I think geocaching was trying to find ME!
I've always enjoyed hiking, history, orienteering, maps, and GPS.
I saw a geocaching shirt/patch/bumpersticker? and asked the person about it. They told me, (even went into the Degree Confluence Project) and I was interested, but since I didn't write down the URL or have a GPSr, I just forgot about it.
I saw an article in the local newspaper, explaining more about the sport and thought it was cool and worth investigating, but never got to it.
I stumbled across redirector #1 for Electromagnetic Fields Forever on 1/20/2003 (see the log). I knew some kind of geo-game was afoot.
I stumbled into the Low Water Rock-n-Roll Party cache on 1/22/2003 (logged), but didn't open it. I forgot the URL on the ammo can and eventually forgot about finding the cache.
I ran across a Want To Buy ad on 4/15/2003 for a GPSr in the austin.forsale newsgroups. Someone posted a reply indicating that the person should check out www.geocaching.com. I checked it out myself and finally realized what the cache I found was. I realized right then that this activity was for me, and I hurried right out there with BubblesPPG to bag it as our first cache. I've been hooked ever since.
BlazerMan
[This message was edited by BlazerMan on June 17, 2003 at 10:18 AM.]