Geocaching

Creative Bison Tubes for Geocaching

When I first started geocaching, I wasn’t sure what I was looking for when it came to finding a bison tube. Like other geocachers, I have questioned how the bison tube earned its name. Take a minute and read this blog…

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5 Creative Geocaching Containers

As our geocaching journey continues, I’m always impressed by the creative cache containers people come up with. Building on my original post, 10 Unique Geocaching Containers, here are five more that earned one of my favorite points: Magnet Cache Do you…


Using Pokémon GO for GeoTourism

If you’ve been reading Road Trips for Families for any time now, you may have noticed we have been Geocaching enthusiasts for many many years. A high-tech treasure hunt, geocachers use a GPS device or the Geocaching app on a…


Geocaching in the Oregon Garden

Hidden throughout the 80-acres and over 20 educational and specialty gardens that comprise The Oregon Garden in Silverton are 10 public and 20 private geocaches. Created as a fundraiser to support for the garden’s GPS mapping project, geocachers are invited…


10 Unique Geocaching Containers

I started geocaching in May of 2010. Since that time, I’ve logged finds in five countries on four continents and in 32 of the 50 states. As you geocache, you start to look for common themes between containers (bison tubes,…