backpackermt10 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Have you ever been Geocahing or just useing you GPS for something when all of a sudden you come across a really awsome rock formation or water fall that you never would have known existed if it weren't for your GPS? Some thing like that happend to my family and me not too long ago while we were backpacking up at North and South lake in upstate New York. We stumbled across this cool little cave while we following my Garmin back to our campsite, and it just made me wonder if anyone else had ever experienced this type of surprise before while useing thier GPS. -I'd post a picture to go along with this thread but I dont know how lol lol Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Unexpected Finds? Usually the trail I just left to start bushwhacking. Oh, you mean it circles around? Oops. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Some thing like that happend to my family and me not too long ago while we were backpacking up at North and South lake in upstate New York. We stumbled across this cool little cave while we following my Garmin back to our campsite, Got the coords? I've backpacked in the North/South Lake area dozens of times. Beautiful area. As far as your original question, it usually happens the other way around. I'm hiking off trail and find a really cool spot. I mark it and go back with a cache, so other people can discover it as well. Quote Link to comment
nobby.nobbs Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 loads of times hat's what keeps me coming back for more. Quote Link to comment
+The Canning Clan Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 whole point of caching for me...can't believe what we've found in our own area after living here for 12 years...what a great sport!!! Go back and place a cache there... Quote Link to comment
+1NatureMom Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 CAN YOU SEE AN ELEPHANT? Quote Link to comment
+JohnTee Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 CAN YOU SEE AN ELEPHANT? That elephant must have been standing near this . . . JohnTee Quote Link to comment
+Woodbutcher68 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Geocaching has taken me into natural areas in the Chicago area that I had driven by in the past. Like they say, you can't judge a book by it's cover. Quote Link to comment
bogleman Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 My youngest daughter and I found a tree that was struck by lightning. The tree looked like a barber pole it was neat to see what mother nature can do when she lets loose. Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 CAN YOU SEE AN ELEPHANT? Nope.. just the big old snapping turtle sliding down the log... Quote Link to comment
Pinster56 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Seeing a hawk eating a pizza on the busiest street in Boston while searching for an urban cache does it for me! Quote Link to comment
+CT Trampers Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 (edited) Seeing a hawk eating a pizza on the busiest street in Boston while searching for an urban cache does it for me! THAT is too cool- Edited March 2, 2006 by CT Trampers Quote Link to comment
Voigt54601 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Seeing a hawk eating a pizza on the busiest street in Boston while searching for an urban cache does it for me! THAT is too cool- That is kewl, but not that odd really. That is a falcon I think, not a hawk. Not correcting you just showing you Some urban areas try to get them to nest within the city on tall buildings to curb the pigeon problems, falcons love pigeons to munch. Where I live, we tried implementing them, but the habitat wasn't right. I remember when I lived downtown, laying on the couch, gazing out the window, this flock of pigeons was flying past, then BAM a falcon swoops in and snagged one, feathers everywhere .... I was like VERY cool. So, I'm guessing the problem of pigeons vs falcon is swaying the other way where you saw this one, now there are more falcons than pigeons, so the falcon has to look for other food ... but ... pizza? As to the topic of this thread, there's a cache I can't find near me, and I found a lake that I had never seen before, up in the bluffs where you sure didn't expect to see it. It's stocked with panfish, bass and trout! I'll be fishing it in '06 The coordinates are N 43° 36.803 W 091° 00.642 you can find that in google earth easy enough ( I think ). I've found many things that I would have never seen if there wasn't a cache there. Things we drive past every day and glance past sort of thing. Caching makes you stop and smell the roses Quote Link to comment
+Davispak Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Just hope you don't find this on the trail Quote Link to comment
+Davispak Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Sorry, but this guy just cracks me up Quote Link to comment
+Tonylama Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 CAN YOU SEE AN ELEPHANT? no - can't oops Quote Link to comment
TeamQTH Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Seeing a hawk eating a pizza on the busiest street in Boston while searching for an urban cache does it for me! Looks just like a red tail hawk to me. I'm not an expert. This is a red tail: TeamQTH Quote Link to comment
+Confucius' Cat Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Geocaching has introduced me to more places that i would not have known than I would care to count. To me, that is the essence of caching. I even enjoy a film can amongst a bunch of dead branches on the ground, or a breath strip box attached to a sign if it takes me to a place I would otherwise have never known existed. It is late tonite. I will think about this a little and praps post some pix another day. (Because of one missed photo op that will probably never occur again, I NEVER venture out without my camera!) Quote Link to comment
+Woodbutcher68 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Just hope you don't find this on the trail Looks like the ULTIMATE MUGGLE to me! Quote Link to comment
+Two Geeks and a GPS Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Lost Town of Fiborn This is just one of the classic examples. We have property in the area and have been going up there for at least ten years. Never knew this place existed! When we go on vacation to new places, we don't waste our time on tourism guides.....we look for caches! Quote Link to comment
+Fudog1138 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Yesterday my 8 year old son and I were out looking for a cache. The quarter mile off a beaten trail kind in muddy SE Michigan. We got within X amount of feet (X was two feet in this case, may be 25 the next), we found a caribeaner and a big clump of fox hair. We'll put the fox hair inside of a baggie and put it in the next cache for someone to gander at. I don't carry a camera, I'm still new to this and am trying to find my groove and watch my curious as a cat son in the process. Quote Link to comment
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