Dave came over yesterday and we all (Me, Kara, Jessica, and Dave) went out to do some geocaching. Dave hadn't done it before, so we were showing him how it works. We ended up going to Noble Woods Park in Hillsboro where we found all 5 caches that we looked for.
Before we went, I told Dave that I bought a $10 iPhone app for geocaching, and we both agreed that it was rip-off-expensive. I showed him a limited free one that he could use, and he tried that out on his phone. At one point Dave's limited version stopped being useful, so we relied only on my phone... Until Dave happily announced "I'm useful again!" He had bought the $10 app, so I guess that means he likes it!
Okay,you've gotten me hooked. I just signed up on geocaching.com and plan to start looking for my first cache this weekend. My new user name is pe'epe'e kua (Hide and Seek, in Hawaiian) which I was glad and surprised was available!
So what did you do to get started? Just get the coords and bring a pencil to sign the logbook? I downloaded the BlackStar app to my Blackberry which, along with it's built in GPS, should be enough to get me started.
Looking forward to this, thanks Jake and Kara!
Cool! Let me know how it goes!
For the first ones we did, we just picked out a few close ones and put the coordinates in a GPS program on my iPhone. Some caches have pens, but most don't, so we just brought our own.
Good luck!!
Ouchy... $10.00 for an app?
Well, I guess that's not to bad.
Heck, I would have to pay at least that for Guitar Hero as an app.
I might have to come up and do some caching with ya.
I love that sense of adventure.....