A full day
This morning jmaynard and I went up to Mankato with my looking at LCD monitors the primary reason. I planned on looking, but wasn't expecting to buy. After looking at a few places, the best bet seemed to be a 19 inch Samsung SyncMaster 930B which I eventually bought and am now using.
Another part of the trip was lunch someplace that wasn't one the ( Read more... )
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The Geocaching FAQ can answer in detail, but it's a sort of treasure hunt with GPS assistance. A cache of stuff (generally a notebook & pencil for a log of visitors who found it and some small, low-value trinkets or such in an sealed container) is hidden in some publicly accessible area. Then the coordinates of the cache and some hints or suggestions are published on the web.
Someone can look for possible caches to visit (say, around Sioux Falls) and get the coordinates and hints. Between the hints and the GPS, the approximate location of a cache can be found. The better the GPS, the closer one gets, but at the end it often comes down to looking for a pile of sticks or rocks that just isn't quite natural - the cache is under those.
Once found, the cache is opened, the logbook signed and a note given about what, if anything, was taken and what was left - the rule is, if you take something, you must leave something as well.
There are a few reasons given for all this. It helps you learn to use a GPS. It's something to do that ( ... )
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