Blog: Having a Destination

In cold dreary weather it's hard to get outside.

Thankfully we have had some nice breaks this winter. I find when I should get out and exercise, it's easier if I have a destination. I have recently found geocaching. When I started my adventure my car said it was 19 degrees. All you need is an iPhone or a hand-held GPS. My car GPS will change to handheld, so you might already have the stuff you need! It's great if you like hiking or walking outdoors.

First thing you need to do is go to www.geocaching.com to create an account and see what geocaches are in the area. They are all over! You follow the coordinates the the cache. Then it's up to you. Sometimes they are well hidden.

On my morning the weather was cold but I was excited. I picked a cache to go after. I drove fairly close to the destination it was in a park. Sometimes you can drive right up to a cache but I like hiking so I pick locations I can park and hike to. On this cold day I picked a few caches I could take some short hikes and drive in between to warm up! But I was getting outside and exercising! Some of the terrain was steep or rocky but you can pick the difficultly of the cache and the terrain.

It's great way to get outside. If you have a mission to complete, it makes a great reason to get outside in all kinds of weather. Once you start it's hard to stop. You'll always want to do one more!