RVers Head Out WIth a GPS and a Treasure Map

The geocaching craze has taken off in the last few years since the advent of the personal GPS system. These handheld navigation systems make it possible for people to hide “treasure” in a “cache” for others to find. Many geocaching enthusiasts are calling this a “sport” because it requires hiking in the great outdoors. But geocaching is also done using bicycles, motorcycles, ATV’s and off-road 4 wheel drive vehicles. Here is an example of containers you might find holding a cache. There are only three rules, first you must take something (like a Groundspeak Travel Bug) and move it to another cache. Second you must leave something there and thrid, you must make entries in the log book. You could leave a joke in the log book or a riddle or the coordinates to another cache. You could also drop off a Travel Bug. A Groundspeak Travel Bug is a trackable tag that you attach to an item like a keychain. This tag is registered with the official geocaching website Geocaching.com and you can track it on the internet. Many of these tags have traveled all over the world. Dawn and Tony Denyer have been geocaching for five years and have found over 600 caches. School teacher, Val Boggs has found 106 caches on here summer breaks and tells me she does it, “Just for the exercise.” You'd be surprised at the number of RVers who do this for a hobby. If you think about it, it's the perfect RV hobby because it gives you a “reason” to go hiking and it provides a lot of enjoyment along the way. Because you RV, you travel and are able to move tags all over the country. You probably don't know it, but there are several hundred caches withing 10 miles of you right now and over 423 thousand world-wide. Helping you find the hidden treasure in the universe of RVing - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing, Dr. of RVology and ROAD Scholar