Oct 06, 2011

I think the hobby of geo-caching is quite addictive.

This is my last night of freedom (for 7 days, due to my going on call), so I wanted to go an get at least 2 caches. Even though I was waiting for the Daws to come over and play in the "Library", I figured I'd be able to get at least 1. Michel called, and we rescheduled for after the holiday weekend. No harm, no foul.

Call it Urban Exploring, or a Treasure Hunt, or whatever, it is still a fun pastime. Remember those "Find 8 Differences" cartoons in the newspaper, years and years ago? It is very similar. You go to a gps posted location, and you look for something out of place. Hard to do, when you haven't seen the before picture before the after picture.

I found 4 of 6, the last two I wasn't able to see, since the sun went down an hour prior. That makes 127 finds since I started in August. See: http://www.geocaching.com/ and search for GumbyGern.

In this 'game' you can relive your victories, by listing the previously found listings. I'm not a sports person, nor a jock. Didn't play sports when I was in school, or was part of any team really. However, I feel good seeing my posts/logs written and my pictures I've taken, while I've been caching. Every cache out there was placed by a person. My logs (unless the cache was crap), thanks the person for bringing me to that one spot, to see what they see. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=486eea18-fdf2-4258-a7ab-b37a46db5725 In this one I was able to see the sun set, while on a hill, in Nepean (off Courtwood cres). I'm not sure if you'll be able to see it. I use a Gumby figurine as my avatar.

Every time someone posts a log, for that one cache, the owner gets an email, telling them what the person said. I think it's cool that I can have fun, and be able to add a good word to someone without even going out of my way, to be nice. Not sure how to say that, but sometimes one positive email can make someone's day better, for a minimal effort.

Plus I like the 'hunt'.