May 25, 2005

• GPS

  
  

  I’ve read a good bit about the relatively new “sport” of Geocaching, and I’ve been itching to try it.  The reason I haven’t is that it requires a Global Positioning System, or GPS, and I don’t have one.  Sure, I could have borrowed one or bought one of my own, but I’ve had so much going on that Geocaching had sunk below my radar screen.

  
  

  Recently, my older daughter and I were talking about it, and she said she was interested in trying it out.  She lives in Arlington, VA, and there are probably thousands of caches around there.  When I checked a few months ago, there were several hundred in my town, so this thing is really growing.

  
  

  Today I received as a birthday present a card and a notice that I will be receiving a GPS from my 2 daughters and son-in-law in a couple of days.  I absolutely can’t wait to get the device and to start Geocaching. 

  
  

  The person who set me on to this is a former student (and life-long friend, by definition, because he’s a former student), and he “discovered” me on the web because of this blog.  I’ve got a GPS learning curve I’ve got to master, but learning new stuff like that is right up my alley.  I’ll probably have a lot to say about Geocaching in future posts.

  
  

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