before, but had been watching for the announcement for this year. The new starting location does seem more convenient (I've been to both the boys scout camp and the horsemans' camp for various other cub scout/geocaching/etc. events).

I don't know what happened to cause the last minute change, but the horsemans' camp sounds like a nice facility!

How do you like geocaching? I am considering checking it out, but the cost of a GPS unit is holding me back. I suspect that there is some application I could use on my phone, but with the poor signal reception I get in the woods I am not confident that would work for me. AT&T just doesn't get good coverage where I would go...

[Aromig]

I honestly haven't gotten too much into the geocaching and I'm not fond of it. When we try to do "together things" like hiking or biking, stopping for geocaches just slows me down so much I get frustrated. I've not tried it just for fun myself -- so maybe that might make a difference. My husband only used his phone for the longest time (AT&T) and it was fine for the more urban geocaching (in fact, he found a cache right outside the surgical center where I had some hardware removed from my leg this morning!). Now that he does it more in the woods, he does have a different unit. If you're interested in the more rural type of geocaching -- you might look for "kids" versions of GPS units. We got my son one from the boyscout website that wasn't fancy but got the job done and was affordable (it was actually a cub scouts activity that got everyone interested in geocaching!)