If you are not familiar with Geocaching, you
might
click here to find out more. Basically,
people leave little treasure caches all over the world, listing the GPS
coordinates at the Geocaching website. You can find these caches with handheld
GPS units. If you are traveling, you can find cache listings wherever you are
going.
There are many kinds of caches. Some simply
point you to some kind of historic site, one that perhaps is not well know.
Others are treasure caches with trinkets inside. If you find one of these you
may take one item, but you must leave something in its place. There are other
types of caches as well. You get the picture. It's very much like a treasure
hunt.
My daughters and I have been Geocaching for
about a year now. We like it. We generally stick to the treasure caches. My
youngest likes the little toys.
I planted my first RLP Geocache near Creede. If
you are traveling in Colorado, north on 149 from South Fork to Lake City, look
for Deep Creek Road, which will allow you to bypass the city of Creede. I
planted this cache near a very interesting historical place that is not well
known. It's an old site that you can't find unless you know it's there. The name
of the cache is "Ancient Grief."
The site of historical interest lies in easy
walking distance from Deep Creek Road. Here are the coordinates of the
historical site:
N37° 48.832
W106° 54.919
The RLP geocache is about 150 feet away at:
N37° 48.793
W106° 54.901
Inside the cache is a variety of small objects,
many from my office. A green ninja, an Amish action figure, and some other fun
things that I've found in geocaches myself. If you find the cache, sign the log
book and send me a picture of you and the cache. I'll post the picture and a
link to your blog if you have one.
Happy hunting. Look for
more RLP geocaches to come. I'll be planting one in Louisville in November. And Dallas
in December.
Spoiler alert: If you know there is no
way you'll ever get to visit this cache, I've posted a photo of the historical
site here.
rlp
