Last weekend, I was in central Illinois to visit some family and while I was there I just had to do some geocaching. This is my favorite part of caching is exploring new and different places. It gives me a motivating reason to get outside and go places in a new area.
This is [...]

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I was in central Illinois for a trip to see my Dad and his side of the family. Shortly before leaving town, I convinced my cousin and his girlfriend, with whom I was staying, to go out and give geocaching a try. We went and snagged the only cache in town — cache [...]

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This month’s issue of Backpacker Magazine has an article questioning whether Geocaching violates the principles of Leave No Trace practices. The article includes the affirmative opinion offered by the Executive Director of Wild Wilderness and the president of the Iowa Geocachers Organization offering the negative opinion.
Within the Geocaching community, you will see examples of [...]

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The argument for the best GPS receiver for Geocaching used to hinge on whether it was a Magellan or a Garmin. Today, as Garmin has aggressively catered to the Geocaching crowd, the question has become, which Garmin GPS receiver is best for Geocaching?
Garmin has clearly spent many development dollars and hours to producing a Geocaching-oriented [...]

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Continuing on yesterday’s topic, I thought I would discuss my favorite cache of all time, Tube Torcher II. I found this cache with a group from Northeast Florida last February in beautiful Asheville, NC — an outdoorsman’s paradise! The cache takes you throughout Asheville, including along the French Broad River. The cache [...]

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I participate in a sport/hobby that I think is ideally suited for outdoor enthusiasts called Geocaching. Our local Geocaching organization, NorthEast Florida Geocaching Association (NEFGA) was recently selected as the best Geocaching group by Geocaching.com, so I am lucky to have a great group around me to support my addiction to the sport. [...]

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