Geocache Journal

How to Create Your First Geocache

by Jeff on September 8, 2008

courtesy Geohunt.eu

One of the reasons we like geocaching is that a geocache can take us somewhere we would probably never see otherwise. Rather than choosing a popular tourist location. Find a place off the beaten path. Where are the places that the local people love that aren’t in the tourist guides?
As you select your location, consider how people will approach the area. Geocachers are generally very wary of giving away their activities to non-geocachers (muggles), so try to select a location where it geocachers are less likely to be observed by the general public. Unfortunately, caches are occasionally stolen or vandalized. Conservation is also a key philosophy of geocaching, so place your cache where it will have minimal impact on nature and the environment.

Two Lodging Venues in N.C. Now Provide On-Site Geocaching

by Jeff on September 3, 2008

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Two adjoining accommodations in Jackson County now offer on-site geocaching to guests, a program believed to be among the first of its kind in the Southeast.
The Riverlodge Bed & Breakfast and Tuckaseigee Valley Cabins enlisted the help of nationally-acclaimed geocacher Graeme McGufficke to hide 10 caches on their mountain property, which borders the Tuckasegee River.

The caches vary in difficulty to accommodate novice or expert cachers, and the GPS coordinates are available only to overnight guests.

Basic Geocaching Tips

by Jeff on August 27, 2008

courtesy Kimbo

Make a waypoint for your car or starting location before heading out.

This is important! It’s easy to get turned around and disoriented when looking for a cache. Do yourself a favor and mark your starting location. No matter how close the cache seems to be. Better safe than lost. (Just think how embarrassed you’ll be if you have a GPS in your hand and still can’t find your way back to the car!)

Four Craft Ideas for Geocache Signature Swag

by Jeff on August 25, 2008

by Melanie Marten at Quazen.com

In the increasingly popular sport of geocaching, people find caches filled with log book and swag by using their GPS receivers. The swag that is traded usually consists of dollar store items, small toys, and signature items.

Signature items are things that are specific to one geocacher or geocaching team. Often, people make a craft for their signature item. Below are four great craft ideas for geocache signature swag.

Geocaching Containers – Part II (Micro Containers)

by Jeff on August 21, 2008

courtesy TodaysCacher.com

By Brian Sniatkowski

Micro caches are a topic that generates a lot of heated discussion in the Geocaching.com forums. They have their ardent supporters and staunch foes. However, even most detractors admit that there are some quality micro hides out there. So what makes a quality micro hide? I’ll leave most of that for the reader to decide, but I think most people will agree that any quality geocache hide starts with a quality container.

Geocaching Containers

by Jeff on August 20, 2008

courtesy TodaysCacher.com

By Brian Sniatkowski

This is part one in a two part series on Geocache Containers.

So you’ve been geocaching for a few months, found a few dozen caches and decided its time to place your first. Pawing through your kitchen cabinets you spy a spaghetti sauce stained Tupperware container. “Perfect!” you say, as you grab it and start to sneak away to the garage with it. Just as you reach the door you hear your wife’s slightly annoyed voice from behind asking “Just where do you think you’re going with my good Tupperware?” Busted! It’s back into the kitchen with the Tupperware and you’re again at square one - what to use for a container?