Not stupid at all! This is a log sheet from a geocache.
Geocaching is a worldwide scavenger hunt game. People hide containers – think tupperwares, or smaller – anywhere outdoors, then pin the location on an online map, and anyone can go out and find them. Every geocache contains a log book or sheet where you can sign your name once you find it. This particular log sheet if from a brand new geocache, showing my own signature as the first person to find it – often a sought-after achievement that comes with bragging rights in the community
I think the Do Not Disturb is meant for non-geocachers. The geocacher who finds this can look up the code listed on the front to get the combination, if I’m remembering correctly.
Slightly NSFW, but here is a non-exhaustive list of things I have found in geocaches
A bong
A condom (unused, thank god)
several types of food
actual cash (okay, about $2)
packaging for a sex toy
cigarrette rolling papers
Got to keep my fingers crossed, judging by this list I’m sure gold coins will be next! Hmm, maybe I should start a second thread on worst geocache finds. Luckily these are less than a dozen I can think of out of several thousand finds
At first, I thought these were chocolate and was disappointed when they weren’t. Then, I saw geocaching and immediately felt better. Not ‘chocolate’ better, but close.
Someone hides a camouflaged container in a slightly interesting place (e.g. behind a statue, near an old church, some place with a nice view) and registers the GPS location, usually on an app. In the container they’ll put a small (sometimes tiny) notebook and sometimes a little trinket of some sort. They may also put a couple of text hints on the app as to the container’s exact location.
You then use the app to navigate to the GPS location and search for the container. Put your name/nickname in the notebook, take/swap/leave a trinket, and re hide the container.
We do it most often when we’re on holiday with our kids (both under 10), it’s usually a nice way to explore the area you’re in, since the locations have generally been chosen by someone with a good knowledge of the local area. There’s only been 1 so far we’ve been unable to get, and that’s because it’s 15m up a big tree and we don’t have any climbing gear!
Yup! The Gulf Islands National Park Reserve (part of Parks Canada) has them at their office in Sidney, BC and will give them out if you show them a completed Geotour passport
We’ve got one like this near us, but on a green painted fence. Took ages to find, the children had absolutely lost the will to live by the time we eventually got it! Really cool though, a bit of a challenge.
Wow, that is done really well. How long did it take to finally notice it?
My favorite camouflaged cache was a hollowed out tree limb that had been attached to a metal stake which was placed in a forest around other sticks and leaves. I only found it because I accidently kicked it.
I got very lucky on this, and arrived just as two other cachers were pulling it from its hiding spot. I’m sure I would have been looking for a long time if not for them!
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