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I am brand new to this wonderful addiction .I received a garmin 62s for xmas and then promptly got the flu .Now 4 weeks later got a chance to try out my new toy and man do I love it.

Living here in Calgary ,we have winter which brings snow ,so I did not find 3 caches (unless I wanted to dig with a shovel ) .I ran into one muggle who was curious as to what I was doing ,but too scared to ask .

I did however find 3 nice caches ,one were there was no snow and had been in place since 2001 .The other is called 'The Rocks" and that was fun as it was on a hill facing south west so the snow did melt .

I had gloves on and was thinking "glad this is winter as I know a few critters who bite first and ask questions later " .During the signing of the log book two lovely white tail deer strode past ,made my day.

I also found a micro called "on the bridges " that was cool .But I have to say as a new person watching youtube video's and reading these forms really helped me have an idea were and how to look .

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Welcome to the addiction... er... hobby.

Always nice to hear good beginner stories.

 

I've been caching on and off for more than 7 years, and I am never bored or too tired to get the chance to go out caching. Although with work, kids and other responsibilities, I don't get out as often as I wish I could.

 

I live in BC, and we too get our share of snow and cold weather and it does hinder us too.

 

Glad you are enjoying it, and welcome again!

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Get out while you still can....😊

 

Just kidding....welcome aboard! Sounds like Geocaching has taken you to some really cool locations already...that's what it's all about!

 

Keep visiting the Forums for tips and tricks....there's a lot to learn in addition to your own field experience. Welcome to the obsession!

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Living here in Calgary ,we have winter which brings snow ,so I did not find 3 caches (unless I wanted to dig with a shovel ) .I ran into one muggle who was curious as to what I was doing ,but too scared to ask .

Maybe he knows about it and was curious to see if you'd find it or not. :D

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Over this last weekend ,I learned some new things about this wonderful game .

I trust my gps to get me too within a few meters and then let instinct take over .

I arrived at a spot and looked for about 35 minutes ,during that time I saw a rock siting in a depression and thought this was the cache .

So when I arrived home I emailed the CO and he went out on sunday and to my surprise the cache had been there in that spot before it got muggled.

The CO replaced it farther down the hill so maybe it will survive .When I went back on sunday de-termed to find this cache ,I did not know the CO had moved it to it's new location ,i just expanded my search area .

It was quite rewarding to finely find and sign the log book .

The second dnf I had on sunday my gps keep saying 'enter neighbour's yard " which I new was wrong .The hint when I got home said "look in 3 trees " .

Well I did look and now I am wondering if this cache got "muggled " too ?. Will have to revisit this one .

Then I had an moment that brings smiles to your face .There was this micro cache a cigar tube ,as I was approaching the location there was 3 young boys (grade 2,3 ) playing in the snow .

The one young lad said Hi and then said I bet I know what you are doing ? .I responded what do you think I am doing ? .He laughed and said "geocaching " .I just broke out laughing at that .

He then told me about the cache ,him and is dad and found it awhile ago .He then offered to help ,which I was glad of ,so I let him sign the log too .

I left that spot with a big grin thinking of how much fun these kids had doing geocaching with there dad .Really made my day .

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