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Back in August, we borrowed grandchild #4 for a weekend and and lumbered off to the
"Midwest Geo-Bash" held in the County Fairground at forgettable Kendallville, Indiana. Turned out to be a pleasant few days - weather in the high seventies, numerous things to please little minds and enough activity that even the grandchild was kept entertained.
So, what does one do at a Geo-Bash? Well, Geocache of course! All that's needed is a hand-held GPS receiver and a visit to
this site to identify some local caches, and you're in business. There are LOTS of caches to find - approaching half-a-million worldwide - and plenty of cachers looking for them,
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with about 275,000 "finds" by nearly 40,000 seekers just in the last seven days.
This last weekend, armed with grandkids #5 and #6, we joined a local cachers event and found nine out of twelve brand new caches hidden especially for the event. Great fun had by one and all and we never strayed more than a few miles from home. Check for caches within five miles of your location - you might be surprised - and next time you see a little herd of nondescripts blundering around under a tree in some forgotten corner, you may actually be witnessing 'cachers in action. One thing for sure, caching certainly puts gourd worship in perspective.