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Handy Intro to Geocaching

I refer to geocaching quite a bit around here, and it recently occurred to me that some readers may not be terribly familiar with the sport. Rather than write my own overview, I’ll send you over to Husky Hiker. He’s providing a nice series of posts that give a good summary on how to get [...]

Plane Crashes, Mine Ruins, and Dark Scary tunnels - oh my!

Back in August I had a really fun long weekend playing in the Eastern Sierra with the GBA (Geocachers of the Bay Area) 4×4 group. There is a lot more to do over there than we could fit into the three days we had at the time, so last week we drove out for a [...]

Seeing the Eastern Sierra in a Different Way

This past weekend I got to tag along on a four day outing to the Eastern Sierra. This trip differed from my usual hiking adventures - it was with the Geocachers of the Bay Area 4×4 group and organized by bthomas, a cacher, hiker, and 4×4er.
The trip started off Thursday morning with Motorbug and [...]

Island Lake: Something for Everyone

 
I invited some geocaching friends out on a backpacking trip this weekend. Since I knew it would be a first backpacking trip for some people, I decided to choose a destination that was nice and easy with other attractions, like geocaches, fishing, swimming, etc. Island Lake in Tahoe National Forest is one of [...]