You may find that geocaching with your smartphone offers a lot of advantages. You tweet your finds in the field or post an update. You can photograph the cache or area. Why wouldn’t you use it? In our caching team, I am the navigator, and my husband is the finder. As such, I spend a [...]

Tomorrow, it is supposed to snow. This is when winter geocaching takes an ugly turn. Suddenly, all of those geocaches not marked as “winter friendly” become abundantly clear. Pet Peeve: If it isn’t winter friendly, let us know. There’s this handy icon you can select when submitting your geocache. I was looking at my overall [...]

I have to admit it. I’m not a huge fan of puzzle geocaches. It might just be the ones I pick. The puzzles always seem impossible — until now. GCC is a helping hand in the field when a puzzle calls for a calculation or reference that you can’t find easily. It has over 250 [...]

Geocaching is a great way to learn — about yourself, where you live and about your partner. My husband and I have been geocaching since 2007. We are over 500 geocaches and counting. Through our finds, we have stumbled upon some amazing places and have enjoyed the sense of humor of many geocachers. We have [...]

It’s not like we live way out in the boondocks. We still have paved roads, gas stations and the neighborhood bar. Yet, judging by our cellphone coverage, you’d think we lived on the moon. That’s what you get when you use Sprint, I guess. We also love caches that are not stealth only. I prefer [...]

I’ve embraced the barefooting lifestyle because the logic behind it makes sense. The concept is that our bodies are still hardwired as if we were living a more hand-to-mouth existence, i.e., as if we didn’t have fancy running shoes. Vibram has taken on this idea with its line of Vibram Five Finger shoes. I recently [...]

I used to use AllSport GPS on my Blackberry. I now have an Android and was anxious to test a program. I’ve gotten into creating routes with pictures. I’d like to use them for this blog and others. So, I wanted a program that was easy to use. I didn’t mind paying; I just wanted [...]