Treasure Hunting along the Trails

Instead of just hiking along the trail, why not pretend you’re on a hunt
 for hidden treasure? For that matter, why pretend?

GEOCACHING

Geocaching is a variation of letterboxing. Instead of solving puzzles
and clues to find a hidden box, the hider posts the exact latitude and longitude of the box on a website. Instead of a blank book and a stamp, 
the box contains trinkets such as keychains and fast-food giveaway toys. 
Geocachers will swap trinkets from box to box to show that they’ve been 
there.

Global Positioning System (GPS) technology was originally created by the 
United States military and uses orbital satellites to establish the exact 
location of a transmitter unit. Now, modern cars come equipped with GPS 
units and a hobbyist can buy a hand held model for less than $200 and go 
walking through the woods with it. Most models will track your position to 
the nearest square foot which makes finding geocaches fairly easy, however
for those that need additional help, clues are usually available along
with the coordinates. For the coordinates of geocaches along Rails to
Trails and additional information, including articles on how to get started,
visit  (http://www.geocaching.com).