Some days a lot of effort to get just a few geocaches isn’t fun. It’s kind of a let-down, really. When we learned that there were four new geocaches in a nearby park, we headed out the door. One thing I’ll say about Minnesota–they love their parks and their green space. It was great to [...]

The other day, we were geocaching in one the local parks. It was a great day to be out, with plenty of wildlife and birdwatching opportunities. It was as if everyone knew the next day would be cold and rainy. I observed a pair of Canada geese near the edge of a pond where we [...]

What a cruddy weekend! Saturday had marginal weather with cold and occasional drizzle. Sunday,however, was downright miserable, with a driving, cold rain that kept on for hours, wind blowing like something out of an Edgar Allan Poe story. Needless to say, die-hard as I am, geocaching was out. There were things to do around the [...]

Recently, an acquaintance of mine lamented to me about how his two dogs had been diagnosed with Lyme disease. To add to his troubles, his wife and daughter also tested positive. Fortunately for all concerned, the disease was caught early. How did they get Lyme disease? They were running the dogs in the local doggy [...]

Despite the rain over the weekend, we decided to head out for some geocaching. We picked a park that we had visited before, with the rather curious name of Purgatory Park. Supposedly the name comes from early settlers, remarking on the mosquitoes that they encountered on this swampy trail. “It’s not hell, it’s purgatory.” So [...]

We love to camp. We look forward to our annual trips. Now that we have my family hooked on geocaching, it’s easy to get in some finds while we’re vacationing. So while gardeners will browse seed catalogs in anticipation of spring, I browse camping sites for camping tools in anticipation of the camping season. We [...]

Aside from the ticks and other little nasties, geocaching in the spring and summer poses their own unique challenges. Snow melt and spring rains mean sloppy, slick trails. It’s a golden opportunity to trash some walking boots or twist an ankle. That’s certainly not the kind of find you want to score. Our favorite geocaching [...]