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Have you ever heard of Geocaching?

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I hadn't.  Until my mother suggested on June 12, 2011 that I try it out for the blog.  (I saved the email in my "blog ideas" folder.)

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Sometimes it takes me awhile to get around to things.

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What is Geocaching, you may be asking?  The email from my mother's friends spells it out perfectly:

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“I saw a cool show on PBS about "geocaching" --- where you look for hidden treasures (that others have hidden) based on latitude and longitude coordinates. You can use your smart phone to be shown where to go. It sounds awesome!! I'd heard of it - but for some reason today - it just sounded like something I'd be interested in. It struck a chord. There are 3 caches near my house (I downloaded the app) and it showed on a map where they're "hidden" --- you go find them and sign the log book that you found them and then move on. There are almost 2 million caches hidden througout the world. It is a popular hobby. Who knew? <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/" target="_blank">www.geocaching.com</a> The PBS show was called Treasure Trackers - in case you're interested in watching it or searching on your cable system. It is a very popular family activity - it teaches kids how to read maps!!
I also found a book on Amazon (there were many!) called The Idiots Guide to Geocaching, 2nd Edition”
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