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Tuesdays are my fun days (and Mondays are not manic).  The days where the family does stuff together may be more enjoyable but Tuesday is my day to try and have as much fun as possible by myself as the family stays at home.   I will drive to a nearby location for a major hike, serious geocaching, …

Continue reading Fun Caches for the Geocache Diet – Day 152

Summer is upon us and I have been thinking about taking the geocache diet on the road.  I don’t mean that I am starting a world tour I just want to do some travelling this summer.  As much as I love geocaching I am obsessed with travel and there is hardly a day that goes by …

Continue reading Dream Routes for the Geocache Diet – Day 148

The other day I went for a long hike around a residential area and the surrounding parks and beaches.  While I was nearing the end of my walk, about 11km in, I had slowed my pace a little and was just enjoying the scenery when I heard a voice behind me exclaim ‘A-ha, I caught up …

Continue reading Notes From the Geocaching Trail – Day 144

We want to thank the fine folks at Groundspeak and Geocaching.com for featuring the Geocache Diet and FamilyNavigation.com as one of their Lost and Found stories.  For the benefit of those of you who are reading about the Geocache Diet for the first time, maybe have just finished watching our story on Geocaching.com, I thought I …

Continue reading Summary of the Geocache Diet To Date

The other morning I got up at 5am and started working and determined to get stuff done that morning I went right to it.  I really have to turn off the sound my computer makes when I get an e-mail because no matter what I am doing it breaks my concentration and I just have to …

Continue reading Nature and the Geocache Diet – Day 139

389 Geocaches Found – 917 km on foot – 27 lbs lost!

We are almost ready for the lazy days of summer; a reward for hard work and suspect weather the rest of the year.  This is the time of long warm days, getting outside, enjoying life, and eating casually.  I have every plan to spend as …

Continue reading Summer Eating a New Challenge to the Geocache Diet – Day 134

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Continue reading How Would I Describe Geocaching?

Did you know there was a movie that features Geocaching?  It is true. Ok, maybe it isn’t a summer blockbuster or an Academy award nominee but it is an actual movie nonetheless.  Splinterheads is about an unmotivated young slacker who becomes infatuated by a girl who works in a travelling carnival who unleashes her trapped adventurous spirit …

Continue reading Geocache Diet – Day 124 – Geocaching Movies I Would Like To See