bajaruby - 3-4-2005 at 04:51 PM
HEY BAJALOU,
so i see you are a geo-cacher. found any good stuff in you ventures of baja?
not much to find here, but i have only been doing this for about 3 months and haven't been far from home. sure is fun now that a finally got a GPS
receiver and learner how to use it. we can't wait to use our new found hobbie in baja. in fact i recently found a spot which i really don't think i
even need my GPS, as i have driven by the place many times. can't wait to get back down there. think i'll have to come up with a goo excuss soon.
maybe have to run by your place and see if you are the same lou i met in s.f.
bajalou - 3-4-2005 at 05:16 PM
Yes I geocache - in fact one cache is in my yard. There are several in this area - and more added regularly. Come on by.
Bruce R Leech - 3-4-2005 at 07:36 PM
can you fill me in on what GEO CACHING is all about
bajalou - 3-4-2005 at 07:57 PM
Geocaching is a Hi-tec hide and seek.
Someone hides a "cache" - a container with trade goods - trinkets etc. and a log book and posts the coordinates on the geocaching website. the other
2 million or so geocachers around the world then go looking for the cache. Record the find in the log book, and report it on the web. Great fun
Caches are in most countries of the world including antartica. as of today 111,601 cashes total. Of course you need a GPS to be able to do all this.
www.gocaching.com is the most popular site and has all the details.
David K - 3-4-2005 at 08:01 PM
Bruce, geocaching (pronounced geo-cash-ing) is a treasure hunt or hide and seek game game using GPS and the Internet http://www.geocaching.com
To seek: Go to web site (register) and enter your zip code for nearest caches to your home (in USA) or click on a place in the list of world
countries.
You will get a list of geocaches in that area. Enter the waypoint (Longitude and Latitude, map datum WGS84), then go find them!
They are in a container, such as an ammo box, tupperwear, jar...
Inside is a log book, pen, a note about geocaching, and perhaps several small collectables or treasures or coins. You should take one only if you can
leave something you brought as an exchange. Sign the log book, noting what it was like that day, what you took and left in its place.
It is fun to sit and read the previous entries in the log book, before you hike back out.
Geocaching makes you learn to use the GPS, get some exercise by hiking to it, see new places...Often a geocache is placed in an interesting or scenic
location.
Tim Walker hid the first Baja geocache, and I was the first to find it, July, 2001 with the Viva Baja Van Gang. I hid a few in Baja, and one is still
active (off the L.A. Bay road above a mine). Tim has all the Baja geocaches listed on his web site http://timsbaja.com
To hide: take your container with some tresures inside, to a cool location, where the hiking public can get to without violating somes private lands.
Don't bury it, but use rocks or brush to hide it from the casual passerby. Waypoint the spot with your GPS. Get back online and enter all the data.
When others find your geocache, and log the find online, you will be notified by email. Some try to get as many caches as they can.
Get's the family outdoors doing something good and fun together.
[Edited on 3-5-2005 by David K]
Bruce R Leech - 3-4-2005 at 10:15 PM
thanks bajalou and David K . I think you are reading a post from the newest Geo cacher. I'm going out this Sunday. are there any others in the Mulege
aria?
Mexitron - 3-10-2005 at 06:05 PM
I've got two bottles of rum geo-cached in Central Baja, but I'm not giving out the coordinates!
bajaruby - 3-10-2005 at 06:19 PM
bajalou, since I think I know where you live, I will be checking my
co-ordinance and running by your place just after I get the first one. Will be a while though. Don't think I'll find the rum 'cause I'm sure it will
be gone by the time I get there . I'm not that good yet, but I am really anxious to start placing my own. 