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"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44
Geocaching (v):
A sport where one uses expensive global positioning technology to locate useless dollar store items in remote locations of the planet.
Cache Hunting:
How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on tupperware?
GPS: $250.00
Gas: $10.00
Picnic Lunch: $20.00
Spending quality time with your family: Priceless

GeoCaching.com - Home of GeoCaching on the Web
Benchmark Hunting - The cousin of GeoCaching
Buxley's GeoCaching Waypoints - Zoomable GeoCaching Maps
Gary's GeoCache Photo Album #2 - Photos I have taken of some of our 'hunts'
Gary's GeoCache Photo Album #1 - Photos I have taken of some of our 'hunts'
Gary's GeoCache Stats - GeoCache Statistics

Downtown Kennewick WebCam Gary's GeoCaching Maps
Local Cache Map - Caches located in and around the Tri-Cities - Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco
Regional Cache Map - Caches located in and around Washington, Idaho, and Oregon
USA Cache Map - Caches I have found in the United States
Local Benchmark Map - Benchmarks located in and around the Tri-Cities
Benchmarks I have logged - some found, some not
GeoCaching.com list of caches I have found - 300 and counting

GeoCaching Software I Use
GSAK - GeoCaching Swiss Army Knife
st2gpx - converts Microsoft Streets & Trips to GPX (for arc filters)
bm2gpx
plucker

Caches I have Hidden
05/07/2004 Yellowstone NotSoNational Park - KCPark #6 (Conventional)
03/21/2004 Basalt Heights (Conventional)
03/21/2004 Bateman Island - Asparagus Point (Conventional)
08/10/2003 Ice Harbor Petroglyph (Conventional - temporarily disabled)
04/30/2003 Keewadin - KCP#5 (Micro)
04/21/2003 Day's Pay (Virtual)
04/18/2003 Yelm's Deep - KCP#4 (Micro)
04/12/2003 Home on the Grange - KCP#3 (Micro)
04/03/2003 Honeycomb Hideout - KCP#2 (Micro)
03/04/2003 Psychic Nickelodeon - KCP#1 (Micro - archived until remodel is finished in the area)
12/03/2002 Downtown Kennewick WebCam (WebCam)
07/13/2002 Sacajawea Trail (Conventional)
06/30/2002 McNary Wildlife Refuge (archived - Fish & Wildlife removed it)
06/16/2002 Lewis & Clark Expedition (Locationless) Map of Locations Found

Richland Bomber Travel Bug My Travel Bug(s)
Richland Bombers (Travel Map) - Set Free March 13, 2003 in Ft Lauderdale hoping to make his way back to the Tri-Cities

Discussion Groups:
GeoCaching.com Forum
Washington Geocachers Forum
South Eastern Washington Geocachers Forum
ClayJar's GeoCaching Chat Room

Even More
Markwell's GeoCaching FAQ
Lost Outdoors Map Maker - Create a USGS Photo Image or USGS Topographic map. 600x600, 1000x1000, or 1800x1800 and the zoom 1, 2, 4, or 8 meters per pixel. You can also add several labeled markers (using geographic coordinates).
Coordinate Translation - Translate WGS-84, NAD-83,NAD-27, and UTM coordinates. Also links to TopoZone and Yahoo maps.
Street Address to Lat/Longitude & Coordinate Translation - Converts Street Addresses to Latitude / Longitude and Converts Decimal Degrees <-> Degrees/Minutes <-> Degrees/Minutes/Seconds
GeoCode Eagle (Test Drive) - Convert street addresses to WGS-84 Latitude & Longitude.
OpenReference.net - Search for Lat/Lon by zip, city, county, or state.
The Selector - generate standardized icons for common cache attributes for your cache pages.
Digital Photo Requirements for Benchmark Recovery
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=AC3260Samle PID Datasheet request
NGS Benchmark DataSheets



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Last Update: 04/30/03 - Added Keewaydin - KCP#5

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