First Snap At Geocaching
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So there's this thing called geocaching, where people hide little log books and/or treasures and post the coordinates online for other people to find. They do this in the wilderness as well as in the city. All you need is a GPS receiver, some gumption, and the ability to stand being outside.
So after a whole week of impatiently reading up and searching for caches and benchmarks (geological markers) I finally got to go out and look for some around my house. I had three in mind, one cache and two benchmarks but only got to one of each.
Early disaster struck, and was narrowly overcome:
I couldn't find the first cache, even though I know I was in the right spot. I looked all around that deal, even looked under rocks and such.
A family down the block came out to watch me for what seems like thirty minutes at least. Each one had a different colored shirt and was a different height than the rest. They looked like a Lego family. I think once they saw I probably wasn't a drug dealer they went back inside, although two of the kids did drive-bys on their scooters.
After giving my back tire a little more air at the QT (I had to guess, I forgot my tire gauge in my other pants) I headed due east to the benchmark that Hyd and I had tried to find earlier this week. I say tried because I was retarded and didn't think it'd be in the middle of the road, which it is. I'm also sad I wasn't earlier because it had been previously unfound, and just three days ago some d00d found it before me! I had wanted to be first, oh well.
I waited patiently for traffic to permit me to dash across two lanes, and while I did, I took some pics. I'm lazy tonight so you only get one:
Once I felt I could probably survive, I ran across the road and bagged proof that I had indeed found an obscure metal marker that only nerds (and a small percentage of nerds at that) care about, before cars smooshed me into a sweaty patch on the road:
Less than half a mile south of this marker is another that I want to find, but it was getting dark and I promised my misses I'd be home before that. Plus, I didn't want to get mugged. I live on the mean streets of Phoenix, yo. This is how they roll.
My chain fell off again half a block from my house and I just coasted into the gate. I passed a man walking his funny little dog and listening to an iPod. I got my chain back on right as he came up, and what do you know, he's a resident of my complex too. He had a beeper to get in and I didn't, so I followed him in. I wonder if he believed me that I lived her too.
Oh yeah, before I got home I took a pretty picture of the sun going down with a bird and some tree stuff too. I think those might be clouds in there somewhere:
And that's basically it. I'm heading out again tomorrow, the exercise it just too nice and I really enjoyed myself. I didn't even notice that it was 100 degrees outside.
Have a good weekend, more to come, I'm sure.
- BuddhaDave
So there's this thing called geocaching, where people hide little log books and/or treasures and post the coordinates online for other people to find. They do this in the wilderness as well as in the city. All you need is a GPS receiver, some gumption, and the ability to stand being outside.
So after a whole week of impatiently reading up and searching for caches and benchmarks (geological markers) I finally got to go out and look for some around my house. I had three in mind, one cache and two benchmarks but only got to one of each.
Early disaster struck, and was narrowly overcome:
I couldn't find the first cache, even though I know I was in the right spot. I looked all around that deal, even looked under rocks and such.
A family down the block came out to watch me for what seems like thirty minutes at least. Each one had a different colored shirt and was a different height than the rest. They looked like a Lego family. I think once they saw I probably wasn't a drug dealer they went back inside, although two of the kids did drive-bys on their scooters.
After giving my back tire a little more air at the QT (I had to guess, I forgot my tire gauge in my other pants) I headed due east to the benchmark that Hyd and I had tried to find earlier this week. I say tried because I was retarded and didn't think it'd be in the middle of the road, which it is. I'm also sad I wasn't earlier because it had been previously unfound, and just three days ago some d00d found it before me! I had wanted to be first, oh well.
I waited patiently for traffic to permit me to dash across two lanes, and while I did, I took some pics. I'm lazy tonight so you only get one:
Once I felt I could probably survive, I ran across the road and bagged proof that I had indeed found an obscure metal marker that only nerds (and a small percentage of nerds at that) care about, before cars smooshed me into a sweaty patch on the road:
Less than half a mile south of this marker is another that I want to find, but it was getting dark and I promised my misses I'd be home before that. Plus, I didn't want to get mugged. I live on the mean streets of Phoenix, yo. This is how they roll.
My chain fell off again half a block from my house and I just coasted into the gate. I passed a man walking his funny little dog and listening to an iPod. I got my chain back on right as he came up, and what do you know, he's a resident of my complex too. He had a beeper to get in and I didn't, so I followed him in. I wonder if he believed me that I lived her too.
Oh yeah, before I got home I took a pretty picture of the sun going down with a bird and some tree stuff too. I think those might be clouds in there somewhere:
And that's basically it. I'm heading out again tomorrow, the exercise it just too nice and I really enjoyed myself. I didn't even notice that it was 100 degrees outside.
Have a good weekend, more to come, I'm sure.
- BuddhaDave
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