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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Hiking and Geocaching - What's not to like?

This article was written by Kim from Snug Harbor Bay which is her personal blog and a must read! She is an Honorary Author at CacheCrazy.Com and I consider her my best "blog" friend :). We all appreciate her great work and I'm so happy to have her on our team.
Thanks Kim!

(photo taken from Google photos)

One of things I like best about geocaching is that it gives me the opportunity to combine 2 of my favorite activites. I love to be out in the woods hiking around . But if there's a geocache hidden nearby, well, so much the better. The gals over at the blog Hiking Lady had a recent post about geocaching and I was telling Carol over there how much I like to combine the 2 hobbies.

We're not exactly what I'd call hard core hikers. I'd term us more as "hiker's lite." My husband is usually good for 5 or 6 hours, so I like to grab my back pack and accomodate this. I can usually tell when he's had enough and that's when we call it a day. We live in the midwest, so there isn't a lot of what I'd call "mountain" hikes, but we do live near lots of places with great hiking trails and we like to visit those.

I especially like the trails where there is a little something different to climb in, on, or around.....

I also LOVE it when I get a chance to climb a tree. For this cache I had to stand onmy husbands shoulders, up inside the tree, to reach the cache.....

If you look closely you can see me half way up this one....

(apparently I spend a lot more time up in trees than I realized)

We spend a lot of time in Kentucky and the trails around Kentucky Lake are wonderful!

Wisconsin has some beautiful hiking spots also and I'd like to go further into northern Wisconsin sometime in the near future....

When I was out in Colorado last summer I got a chance to hike St. Mary's Glacier and that was definitely the best hike of my life. At 11,000 ft, it was also the highest I've ever been. I have to say - I am HOOKED! I loved it! I will definitely be going out there again for some more hiking.

We found geocaches on every single one of these hikes. So you see, it's really easy to combine the two and have a really fun day!

Be sure to stop by the Hiking Lady and say hi. They have lots of great hiking information and gear reviews. And guess what, you guys are welcome to drop by too!

7 comments:

Kim@Snug Harbor said...: Thanks for such nice sentiments Kevin.

You know, I look back at all these photos and I can remember each and every cache. We've sure visited some wonderful locations and continue to have great fun.; Sat Jan 26, 09:55:00 AM
CrazyCris said...: Those are some great shots Kim! I'm pretty sure you were a monkey in another life and you miss all that time you spent in trees... ;o); Sat Jan 26, 01:41:00 PM
BLOODHOUNDED said...: This is one of my favorites Kim, thank you!
I agree with Cris, I love the photos and that last one is my laptop wallpaper, by you. Great times, with great people, what's not to like.; Sat Jan 26, 09:57:00 PM
Kim@Snug Harbor said...: That day hiking St. Mary's Glacier was one of the best days of my life. I loved it up there.

That photo is one of my all time favorite pictures that I've ever taken. It's the screensaver on my I pad. ;-); Sat Jan 26, 11:37:00 PM
Adrienne Rose said...: There are tons of walking trails here in Germany, and I love them much more now that we've combined them with Geocaching!!; Sun Jan 27, 06:24:00 AM
Dave DeBaeremaeker said...: /me puts on his contrary hat.

just FYI I can think of a few things not to like about hiking...; Mon Jan 28, 04:37:00 PM
Dave DeBaeremaeker said...: poison ivy for one.; Mon Jan 28, 04:43:00 PM