My sister (Chelemybell) lives in Alabama and is an avid cacher. She told me about it, and as a Scout Leader, and someone who loves the outdoors, it sounded great. Couldn't afford a GPS, so Sis came for a visit and took me caching. That of course only made things worse, because now I REALLY wanted to do it. I normally get very strange and useless things for my birthday, but this year, thanks to my wonderful sister, I got a GPS! My eight year old son and I have already been out caching and now can't wait to do our first Hide. I plan on taking my entire Scout group and their parents caching too, so I can spread the sickness on. LOL