The Florida Caches

It will be back to Internet technology stories very soon, but I wanted to report on a couple of other areas today and tomorrow -- geocaching and motorcycling. It was tough duty during the first week of the year in Florida but someone had to do it. Blue sky and eighty degrees would mean golf or tennis for most but not being adept at either of those, I chose to go geocaching instead. Four of us headed out for the adventure with a Magellan SporTrak Color GPS receiver in hand. Each of the two caches presented unique challenges. The first was called Geo Rock Cache. The first clue that it would be "interesting" was the following on the web site. "Also note the hundreds of crabs moving around on the ground as you walk to the cache site -- no bare feet here !!" That was the first of two cautions. (read more)

January 19, 2004 11:00 PM