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Over the last two weeks we have been able to experience our first Earthcahes. Our first one was on a trip to Prince Edward Island (PEI) and our second (last night) was a bit north of our home.

So what is an Earthcache?

An EarthCache is a special place that people can visit to learn about a unique geoscience feature or aspect of our Earth. EarthCaches include a set of educational notes and the details about where to find the location (latitude and longitude). Visitors to EarthCaches can see how our planet has been shaped by geological processes, how we manage the resources and how scientists gather evidence to learn about the Earth. (from Geocaching.com)
(more at www.earthcache.org)

Our first earthcache taught us about the red dirt found on PEI - there is a high concentration of iron oxide in the soil which rusts and turns the sand and soil red - very cool! Our second one brought us to this amazing sand dune close to our house - well about an hour away - it was very close to my Aunt’s house though. This dune was on the bank of a river near Wasaga Beach in Ontario. It was an amazing site to see. The amuzing part of this cache is that my Aunt - who lives about 4 minutes from the wonder - had no idea this was there!

So what is so great about Earthcaches?

Well there is no cache box to find - no log to sign - they can’t hold trackables - there is no trading going on - so what’s the point?!?!

Well Earthcaches are designed to bring you to some amazing part of the earth and help you learn. This is one of the reasons we go geocaching - we love to see really cool places - earthcaches definately help you find these places.

So if you have never tried an earthcache go ahead and look for one close to you and check it out - you will learn something and you may just have fun doing it!

I have always been a big fan of Scooters — I currently own a moped but I am considering getting a scooter instead. When a friend sent me a link to this scooter I knew right away it would be the perfect Geocaching scooter!

This scooter has it all! Of course it has a Garmin GPS - that will get you close to the cache. It also has a full computer under the seat with a 8″ touch screen monitor mounted up front — log your finds on route! The big antenna on the back is a 30db gain antenna giving you up to 3 mile wireless range! If that isn’t good enough the computer has a wireless cell internet card.

There is so much more to this sweet ride - swing by and have a look for yourself…

It was time for our family to get away — time for a road trip! We often go on shorter trips to the cottage or to family that is a few hours away — but this was our first “big” road trip that would take more than one day on the road.

March break was coming up and the desire to get away was very strong. Plans to visit some old friends that moved to Montreal fell through and we were left scrambling for a place to go. My brother Dave and his family ware traveling down to Hilton Head SC and Savannah GA and invited us to join them. We jumped at the chance — both to spend time with them and to get away to a warmer climate!

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I (Andy) had gone out Geocaching with a friend and i was hooked. I had to figure out how to get my ands on a GPS. After talking it over with my wife (Sandra) for a bit we figured we could get one and try this Geocaching stuff if we didn’t go overboard and spen hundreds of dollars - after all - we had never really tried this yet.

I didn’t know much about the at the time - knew a few brand names and the basic features I needed for Geocaching. I had glanced through the buying guide on the Geocaching web site - I was ready to shop!

After surfing the web to try to find some online I ended up surfing through to eBay - why not try I figured. I am not a big eBay user but heck why not. After a quick search I found a unit that looked just perfect. It was a brand name I recognized - Magellan - and the price (at the time of bidding) was great. I placed my bid. I got out bid but decided to go up a bit more - I was now the highest bidder! Within a few minutes I won the bid!

After paying for it - shipping and all - it came to $105.11 - not bad at all. The Magellan Explorist 200 was at my home in two days - the third day we were out Geocaching and had our first find! We did 5 the first night as a family - we are now hooked!