Why Geocaching?

[+Team_Searchgeo]

Because it's fun!!!!

[dementedtribe]

We started geocaching as a side activity to do while we were travelling. I live almost 1200 miles from my parents. Since we have to stop and take breaks along the way to let the "tribe" out of the car for a while, we thought, "Why not add a little more purpose to the stops?" We have stopped at areas we may not have thought about before, and seen waterfalls and geological formations (some in our "own backyard") that we didn't know existed. In looking for caches, we are seeing the outdoors in a whole new way... we are actually looking at nature around us in detail. Sometimes finding the cache is the least of the "discoveries". One day, the cache we were looking for had been taken (muggled), but there was an osprey nest nearby and we got to watch the adults feed the chicks in the nest. We wouldn't have seen that if we hadn't been caching! In finding and hiding caches, we have also learned to use our GPS and its features better.

If it makes you feel any better, our second son (who ironically enough is the best micro finder) doesn't see the point of caching either and finds it boring. Thank you for your interest, though. Try it and see if you like it. If you don't, that's okay, too. Geocaching, like any other hobby or "sport", isn't for everyone and some of our friends don't understand why we do it, either.