I reread my post above and it sounded so negative, that I decided to explain what it is I like about geocaching. I love being outdoors, driving off the main road and hiking (preferably in the desert) while being on the lookout to see what I can find, whether it is old bottles and tools, old caves and mines, railroad spikes, a lone flower surviving amidst rocks, animal bones with the hope of finding a perfectly intact skull (I know, I'm weird), hoping not to find big spiders or snakes, but if I do that is so cool, the oddly shaped tree or rock, an ant hole where you can watch busy ants doing their thing, a desert tortoise methodically making its way to an unknown destination, and the ever changing landscape from lava beds, washes, dried mud, colorful flowers, or the lack of any manmade object for as far as you can see. It doesn't matter if the weather is catching your attention with huge white clouds or dark threatening clouds, whether you are in shorts looking for a patch of shade or bundled up trying to stay out of the rain. When geocaching, you are looking so intently for an object that you will notice things that you otherwise would have walked by. You look at everything from a new perspective. For example, with a tree you may notice the knotholes, that uplifted root that could be hiding the treasure you are searching for. That is why this sport intrigues me so much.
This description pertained to the Randsburg area, although you can pretty much visualize similar experiences at points of interest, historical areas (my favorite), at lakes, the mountains, countryside, beaches, and even your local neighborhood. If I was a
