A New Hobby: Geocaching

We have gotten involved in a new hobby called Geocaching. Your can learn more about Geocaching at the official website located here. To make it short, Geocaching is using a GPS to find a treasure (typicall a small box filled with trinkets, a log book, and other items) placed at geographic coordinates adn listed on a website. It is a great blend of what I have done my whole life: geography, navigation, and exploring. We have gone out the last two Saturdays in search of caches. We were skunked two weeks ago in Carlinville, but last Saturday we found 2 caches; 1 in Belleville, and 1 in O'Fallon. There are thousands of caches hidden out there that we pass by each and every day without even knowing they are there. So far it seems like a pretty fun hobby. We are going camping with the boy scouts this weekend to St Francois State Park in Missouri. Looks like there are at least 5 caches on the park property. I'll let you know what we find! What a great sport.