3 Golden Rules For Geocaching; Take Something, Leave Something, Sign the logbook

3 Golden Rules For Geocaching; Take Something, Leave Something, Sign the logbook

Hello, Geocachers! 

When Geocaching there are three golden rules to follow. It's nothing too complicated but it is what makes the game fun and keeps it amusing for every other cacher and hidden out there. In this blog post, we will go over the three golden rules that I find very important to the game. 

1. Take something 

2. Leave something

3. Sign the logbook

As you can see they are very simple guidelines to follow, I'll break them down and explain them all to our fellow Geocachers to help understand the outline of the game. I hope for the new Geocachers to my blog you have gotten the chance to head out on your first adventure in finding your first Geocache. If you have please share in the comments some of your Geocaching stories, we'd love being able to read them 😊

Item we found in a Geocache Summer 2017
Photo Credit: Jessie C
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Take something: Well done and Congratulations to all Geocachers out there finding Geocaches and hiding some to keep the game going to its full potential. Awesome job to those of you who have gotten the chance to head out to find your first Geocache! You're probably wondering, What do I do now? It's simple to open the container and let's take a look at that hides inside the Geocache. After removing the lid there can be a lot of SWAG* hidden inside some resealable bags. Items should all be stored in plastic bags to keep them clean, organized, and dry. You've worked really hard in finding your geocache you can now take a reward that you find inside the container that you would like to bring home. 

Item we found in a Geocache Summer 2017
Photo Credit: Jessie C
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Leave something: If you do happen to take something from the Geocache remember to replace it with another item for the next lucky Geocacher coming to find the Geocache. The treasure can really be anything that you might feel is valuable, try to replace the item with another item that is equal or greater value then what you took as your reward. I like to plan my trips ahead of time, I'll leave the house with a couple swags in a plastic bag in case I find something along the way that I'd want to trade with ill be prepared. It's fun to leave a true treasure in the Geocache for another Cacher to find. 

Sign the logbook: The Geocache's logbook is the physical record of your visit. Record the date of your visit, with your name and list the item to trade with if you do happen to make a trade with another item you find in the Geocache. The logbook is not only there to record your visit, but for you to share your experience as well. The cache owner of the geocache will eventually come to change the logbook once it's in full, they enjoy reading those stories also. I know I do. When I sign the logbook I like including details about our adventure, the weather and anything else I saw on the way to the cache. Keep in mind not all logbooks are large enough to hold all the fun details. Some geocaches are so small only your name and date will fit on the paper. It's nice for the Geocacher who hid the Geocache to have the logbook once it's full of nice stories as a souvenir of his or her effort in hiding the Geocache. It makes great memories of the game. If you're lucky the geocacher will leave a disposable camera in the Geocache for you to take a picture of you and your group as a souvenir of the experience you had locating the geocache. You can always take your own pictures to upload to social media to share with all other Geocachers. Who know's your picture may even go viral and shared around the world for millions to see your experience.

A Full Geocache logbook 💚 Autumn 2017
Photo Credit: Jessie C
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* Geo-Lingo: SWAG, you're probably wondering what SWAG is and how that comes into play with Geocaching. They go hand in hand very well actually, a swag is " stuff we all get"