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Conclusion
If you’re often hit with the sudden urge to cache but don’t carry your standard GPS with you all the time, then this is a great solution. But other then the cool factor, it’s just not all that exciting. Perhaps after a few updates it will be more indespensible.
A few weeks ago I finally became a full subscriber and supporter of Geocaching.com. I really didn’t expect a great benefit from it other then showing some love to a site I’ve useing more and more and have really been enjoying.
Little did I know it would reach out and try to increase my addiction. One of the features of being a member is having the ability to create instant alerts based on various criteria. Since my pattern has been to start with the closest cache to my home and work my way out, I thought it’d be cool to be alerted whenever a new cache is placed just so I don’t overlook one.
Well, as I’m sitting at home watching a movie an email comes in and I notice it was a Groundspeak alert. I just had to take a peek.. this was my first one. As soon as I saw it was a brand new cache I immediately got excited.. wow.. the opportunity to be the very first to log a find on a new cache! But after some quick Google mapping and looking at the setting sun I decided I couldn’t pull it off before nightfall. Sure enough, someone else did.
I guess the point I wanted to make is now there’s a whole new set of things in my head that I’m resisting. For example, for years I’ve wanted a mobile broadband Internet connection for my laptop but I’ve always concluded that I’m either at the office or at home and otherwise driving from one to the other with no opportunity to surf. Now I’m starting to think that I can have these alerts page my phone and where ever I am I can pull over and get details on a new cache!
For now I will resist my urge, but it is just one more log on the fire towards a new full-on addiction. Not that I’m not already addicted to caching, but I just sense that “next level” on the horizon.
Back when geocaching first started gaining popularity, if you wanted to bike it you would have probably wanted a sophisticated mountain bike to take you on the trails. But these days with the number of urban geocaches on the rise it just plain old makes sense to consider a beach cruiser bicycle for your next expedition. The upright peddling position and wide seats makes for comfortable journey and perfect vantage point to take in the scenery.
With available fenders and chain guards you’ll find this classic style to be very clothes friendly. Add a sturdy metal basket at you’ll have plenty of cargo capacity for all your maps and caching gear as well a lunch.
Think the terrain may be a bit too difficult muscle with one speed? Think again, the folks at Copacabana Bikes have a full range of models from traditional to multi-speed urban models that makes short work out of those hills.
Think a beach cruiser isn’t cool enough for you? Think again! You can get a retro styled extended frame model with springer forks that will really make you stand out in the crowd!
There’s certainly a model for everyone, even the kids! Don’t worry about the price either, most models are priced under $200.
The easily navigable CopacabanaBikes.com site allows you to effortlessly order and customize your beach cruiser by selecting your color, size and other options like baskets. Shipping costs are very reasonable and assembly is a breeze, usually under 20-minutes.
With such a cute name George Curious, how could I resest hunting this cache down!
Well, after watching this video you’ll agree that maybe I should have done this one on a different day. I actually picked this cache because it had pretty much guaranteed me a nice 3 mile hike and excercise is certainly something I can use!
It started off very well on our Rail to Trails network and was only about a thenth of a mile off the main trail, it should have been reasonably easy.
Not even half way up though I realized I didn’t have my cell phone with me anymore. I know I left a twitter message when I started but couldn’t remember if that was from the car or en route. The more I walked the more I belived it fell out of my pocket and that pretty much occupied my mind.
When I got to the location it was very uncomfortable. The nice spring I was looking for had apparantly turned into a tick infested pool of stagnent water. I looked but honestly between being bummed about my phone and being eaten alive by who knows what, my heart just wasn’t into it. So I wrapped up and headed back to the car hoping to find my phone along the way.. which I didn’t
When I got home my house phone was ringing.. caller ID said it was me!!! “Hello? You found my phone!!!!?” Turns out a homeless man was on the trail with his bicycle travelling back to the homeless shelter when he found my phone. I was saavy enough to look at the address book and call the entry labeled “home” and ta da!!!! So I drove to the shelter to retrieve my phone and give him a nice little reward which I think he really appreciated.
Looks like a little buddhism at work here, turning the poison of an uncomfortable treck through the woods into medicine by exchange goodwill with someone less fortunate. NMRK
What a beautiful day for geocaching, but let me tell you it didn’t start off so well. Eager to hit the road and made a quick dash to pick up Dan and we proceeded to use a strip mall parking lot as a staging area to load up on fresh batteries and get all our coordinates programmed. So as I put batteries in my 10-year old GPS unit I notice they weren’t quite snug. Now this is a problem I’ve had with it for a while now and if the battery isn’t tight it would shut itself off. So as I’ve done countless times before I reformed the retainer clip that holds the batteries. Well.. It was reformed just one to many times and it busted.
A few weeks ago I finally became a full subscriber and supporter of 
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