Geo Caching ** (also known as Treasure Hunting)
**Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, with a strong sense of community and support for the environment.
Anyone in the local area ever hear about this or try it? Over the past few months, a small group of adults and teens from the Attleboro area have enjoyed this with finds in MA, RI and VT.
Details: If you have no idea what Geo Caching is you are in for a BIG surprise!! Basically small boxes, plastic tubs, and other containers have been hidden all over the world by sponsoring groups and individuals (some date back 5, 10 and 15 years or more). Using the information posted on the web site (http://www.geocaching.com) a person can download to a GPS the information, history, and hints for some in the area they want to check out. Example: Download a park or site (like Capron Park?), follow a few clues and locate the latitude and longitude measurements (at least one person in your group needs to know how to use a GPS). Once you find the container, you note the date and your name in the log, and get to take a "treasure" home from the container (kids love this but adults seem to get a big kick out of it too). You also have to leave a "treasure" for the next person to find. Examples of items include small plastic toys, magnets, coins, buttons, and key chains.
At each site, everyone has fun looking for the container which could be hidden under a rock, in a hollow tree, under branches, or ????. Once we locate the "find" we head off to the next one, although some are much harder to find than others. Many of the spots offer a short story on the location and some history for everyone to learn.
On our quest for neat places to Geo Cach, we recently visited "Angle Tree Stone" in Cumberland, RI, which is a historic marker, built in 1790 by a father and son gravestone makers. The stone was added to the National Historic Register in 1976. The stone replaced the "Angle Tree" from the 1600s, which was a surveying landmark for the boundary between Bristol and Norfolk counties, and also between North Attleboro and Plainville, Massachusetts. We have also visited old grave yards, a historic museum, climbed interesting local hills and enjoyed beautiful bike trails and river walks.
Anyone in the local area ever hear about this or try it? Over the past few months, a small group of adults and teens from the Attleboro area have enjoyed this with finds in MA, RI and VT.
Details: If you have no idea what Geo Caching is you are in for a BIG surprise!! Basically small boxes, plastic tubs, and other containers have been hidden all over the world by sponsoring groups and individuals (some date back 5, 10 and 15 years or more). Using the information posted on the web site (http://www.geocaching.com) a person can download to a GPS the information, history, and hints for some in the area they want to check out. Example: Download a park or site (like Capron Park?), follow a few clues and locate the latitude and longitude measurements (at least one person in your group needs to know how to use a GPS). Once you find the container, you note the date and your name in the log, and get to take a "treasure" home from the container (kids love this but adults seem to get a big kick out of it too). You also have to leave a "treasure" for the next person to find. Examples of items include small plastic toys, magnets, coins, buttons, and key chains.
At each site, everyone has fun looking for the container which could be hidden under a rock, in a hollow tree, under branches, or ????. Once we locate the "find" we head off to the next one, although some are much harder to find than others. Many of the spots offer a short story on the location and some history for everyone to learn.
On our quest for neat places to Geo Cach, we recently visited "Angle Tree Stone" in Cumberland, RI, which is a historic marker, built in 1790 by a father and son gravestone makers. The stone was added to the National Historic Register in 1976. The stone replaced the "Angle Tree" from the 1600s, which was a surveying landmark for the boundary between Bristol and Norfolk counties, and also between North Attleboro and Plainville, Massachusetts. We have also visited old grave yards, a historic museum, climbed interesting local hills and enjoyed beautiful bike trails and river walks.
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