What is Geo-Caching?

Geo-Caching is when you find hidden treasure using a GPS.

The coordinates (Longitude & Latitude) are given at GeoCaching.com.  The treasure is called a 'Cache'.

Once the Cache has been located you typically sign the log-book and take a couple items (toys, etc) and leave a couple items.

The 'find' is logged into GeoCaching.com.  The Geo Cache may be very easy (or) difficult to find!!!

Below are some pictures from our Geo-Caching experiences in order from oldest to newest, left to right, top to bottom.

Click on picture's to enlarge  Links that show a S next to them have a sound file, click on the S to hear sound file.

The Cache Name below the picture will take you to the GeoCaching.Com page for this Cache

 

  The SuperGoober     

   *** My 200th Find *** "The Frisbie Pie Company", Deerwod Park, Evansdale IA  - 18 June 2006   "Tossed Salad" Cache, Katoski Greenbelt, Waterloo IA - 18 June 2006         "Blue Bell Extravaganza" Katoski Greenbelt Trial, Waterloo IA - 18 June 2006   "GB@beyond the 2nd Bridge" Katoski Greenbelt Trial, Waterloo IA - 18 June 2006   "Under The Bridge"  Katoski Greenbelt Trial, Waterloo IA - 18 June 2006

   "The Red Green Cache" Katoski Greenbelt Trial, Waterloo IA - 18 June 2006   "GB@hwy20 #2", Katoski Greenbelt trail, Waterloo IA - 18 June 2006   "Green Belt at HWY. 20", Katoski Greenbelt trail, Waterloo IA - 18 June 2006   "Corridor South" Cedar Rapids, IA - 20 June 2006   "Corridor North" Cedar Rapids, IA - 20 June 2006   "A Picture of Independence" (WebCam Cache), Independence IA - 2006     

   "Swiss Cheese - Rainy Day Cache #1" Coralville Reservoir - Clue about 15 feet behind tree when aligned with the middle of the bench; under a rock slab. You'll need a flash light.   "The View" Amana Nature Trail, West of Homestead IA - 28 June 2006   "CPM-5 Kiwanis" Cache, Kiwanis City Park, Vinton IA - 30 June 2006   "Another at Hicker Hills", Hickory Hills Park - 2 July 2006   "Deer Where?", Hickory Hills Park - 2 July 2006   Interesting Plant found while looking for "Dear Where?" Cache, Hickory Hills - 2 July 2006   "What's a Paha, you ask" Cache, Hickory Hills Park - 2 July 2006

   "Snap, Crackle & Pop" Hickory Hills Park - 2 July 2006   "Boies Bend Cache", Boies Bend Park, West Quasqueton IA - 2 July 2006   "Barney's Bridge", West Quasqueton IA - 2 July 2006   "Putty Root Prize", Putty Root Preserve, North-West Quasqueton IA - 2 July 2006   "Girl Scout Cookies" Pine Creek Wildlife Area, North-West Quasqueton IA - 2 July 2006   "I-380 Center Point Bug Hotel" Linn County Nature Trail, Center Point IA - 12 July 2006   "TMKL - Toy Cache" Cedar Valley Nature Trail, Hiawatha IA - 15 July 2006

   "Ely ... Revisited" Ely, Iowa - 17 July 2006; A VERY difficult 8 stage multi through-out Ely.   "Cox Chimerical Conniption" Cox Park, Springville IA - 19 July 2006   "Reflections" Cedar Lake, Cedar Rapids, IA - 22 July 2006   "Indian trails cache" Sac & Fox Trail, Marion IA - 24 July 2006   "HISTORICALLY CORRECT!!!" Cache; A difficult multi located in Vinton IA - 30 July 2006   "Go Fisch" Multi-Puzzle Cache, Vinton IA - 2 August 2006   Near the first stage of the "Jolly Roger Cache"; Coralville Reservoir - 5 August 2006   "Jolly Roger Cache" final stage.  A difficult 3 stage multi.  Coralville Reservoir - 5 August 2006

   "Where Green Trees Grow" Rogers Park, Northwest of Vinton IA - 6 August 2006   "Barking up the wrong tree" Rogers Park, Northwest of Vinton IA - 6 August 2006   "Wally Moved" a small micro in the old WalMart parking lot in Anamosa IA - 13 August 2006   "Grant Wood Rolling Hills TB Hotel" a nice find in Wyoming IA - 13 August 2006   "Tribute to Five Man Electrical Band" a small Micro at the begining of a great trail - 13 August 2006   "Uniquely Iowa" Along a very nice bike trail in NW Olin Iowa - 13 August 2006   "Clarwood TB Hotel & Resort" Nice TB exchange in between Standwood & Clarence IA off of the Hwy 30 - 13 August 2006

