Geocaching at Almaden Quicksilver park

Today we went for Geocaching at Almaden Quicksilver Park! Before going for this Geocaching class, we did not know what to expect. However we did know that we have to hike and so carried the basic necessities like caps, water, some snacks, binoculars and sunscreen. At the end of this class we were glad to have attended it. I have added some information about Geocaching here.



The class was conducted by some experienced Geocachers with thousands of caches on their account. We were given an introduction to geocaching, its history and what to expect. Then we were given GPS which was already fed with the coordinates for the nearby caches.



As we were first timers we were grouped with one of the volunteers who guided us in locating the caches. She pointed out what hints to look for, like a sidepathway in the trail or things that don't belong there or look different from the rest. The hike was about 1.5 miles on Wood road trail and we located about 6-7 caches! That is good for a start.




One of the caches was cleverly hidden. It had a difficulty level of 3.5 and was located in a fence post!

Here is a picture of how the fence post looks to an onlooker who is unaware of caches.


Here is a picture of the hidden cache. The post looked different from the rest and had a slit that separated the lower and upper section of the post.



Here is another example, looks like a normal rock, but there is a cache behind it.


Here is the content of one of the caches that we found. We also got to trade some of the toys in the cache.



We all are excited about Geocaching and want to do more of it. It is addictive!