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Finds of Two Sorts

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Now if you really want to enjoy the feeling of making the score, you will grab your fishing pole and your GPS unit (or GPS-enabled phone) today. Today, you can log two kinds of finds. Welcome to National Go Fishing Day! As I tell my husband, fishing isn’t unlike gambling. It’s all a game of [...]

Tool for the Trail

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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Victorinox Swiss Army. All opinions are 100% mine. I recently had an opportunity to use my new Dual Pro X to get a new geocache ready for hiding. I was inspired by what turned out to be a very cunning hide which we came [...]

Congratulations, Geocaching.com!

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Rumor has it that Geocaching.com has published their 1,000,000 active geocache. What a fantastic milestone! Congratulations, Geocaching.com! Tweet This Post

Happy New Year from Exploring the Great Outdoors

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I want to wish everyone the best of new years. Here’s to your plans and goals. May you achieve your dreams. Photo by The Gifted Photographer Tweet This Post

Definition of a Winter-Friendly Geocache

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This time of year, the hunt is on for winter-friendly geocaches. Polar regions have permafrost. Minnesota has perma-snow once the first snowfall arrives, at least through the end of winter. For us, a winter-friendly cache is one not likely to be inaccessible because of snow or ice. That means, it’s not located under a log [...]

Geocaching Madness Weekend

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This past weekend we indulged ourselves with a geocaching madness weekend. Eleven miles of hiking, 12 geocaches, and some great adventures added up to a weekend well spent. This week, I’ll explore extreme geocaching. EDIS Tweet This Post

Campfire Coffee, the Easy Way

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If you’re like me, and I know I am, you like your coffee made a certain way. For me, I won’t drink coffee at home that doesn’t come out of a french press. I’m picky that way. My challenge is this: try it and see if you can go back to Maxwell house out of [...]