This was in this morning's San Luis Obispo CA Tribune...
Does anyone know which cache it is, er, was?
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisob...al/12710107.htm
Bomb squad inspects suspicious package
Sally Connell
The Tribune
A suspicious-looking container hidden under greenery in a park pond in Paso Robles was retrieved by the county bomb squad, which determined the package was a place for global positioning system hobbyists to leave trinkets and notes for each other.
The package caused excitement in the department for the better part of a day, from when it was spotted by a citizen at 8:25 a.m. until the incident ended at 1:30 p.m.
"The package was retrieved, X-rayed and breached by the bomb squad," said Sgt. Nicky Woods. She said the package was approximately the size of a large camera bag, and it had been partially submerged with a wire attached, possibly for retrieval.
She said it was determined the package was used by geocaching enthusiasts, individuals who use their global positioning systems to locate items in various locales. GPS users can use specific coordinates to find the cache, which in many cases is something as simple as a plastic container with a visitor log, and trinkets people have left behind.
"Some of our own officers actually play this game. They say it's real fun when you travel," she said.
-- Sally Connell
