http://discovergeocaching.com/blog Discover Life Outside the box Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:45:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/08/26/earthcache-what-is-it/ ok - So it has been a really busy but great summer. I have not been updating the blog here for some time but I hope to get back to it! Here are some geo-highlights from the summer... We had our first "muggle" experience - that's right - someone snagged on ... http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/08/25/busy-summer-update/ 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 ... http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/05/09/geocaching-scooter/ Milestones are great! —they give you both something to work towards and something to celebrate. We have been Geocaching for about ten months now — we haven't gone too nuts with wanting to get a large number of caches done — we did however want to get to 200 caches ... http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/05/02/milestone-cache-200/ 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 ... http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/04/15/traveling-with-a-gps/ "Even Hamilton police explosives experts say the device looked like a homemade bomb from a distance." — The Hamilton Spectator Today I had a conversation with a fellow local cacher (The Mighty Canadian Juicepig) about some caches in our area that are either too easy or in spots that may not ... http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/04/15/geocachers-taxing-police-resources/ An article posted on the Nature Conservancy web site points out; First-of-its-kind global study shows “a real and fundamental shift” away from nature" Researchers found that people - especially children - were spending less time outdoors than before. Read the Article I know personally that since we started Geocaching we have spent way more ... http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/04/03/nature-recreation-at-all-time-low/ Yesterday my wife Sandra and I went out to do a couple of geocaches. It is the middle of the winter here and we have had record snow falls. This makes caching interesting in a couple of ways: 1. Caches get buried -  we had someone report a DNF on one ... http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/03/03/some-more-thoughts-on-winter-geocaching/ A story coming out of Portland Oregon features two men who lost there way during a white out while climbing Mount Hood. The climbers were not able to get down from the mountain after a storm hit. They decided to make a snow shelter and stay there for the night. ... http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/01/24/geocaching-saved-lives/ I woke up this morning feeling s little chilly. Once I got into our kitchen I looked at the thermometer - wow!  -23 degrees Celsius! Ok -no Geocaching today! http://discovergeocaching.com/blog/2008/01/03/just-too-cold/