Global Warming and the GPS

In case you needed something to worry about this weekend: A buildup of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere could require changes in the way satellites are launched and might impact the function of global positioning systems (GPS), an international team of atmospheric scientists suggests. … Read more about this at National Geographic What do you … Read more

Ammo Boxes vs Lock N Locks

A lot of geocachers feel that an ammo box is the pinacle of perfection in terms of geocaching containers. Basically, they are metal boxes that come in a variety of sizes depending on the type of ammunition they were designed to hold with a mechanism that requires more than strength and dexterity than your average … Read more

Moving Weekend

No, we’re not moving, but we are helping my (Sandy’s) brother and his family move to a new home this weekend. We have a vested interest in getting them unpacked and setup since they are hosting our family Thanksgiving next week. We also plan to hunt down our first letterbox, in preparation for our Monday … Read more

Rehiding Geocaches

On Saturday we did cache maintenance on several of our caches. We found both stages of a multicache missing and another hidden about 100 feet from the original area. On Sunday we went geocaching. We found two geocaches out in the open. This seems to be a common occurance these days. There are three possiblities. … Read more