   "Seek and ye shall find!!" Morgan Creek Park, Cedar Rapids IA - 15 August 2006   "Bend in the trail" University of Iowa Oakdale Campus - 19 August 2006   "Wanderlust" a tricky puzzle Cache, did the math and went into the Library to find the "book" (log) - Coralville, IA - 19 August 2006   "Carver-Hawkeye Cache" a remote place near University of Iowa - 19 August 2006   "University Heights Cache" near the University of Iowa Campus, Coralville IA - 19 August 2006   "Cedar Point - Rainy Day Cache #2" A very difficult micro GeoCache located at the Coralville Dam Recreation Area - 20 August 2006   "Petty Cache 3" Squaw Creek County Park, Cedar Rapids, IA - 21 August 2006

   "SWAP with Me" Cedar Valley Nature Trail, North of Robins IA - 22 August 2006   "Nightcap" Cedar Valley Nature Trail, Cedar Rapids IA - 23 August 2006   "CPM-3 Big Grove" North of Van Horne Iowa - 25 August 2006   "West of Coralville, Eastbound" At a rest stop on Hwy 80 - 27 August 2006   "Oldtyme End of the Road Summer Rerun" off of Hwy 30 near Mount Vernon IA - 29 August 2006   "Little Gem" Cedar Valley IA - 2 September 2006   "Pink Floyd" Cedar Valley IA - 2 September 2006

   "BONK" Cedar Valley IA - 2 September 2006      "Pier One" Cedar Valley IA - 2 September 2006   "Bambi's Lookout Point" Cedar Valley IA - 2 September 2006   "Rock of Ages" Cedar Valley IA - 2 September 2006   "Hidden Gem" Cedar Valley IA - 2 September 2006   "Delta 190 Hangout", Cedar Valley IA - 2 September 2006

   "WALK THE TIGHTROPE" Cedar Valley, IA - 4 September 2006   "WALK THE TIGHTROPE" Cedar Valley, IA - 4 September 2006   "Mini Gem" Cache; Cedar Valley, IA - 4 September 2006   "Rock Gem" Cedar Valley, IA - 4 September 2006   "Wood You Paint?" Cache, East of Anamosa IA off of Hwy 64.  This is the site of Grant Wood's first school.  Historical place! - 6 September 2006   "Ten Equals Eight Right?", a VERY difficult 7 stage multi! Found north of Coralville Dam Recreation Area, Coralville IA - 10 September 2006   This "NGS Benchmark" was found after I found "Ten Equals Eight Right ?" Cache - 10 September 2006

   "Gspeedy2's Fast Cache" A fun Cache in Jones Park, Cedar Rapids IA - 16 September 2006   "Praire Park Waterworks" Coralville, IA - 17 September 2006   "Clearly A Different Perspective" Iowa City, IA - 17 September 2006; A VERY fun Multi!   "Handle with care" Murpy Park, Dubuque IA - 20 September 2006   "Twilight Zone 33 and 1/3" ; Dubuque IA - 20 September 2006   "Twilight Zone" ; http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c68cceac-526a-4a7f-a87f-f35e82ad91d5   "One Degree of Sepration - 42 / 90"  A FUN find in Dubuque IA along a steep bike trail - 20 September 2006

   "DGP MH38 Micro" - Located in the parking lot of the 'Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino' - 20 September 2006   "By the river!" Dubuque IA - 20 September 2006   "Welcome to Wisconsin!" So glad to add Wisconsin to my States found!!!   "Frentress Lake Terra firma Cache" ;  My 1st Ilonois Cache!!!   IGO 2006 Hide -N- Seek   "Rock - Paper - Scissors", Difficult Multi, Vinton IA - 30 September 2006   "Trojan Cache" West High Campus, University Heights IA - 1 October 2006

   "Willow Creek Cache" Kiwanis & Willow Creek Park, GREAT Multi!, Southern University Heights - 1 October 2006   "P's Hidden Cache" Ryerson's Woods Park, Southern Iowa City - 1 October 2006

                            

   My first Travel-Bug, named SuperGoober;  hopes to travel around and have fun :)   SuperGoober 2.  16 April 2004; Would like to travel as much as possible and go back home at the end of the year.   Daniel's Skele-Bug.  16 April 2005; Would like to travel to Japan and back home.   Nathan's Blorg.  An alien Travel Bug.  Hoping to go to Japan and return home at the end of the year.   Sianna's "Silly Fly" Travel Bug.  1 July 2005   This Jeep Travel Bug was assigned to me on 29 June 2005  

   Iowa GeoCaching Coin (front)   Iowa GeoCaching Coin (Back) 

 

   SuperGoober checking the cache late at night (15 May 2005)         Nathan and his new "Alien Cache"; 17 April 2005    Sianna's "Flying Pony" Cache.  1 July 2005       Me and Daniel at Kenwood Park Micro Cache.  12 September 2005     Gazebo Amoebo Elemental Cache placed 10 October 2005       Daniel & the Manhattan Day & Night Cache (original location); 26 Oct 2005        The Sign says it all Cache, Cedar Rapids IA - 8 February 2006

   The "The Flying Potato Cache"; Lily Lake, Amana IA

 

   Screen shot from Google Earth, pretty cool!   Some of the Cache's in Cedar Rapids IA   .klm file   Plan Route    Another Cache outing plan  :)   wap1  wap2  wap3  bcd

 

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