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Geocaching
is an outdoor activity we've taken up as a family. It involves hiking,
map reading, orienteering, bushwhacking, online research and fun! Roughly
speaking, we hike around in the woods with a map and a GPS receiver looking
for stuff that other people have hidden or hiding stuff for other people
to find! The place to learn the basics of geocaching and to check
for caches that might be near you is Geocaching.com.
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Caches
We've Stashed
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Mt.
Sunapee
On
July 18, 2001, with the help of a visiting cousin, Sarah,
we stashed the Mt.
Sunapee geocache on the side of one of our favorite New
Hampshire ski areas. Here's Jacob securing the cache in its
hiding spot:
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Fawn
Lake
On
May 8, 2001, John stashed the Fawn
Lake cache at a favorite destination for his lunchtime
jogs from work. The spot may be buggy, but it's a nice, close,
easy cache for the geocaching beginner!
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Salem
Pond
We
stashed our first cache on April 14, 2001 at Salem
Pond in the Harold Parker State Forest. A favorite
hiking spot of ours, we hope others enjoy this beautiful
pond as much as we do!
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Caches
We've Visited
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On
November 12, 2001, Joshua, Jacob, John and Rosie found the
Bessie's
Point cache on their second try (the first being thwarted
by a battery failure). Nice spot just a few miles from home!
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On
August 18, 2001, Joshua, Jacob, and John found the Harold
Parker State Forest cache after swapping in a new camera
at our nereby Salem
Pond cache. This was a recod fast find for us!
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May 12, 2001, Jacob, Joshua and John found the Fells
Folly cache on their way to Gregory's birthday party! We
climbed the tower on the way out, enjoying the fresh breeze! |
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May 8, 2001, John did a lunch hour excursion to Carlise's carnberry
bogs and the Cranberry
Camera Cache. Attacked by moquitos, he retreated to the
bogs before having a picnic! |
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May 6, 2001, we took Grampa along for a the hunt for the Wookie
Hollow cache. We had a nice cool spring hike to this great
site! What a fun place! |
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April 28, 2001, Jacob found the Rolling
Hills cache with just a bit of help from dad. We had fun
hauling trash out of the woods to help clean it up a bit! The
next day, the whole family, even the dog, had a nice hike to
the Lynn
Woods cache. |
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On
April 22, 2001, we did the Breakheart Reservation double-bagger!
We started with the X700
cache and then, after a nice picnic by the pond, moved on
to Eric's
Adventure. Joshua found the first and Jacob the second.
It was a great day!
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April 14, 2001, Joshua and Jacob, with just a bit of coaching
from Dad, found the Blizz2000
geocache right in our hometown! It was a nice sunny day for
a walk in the woods! The boys can't wait for the next "treasure
hunt"! |
| John
visited Lowell
on a lunch hour on April 13, 2001! It was Friday the 13th -
right around 13:00. He took picture #13 with the camera there.
Spooky or what? |
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