| Are you looking for fresh ways to spend
| |
| | sport is active in over 200 countries,
|
| time with your friends and family?
| |
| | most geocachers enjoy playing the game in
|
| Outdoor activities getting a little
| |
| | their own neighborhoods. It's awesome!
|
| boring are they? With your fast paced
| |
| | If a GPS receiver isn't in your budget
|
| life gaining speed all the time, it's
| |
| | right now, perhaps you might give
|
| easy to stick to what's familiar; but is
| |
| | Letterboxing a try. Letterboxing is
|
| that any way to live? Let's take a few
| |
| | similar to geocaching in that you are
|
| minutes and look at how easy it is to
| |
| | searching for a hidden treasure, but in
|
| break out of the same-ole-routine and
| |
| | this case it is called a box not a cache
|
| into the new with wholesome activities
| |
| | and you use clues versus coordinates to
|
| near home and out of doors. Read on to
| |
| | locate the treasure. There are other
|
| see why it's tough to beat having fun
| |
| | components to the Letterboxing game such
|
| with friends and family outdoors in the
| |
| | as rubber stamps and log books.
|
| fresh air.
| |
| | Letterboxing is inexpensive, loads of fun
|
| One of the first things we notice as we
| |
| | and addictive.
|
| step outdoors and into nature is that we
| |
| | So what's next? How about the oldest of
|
| are not alone. Life surrounds us. So the
| |
| | all outdoor hobbies? That's right,
|
| first thing to do is to slow down and
| |
| | stargazing. If you live in a large city
|
| have a look around. While you're looking,
| |
| | and spend all of your time there, it's
|
| why not do some bird watching. It's fun,
| |
| | easy to forget about the night sky
|
| easy to do and inexpensive. All you need
| |
| | because you can't see it. But it's still
|
| are birds and they are everywhere. Make a
| |
| | there and provides breath taking views
|
| family game out of it. Who can find the
| |
| | that are impossible to communicate. So
|
| first bird with the color blue on it? How
| |
| | grab a jacket, a pair of binoculars and a
|
| many ducks are on the pond? Are they all
| |
| | loved one and go somewhere nearby where
|
| the same kind? You get the idea. But be
| |
| | you can have an unobstructed view of the
|
| careful, once you start bird watching
| |
| | night sky with as little light pollution
|
| you'll find it difficult to stop. Before
| |
| | as possible. With a pair of binoculars
|
| long you'll have a good pair of birding
| |
| | you should be able to see man-made
|
| binoculars and a field guide for your
| |
| | satellites, the moons of Jupiter and
|
| part of the country. Then you'll be a
| |
| | craters on our own Moon. Once you catch
|
| bird watcher with birding fever. The best
| |
| | the stargazing fever you'll move up to a
|
| part of bird watching is spending time
| |
| | telescope where you can point it
|
| with others outdoors; and birding is a
| |
| | virtually anywhere in the night sky and
|
| hobby you'll love for the rest of your
| |
| | be awe struck.
|
| life.
| |
| | There is so much available to us
|
| If you need a sport that's a little more
| |
| | outdoors. Try something new like bird
|
| high tech, give geocaching a shot.
| |
| | watching, geocaching, letterboxing or
|
| Geocaching is the sport where you use
| |
| | stargazing. Each of these activities has
|
| your handheld GPS receiver to find caches
| |
| | a large on-line community ready to share
|
| hidden by others using their GPS
| |
| | its sport, its tips and its passion with
|
| receivers. This is something you can do
| |
| | you. Visit our on-line education center
|
| by yourself, with friends or with your
| |
| | and we'll point you in the right
|
| children. Geocaching teaches outdoor
| |
| | direction.
|
| navigation in a fun and interactive way
| |
| | Not everyone has the skill or desire to
|
| while allowing you to explore your own
| |
| | climb Mount Everest, hike the Appalachian
|
| neighborhood and beyond. You'll learn new
| |
| | Trail or sail the world's oceans. But
|
| words and phrases such as cache
| |
| | there is something everyone can do near
|
| coordinates, travel bugs, micro-caches,
| |
| | their own homes that will open the eyes
|
| benchmarking and geoteaming. All you need
| |
| | and their minds to the beauty of nature.
|
| is internet access and a GPS receiver;
| |
| | Take a few hours this week and spend it
|
| some GPS receivers retail for many
| |
| | outdoors with someone you like. Use this
|
| hundreds of dollars but many models are
| |
| | information and you'll Get It Right The
|
| available for around $100. Although the
| |
| | First Time. Get Outdoors!
|
