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By Kryptic on June 15, 2010
We have been using a very short break in the regular Washington weather pattern (yes it is raining right now) to go Geocaching and Treasure Hunting. The last two days here were beautiful, full of sunshine, crisp clean air and lots of spring green popping up everywhere. It was heaven. Did you catch the “was”?! [...]
Posted in Tupperware Tuesday | Tagged Gadgets & Gear, Geocaching, Lakewood WA, treasure hunt, Tupperware Tuesday
By Kryptic on May 30, 2010
Watch as two newbie geocachers hunt their first geocache. They do a great job explaining the basic aspects of geocaching and the looks on their faces when they discover it is going to be a puzzle cache are priceless! Found this YouTube Video on “Jon’s Adventure Vlog: Geocaching For Buried Treasure!”
Posted in Geocaching, Puzzle Cache | Tagged Geocache, geocacher, Geocaching, Puzzle, video
By Kryptic on May 18, 2010
Geocaching at Ft. Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, WA is one of my favorite things. So I have been saving my last un-found geocache in the park for a Spring day. Today, May 18th, an intermittetaly sunny/cloudy day complete with light spring rains and two rainbows. Also today is my little Sister’s Birthday and the Anniversary [...]
Posted in Tupperware Tuesday | Tagged Geocaching, GPS, Lakewood WA, Spring, treasure hunt, Tupperware Tuesday
By Kryptic on May 17, 2010
Two videos of interest to geocaching and outdoor recreation enthusiasts everywhere. Sally Jewell of REI and geocaching.com founders featured.
Posted in Geocaching | Tagged Geocaching, Groundspeak, National Parks, Outdoors, REI
By Kryptic on May 15, 2010
A creative geocache found in an unusual place is a one of a kind treat. Created by a clever geocacher, this cache is a delight. Come and see what we mean.
Posted in Creative Caches | Tagged creative, Creative Cache, Geocache, geocacher, Geocaching, video
By Kryptic on May 13, 2010
Geocaching and Letterboxing in Washington State Parks fall prey to Anti-Caching. How this is counterproductive and ways to better protect sensitive areas discussed.
Posted in Geocaching, Washington | Tagged Geocache, Geocaching, Letterboxing, Washington State Parks
By Kryptic on May 8, 2010
I was looking at my geocaching stats and admiring my new icons, (3 new cache types! But I’ll get to that in a minute…) when I had a question pop into my head. “Why do I have so many Events caches and so few actual Geocaches showing on my last 30 days of activity page?” [...]
Posted in Event Cache, Geocaching | Tagged Events, Geocaching, Washington
By Kryptic on April 17, 2010
With so much hoopla going on right now surrounding Geocaching’s 10th Anniversary events and Geowoodstock VIII, it is easy to forget the April is also CITO month. The 8th Annual “Cache In Trash Out Events” are scheduled for April 24th & 25th, which is the first weekend following Earth Day. When I first learned about [...]
Posted in Event Cache | Tagged CITO, Events, Geocaching
By Kryptic on April 9, 2010
I’m really having a lot of fun with the latest fundraiser from COWWS for Geowoodstock VIII. They are putting together for sale an Official Geowoodstock VIII Poker Deck, chock full of geocachers! I admit I’ve spent a few hours dreaming up which of you cachers out there will be going camping, vacationing and geocaching with [...]
Posted in Geowoodstock VIII | Tagged Geocaching, geowoodstock, Groundspeak
By Kryptic on February 18, 2010
Have your ever had a Travel Bug stuck in a cache? Maybe it’s a puzzle that no one seems to be able to solve or just a cache that doesn’t get much traffic. Whatever the reason, your beloved Travel Bug sits there, and sits there, and sits there, patiently waiting for that special someone to [...]
Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged Geocaching, rescue, Travel Bug
