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This is our first winter doing Geocaching. There are some obvious differences for us who live in the great white north (also known as Canada) - there is snow. With snow come snow tracks - footprints that sometimes can lead directly to the cache. This can be an advantage for the finder or possibly boring - the snow hints sometimes make it just too easy.

I have seen it a lot in the logs of our caches recently:

GC17K55: Nice little winter geo-trail to follow! - So grateful for large footprints in the snow!

GC17Q5J: It looks like somebody shoveled a path to the cache…

GC16Z1T: Must have been there a few min after Avanar, I followed the tracks in the snow.

While snow-caching can be easier in some ways - hiding a cache that is winter friendly might pose a few challenge. I posted a question in some local Geocaching forums to get some good hints on hiding winter-friendly caches. This is what I learned:

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An article recently posted in the Rocky Mount Telegram highlights two teachers using Geocaching as a learning tool;

Seventh grade teachers Anica Weeks and Susan Pridgen both are avid Geocaching players. The high tech treasure hunt – as Pridgen refers to it – uses global positioning systems to find objects hidden by other geocachers. In order to tap into students’ tech-savvy lives, the teachers are putting GPS units in the hands of students to get them out of their seats to search for things they once found in textbooks.

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In a recent article on SunJournal.com a Geocacher from Utah tells the story of a very interesting travel bug. A couple who recently lost their mother decided to create a travel bug with her picture on it and see it travel the World. The mother (when she was alive) loved to travel and now does so through a travel bug!

“She has now traveled almost 17,000 miles in five months. “

Sounds pretty cool to me

We have been really enjoying Geocaching since we started in June. Lately we have been getting into the other half of the game - the hide!

Our first attempts went really smooth - they were published quickly - people seemed to find them easy enough and we had some great reviews about our placements and our write-ups. We didn’t have a single DNF (did not find) yet at all! Well - that was the first five hides anyway…

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While I am not in Kansas anymore -not sure I ever have been- a Geocacher by the name of Trish Flock is based there. She has found caches in the US as well as countries like Mexico and Jamaica.

Recently a news story was aired on KSN TV about Geocaching focused around Trish.

You can see the story here and read the article that goes along with it.

“The main thing is the thrill of the hunt and actually finding something that’s out there hidden,” Terry said.

This is a quote from a recent article posted in the Herald - a paper from south Carolina. Kimberly Terry is a fifth-grade teacher at Crowders Creek and a Geocacher. She has brought her hobby to the classroom and has started a school club.

“I got into it and I thought, ‘What a wonderful educational game it would be,’”

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Our first time out Geocaching was a little interesting - we were not sure exactly what we were looking for and we only had our GPS for a day or so. I had read the GPS (Magellan Explorist 200) instructions and was feeling pretty comfortable with my new toy - but my whole family was counting on me to make it work.

We set out for our first find - The Settlement of Adult Kirk.

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