FEBRUARY 4th - 11AM - EXPLORATION
PLACE
Someone tells you that they just went to
Exploration
Place and learned all about geocaching.
"Geo-What?" you say.
Learn about a new activity that will get you
and your family outside.
GEOCACHING 101
Exploration Place in
Wichita, Kansas, is hosting a "Geocaching-101" session dedicated to
introducing people to a new outdoor activity called
geocaching.
Geocaching
(Jee-oh-Cash-ing) is part of a worldwide outdoor game for GPS
users. Learn how to use a hand-held GPS receiver, then go on an
adventure to find hidden treasure, called ?geocaches?. If you own a
GPS receiver, bring it (preferred, but not required) along with
some fresh batteries. All ages welcome, as long as you can at least
?hike? across a parking lot and walk in grass. You can come alone
or you can come with a friend. A grandparent can bring a grandpup.
A wife can round up the hubby. A boyfriend can bring all of the
girlfriends. You can get a babysitter and use this as a date night,
or you can bring the whole family and the babysitter too. You can
call up your buddy and come on down just to see what it's all
about. Any and all are welcome.
Geocaching is an outdoor
activity where you get to go walking, hiking, biking, boating,
touring, etc., to hunt down and reach certain GPS coordinates and
find something that was placed there to document that you are one
of the many people who have visited the GPS location. When you go
after a geocache, you end up seeing amazing places that people
generally never see in their lives.
To let the geocaching
community know that you plan on attending, log in and post a "will
attend" log by going to the box at the top-right corner of this
page and click on " log your visit" at the top of the list in the
box. In the next screen, click on the text that reads
"- Select Type of Log -" and choose "Will Attend". Add a
comment saying that you're coming, and click on the Submit Log
Entry button at the bottom of the page.
AFTER the event, you can
repeat the logging process, except you will choose
"Attended" instead of "Will Attend".
Bring your Newbies
(prefered, but not required). You know you have the greatest
geo-stories. You are invited to help with this event. The more GPS
receivers the better. We're counting on the general geocaching
public to come and share your geo-guidance as part of the
experienced geocaching team. We'll be venturing outside to practice
using a GPS receiver to find example geocaches. You can register
with the college to see other free classes, or just tell them
you're part of the geocaching teaching crew.
In the event of "light"
rain, bring an umbrella. We may go outside anyway.
Help would be most
appreciated with any of the following.
- Bring a newbie.
- Bring your GPS receiver.
- Bring travel bugs/geocoins for
trading/discovering.
- Bring copies of the geocaching brochure [PDF]
(black-and-white, print-from-home version).
- Bring your best stories.
Exploration Place 300 N. McLean Blvd.,
Wichita, KS 67203
N37?41.355' W097?20.930'
Saturday, February 4th, 2012, at
11AM
These are some of the
questions common for those who are just starting to get familiar
with geocaching. Perhaps your question is one of these.
This is an event by the Wichita
Geocaching Society.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wichitacachers/
Special thanks go to the GC101
team:
cantuland
SilleB
4America
familyfunict