Geocaching; one of my hobbies

I have a hobby called Geocaching. I absolutely love it when I have time...but seems like lately, I haven't had the opportunity. Maybe when Kevin graduates from high school (1 more year) and things slow down just a bit. I particularly enjoy doing it out in the desert. My boys used to do it all the time with me when they were younger. To them it was a big treasure hunt. ...and literally it is!

Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container (usually a tupperware or ammo box) containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value.

Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica. There are over 820,000 active geocaches in the world right now. I have a few out there I have placed myself, including a couple in the desert and three here in Escondido.

I have geocached all over the United States and in Turks and Caicos in the Carribean. Here are the states I have found caches in.


It's amazing to see the creativity that goes into the containers and disguising them so that regular folks can't see them.

Please see our Youtube video on the right side of this blog. Fox 6 news had come out and interviewed us on the hobby, they did a great job.

Here are some pictures of our adventures!

Geocaching in Hawaii - This is Makapuu Point on Oahu.




This is "The Breakers" Summer cottage for the Vanderbilt Family in Newport, Rhode Island. Cache is located very near where I took the picture



This is in San Antonio, Texas along the Riverwalk. It was hot that day!



Julie and I went caching in Turks and Caicos. It's a BEAUTIFUL island in the Carribean. We found this big starfish during our adventures



This is a cache right here in the Anza Borrego Desert off of Split Mountain Road in the Fish Creek area



And a cache right here in Escondido at Lake Hodges. We started caching in 2004, and this is one of our first finds. So my boys look young!



One of these days we'll find time or make time to get out and do the wonderful hobby again. I'm sure there a bunch of BRAND new caches that have popped up within a 5 mile perimeter of my home. In fact I am positive there a bunch of brand new ones.

If you are interested in more information, check out the website:

http://www.geocaching.com