And so it all begins,

On a cold and dreary January morning, I stumbled upon a website. This website was Geocaching.com. Why and how I came to be there I don't recall. What I do know is that geocaching is the activity that I had been wanting to do without knowing it. It combines my love of the outdoors, my wife's enjoyment of hiking and sight seeing, and our children's love of treasure hunting. It didn't take long to realize that this was going to be great for our whole family. Not to mention that there are 100's of caches ready to be found within just a 1 hour drive of our house.

So, what is geocaching? Well simply put, it is a Hide and Seek Treasure Hunt. Someone hides a container of treasure and marks its gps coordinates. And other geocachers try and find it using their gpsr (receiver). I have also heard it described as "Using a billion dollar military satellite network to find tuperware in the woods." But the good folks at Geocaching.com have prepared a little video that will explain better than I.

For any more information on what geocaching is please visit Geocaching.com.

Now, the decision has been made, we will be geocachers! So what next? Time to go shopping. Oh boy, is this going to cost me a lot? I know that's what we were thinking. Well the good news is that it will only cost you what you want to. You can literally start geocaching without spending $100. Or you can go gear crazy and spend $1000's. I am going to go into the gear and tech needed to geocache in a outdoor, out of town setting in my next blog.