A blog about Animals, Northwest, and Photography.
Real Name: Robin Gender: female Member Since: May 05, 2006 Last Signed In: November 05, 2009 Profile Views: 7535 Blog Views: 7236 If anyone feels like it... America's Back Lot -- "What are we doing?" Geocaching in Kern County What font are you? Down at the county fair... Bad timing on my part... Greeting from a cool place! Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns! Peter Rabbit is my worst enemy. I posted my first photo gallery... June 06 July 06 August 06 September 06 October 06 November 06 December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 
RSS 2.0    Share!
|
|
|
Geocaching in Kern County
Has anyone ever heard of Geocaching before? I had heard about it once or twice, but it didn't look interesting enough to research. Apparently, you log on to Geocaching.com and look through lists of Geocache pages, and the pages have precise coordinates leading to wherever the cache is hidden. You're supposed to use a GPS device and go to those coordinates, and then you search for that cache. There's supposed to be some sort of log book, too, so you can write the date and your name for everyone else to see. Some people also take and leave things behind. Well, the reason I'm asking you all if anyone has ever heard about this before is because I found a letter in our mailbox last week. It was from a guy who planted one of these caches on our property, and he wrote the letter because he had heard that my dad was not happy about where the cache was hidden. (If you knew where it was hidden, you'd understand.) The guy says they talked about it and my dad had given him permission, but we don't remember that. He planted it there at the end of 2007, so it has been there for over a year now. The reason he planted it was because he wanted everyone else to see our animals. This whole time, whenever I saw someone stop by, I was watching their suspicious activity, and I had no idea what they were doing. It was strange. I just posted this to see if anyone had anything to say about Geocaching. If I don't leave any comments until later in the evening (around midnight...) it's because my Internet hasn't been working very well in this weather. Robin 10 comments from 5 users
1
posted by
mykl_lee
on Jan 26, 2009 at 07:20 AM
The person should of asked permission prior to planting a cache as well as anyone seeking the cache to come on your property. I found one up behind Lake Ming, not knowing what it was until later on when I heard about geocaching. The activity is meant to get people out and into nature and it's great exercise. posted by
NancyII
on Jan 26, 2009 at 07:28 AM
Mkyl..how do you find out about them and where they are? I vaguely remember reading about a game using a GPS, is this similar? posted by
witterpitters
on Jan 26, 2009 at 08:43 AM
WOW guess I've been living under a rock!! I've never heard about this activity. Are you kidding?? You mean there is nothing illegal about "snooping" on someone else? I mean isn't that what it is when you "plant" something on someones property? People screamed and yelled about 'wire tapping' but THIS is "OK"? OK, am I over reacting or is this kind of thing OK with people?
posted by
sagefever
on Jan 26, 2009 at 08:54 AM
I heard about this sometime ago~ it's quite an interesting hobby. They should keep to public lands~ and definitely should have cleared it with your family.
posted by
Shwaine
on Jan 26, 2009 at 08:56 AM
The rules of geocaching are that you're always supposed to get the property owner's permission if you put a cache on their property. If he doesn't have your dad's permission, your dad can probably contact the website and have the cache removed. Meanwhile, if there's a good place to post a sign near the cache, something to the effect of "The geocache [coordinates] does not have permission of the property owner. Feel free to look at the animals, but do not enter the property." should keep most geocachers off your property (not all, but most). posted by
sagefever
on Jan 26, 2009 at 09:01 AM
posted by
witterpitters
on Jan 26, 2009 at 03:36 PM
INTERESTING! So is this suppos to direct people to secnic places they might not otherwise find? Well, that's not so bad...............I guess. posted by
NancyII
on Jan 26, 2009 at 03:39 PM
Sage, your link doesn't work. posted by
Shwaine
on Jan 26, 2009 at 07:01 PM
Sage has some stray glyphs at the end of the URL (probably had some spaces at the end of the URL in the clipboard and that's what the blog software translated them to). Here's the correct one: www.geocaching.com/ posted by
sagefever
on Jan 27, 2009 at 08:18 AM
Thanks Shwaine!! I meant to check but,well obviously I forgot to.
1
 Loading Stories
Advertisement |