My husband and I have done a little bit of geocaching, and even placed one
ourselves. We have noticed that for the most part, geocachers are
responsible, and careful to refrain from disturbing stuff. You do get
exceptions to the rules however, with people being loud, and destructive,
especially on easily accessible, heavily travelled state park trails.
We have seen some destruction to local plant life as a result of searching
for caches well off a beaten trail, and understand why the parks would
request the geocachers to cease and desist. We usually use it as an excuse
to get out and go for a Sunday drive, with a destination in mind, and have
had a couple of nice picnics as well. My husband loves to get out with his
GPS and look for stuff, it often doesn't even matter if he finds it, he just
likes playing with his GPS. I have trouble reading the darned thing, never
had one in the field, and I find as many caches as he does without it.
While I love to hike, I find that thrashing around in poison-ivy infested
woods looking for a green ammo box on a Sunday afternoon feels a little too
much like work, without getting paid....
Lynita Langley-Ware
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron May" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: Geocaching
> I have a friend who does geocaching for a hobby. The sponsors charge a
fee,
> then the gamers go out with GPS and look for clues. When they find the
prize,
> it usually is a bottle of hootch stashed between a couple of rocks. Sounds
> harmless to me.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
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