By Bob Jones, on July 19th, 2010
Geocaching is a great way to have fun
And get some exercise at the same time.
The first thing most people ask is
“What the heck is Geocaching?’.
The simple answer is; People all over the world are involved in hiding “Geocaches” and providing their GPS coordinates on the Internet. Other people go to the Internet site to get locations of caches in their area and go out and find them.
The official Geocaching Web Site is www.geocaching.com and will supply you with everything you need to know to get started. Here is what they say in their FAQ about “What is Geocaching” ; “Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.”
I really enjoy the search as well as the “Treasure” I often find. It gives my wife and I some time to enjoy the outdoors and fresh air together and provides for some great photos.
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By Bob Jones, on July 19th, 2010
My wife and I have done a lot of woodworking and scroll sawing. For years we went to craft shows within about a 100 mile radius of our home. Today I thought it might be interesting to some people to read some notes I put together to help some friends of mine that were interested in getting started with a very interesting and productive hobby or part time business. I know that many of you have done a lot of scroll sawing and will agree with part of what I have here and may disagree with some of it. Different people do things differently. It is possible that even the experienced woodworker may find something he/she hadn’t thought of. I hope you enjoy the following hints and tips.
Bob Jones
Please remember while woodworking of any kind to wear a dust mask and follow safety guidelines for all of your equipment.
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By Bob Jones, on July 19th, 2010
Since many of you don’t Geocache I thought you may be interested in another aspect of that pastime. It’s called a Cache-In-Trash-Out (CITO). The event I’m going to tell you about took place in 2004 but I feel it’s still interesting. I hope you enjoy this and may decide to take a closer look at Geocaching.
I would like to tell you about a fun and profitable time my wife and I had at a Geocaching event. This one was called a “Cache-In-Trash-Out”. It was at a large city in Central Iowa and was a bit of a drive for us as we live in extreme Eastern Iowa. I had never been to one before and it sounded like fun. A Geocaching club in that area had made arrangements to clean up a piece of land that was officially a park but had never been developed. It was right next to a shopping mall. The plan was to get a number of people together, clean it up and then later place a Geocache in it.
I had planned to go but my Beautiful and Usually Charming wife had other plans and was going to stay home. Knowing that I wasn’t in any shape to be bending over all day picking up junk off the ground I made a broom handle with a nail in the end so I could stab the paper and other junk to pick it up. Since my wife wasn’t sure what she was going to do I made one for her also.
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