Treasure Hunting

Live in La Crosse, WI and looking for something to do tomorrow? The La Crosse Area Sports Commission is holding a geocaching event and seminar to excite people about this new hobby. If you’re unfamiliar with geocaching, it involves GPS users exploring wilderness and urban areas in search of hidden caches, with location coordinates listed on a Web site or provided by the person who placed the cache. In other words, people place a cache, which is usually a water-safe box, in a hidden location with a logbook, a pen, and usually some item left behind. Once you find the item, you write your name and date in the logbook, take the item, and put an item of your own in the cache for the next person to find. It might seem easy, but many times, the caches are located underwater, or buried - which is where metal detectors come in.

Here’s a map showing La Crosse, WI:

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For more information on geocaching, visit the geocaching website.

Here are the details of this weekend’s event:

• WHAT: Get Caching With the La Crosse Area Sports Commission, a seminar on geocaching
• WHEN: 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22
• WHERE: La Crosse Area Convention and Visitors Bureau in Riverside Park
• COST: $5
• RSVP: Call Brian Meeter at 782-2250 or sports@explorelacrosse.com or register the day of the event.
• NOTE: Attendees are encouraged to bring a GPS if they have one, but a limited number of units will be available for use or for purchase.

If you make it to the event, let us know.

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