David Following The GPS, Looking For A Cache On The Mountain.
Geocaching!
When we arrived at Lake Tamarisk RV Resort in Desert Center, CA David had a surprise waiting for me. He had ordered a hand held GPS unit so we could go Geocaching together. This is why we have not updated our blog for a few days. We’ve been having way too much fun!
Geocaching is basically a scavenger hunt that uses a hand held GPS unit that you follow to certain coordinates. Then you look for a cache.
Geocaching is global. Their are millions of caches hidden all around the world. Traveling around in a motor coach can give us an opportunity to geocache anywhere.
When we opened the GPS unit and went online to the Geocaching website, we were surprised to find many caches hidden around the desert where we were. So off we went.
Our first geocache, in the evening, was a nice 2 mile walk around the rv park and lake. As we were getting used to reading the GPS unit, we finally found our first cache! Yeah for us!
Our First Cache We Found At Lake Tamarisk, Magnetized To The Back Of A Sign Post.
The next day…off we went again. Not knowing where we’d end up. Little did we know we’d be climbing a mountain!
Geocaching On Alligator Mountain In Desert Center, CA
But there it was, on the back of a really interesting marker on the side of the mountain. We never would have seen the marker or climbed the mountain if it wasn’t for Geocaching.
Marker On The Side Of The Mountain
Brenda Marking Our Find On The Log Inside The Cache Saying We Were Here.
Geocaching takes you to many places that you really would not go, unless you were looking for a cache.
Out in the desert…
David In The Desert Geocaching
David Found A Cache In The Desert
In Sand Dunes…
David Finding A Cache In A Sand Dune, Buried In Sand With Just The Top Sticking Out
Brenda Finding A Cache In The Desert In An Old Rusty Drum
And on mountain tops…
David Made It To The Top Of Alligator Mountain…1196 feet!
David’s Self Portrait On The Top Of Alligator Mountain. Proof That He Made It!
David Finding The Cache Inside A Hide-A-Rock No Less, How Cruel Is That! At The Top Of Alligator Mountain, 1196 feet up!
I alas did not make it. Half way up I decided that was high enough. So I decided to sit on a flat rock and enjoy the scenery. David made it all 1196 feet! I’m so proud of him.
Brenda’s Shadow. Sitting On A Rock In The Middle Of Alligator Mountain
All in all, we are having fun. Going to new places, unexpected places. When we arrive in Indio we’ll have to see what’s around there!
David Holding A Trackable Monkey We Found In The Desert
Oh I forgot to mention Trackables! People hide these trackables in some caches, so when you find one, which in our case was a monkey key chain, you take it and move it to a different location. Then you go up on the website and you can “track” where this trackable has been by a serial number every one has. We found the monkey key chain trackable, in the desert by Desert Center, CA, and plan on hiding it in Indio somewhere, when we find a good cache location.
Another convert! Yes!
Geocaching is such a fun activity. It was such a surprise when I found out that geocaches were everywhere, and that such pleasure could be had from finding a cleverly hidden cache, or one that took me to an interesting location. Keep enjoying it in good health.
-Jay
Yay for finding geocaching! We’ve been doing it since 2002 and enjoy it so much. Your dog is an excellent excuse for wandering in the bushes when you try finding caches in populated areas with ‘muggles’. Geocaching is definitely a great way to go places you wouldn’t dream of! Enjoy! :-)
Wow, geocaching sure looks fun!
Enjoy!
me
from cold, cold and very cold New Jersey :(
Wow what a fun way to get in your exercise! And the scenery…everywhere you turn seems to be a screensaver!
Hugs!