Meet Wiesje, one-fourth of the Dutch geocaching team, scout 4. Since 2007, she has found over 2,300 geocaches in 15 countries with her family, and she’s just getting started. Wiesje documents all her geocaching adventures on her Instagram account, gc_scout4.
Join us as we learn about Weisje and how she started geocaching, her tips for geocaching with family and friends, and what she’s looking forward to most with her next journey.
In honor of Earth Day, here are five geocaches made from recycled items. Read on to explore how repurposing household materials into geocaches can enhance our gameboard and benefit our planet!
Salty, sticky air swirls around in the warm wind off the Caribbean Sea in George Town, Cayman Islands. Just off the main road along the water sits a quiet little park filled with history about the island and a geocache. Find this week’s Geocache of the Week—By George, it’s Fort George (GC39XE4).
With the Adventure, Bayocean – Lost Resort Town, explorers discover the hidden history of a small strip of land on the Pacific coast. If you were to walk around Bayocean today, it’s hard to imagine a community ever inhabited it. The Adventure reveals that there was once a whole resort town there, advertised to be the “Queen of Oregon Resorts” and “the playground of millionaires,” which existed for a few decades before it fell into the sea piece by piece.
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From pulling ivy to planting trees, cleaning beaches to carrying frogs, when geocachers CITO, they make their communities a better place. Collectively, these small actions can make a big difference worldwide.
Check out these recent Cache In Trash Out® Events from around the world and get inspired to host or attend a CITO in your area.
