Geocaching Savvy: Rainy Day Resources for the Wet Calgarian

The turn into fall can often be wet and slippery in Alberta with a slight chance of snow. If you’re a fair-weather geocacher, don’t let this damper your spirits. Curl up beside your cozy computer station and delve deeper into the online world of geocaching while you wait for the skies to clear.

Of course, being top notch in the caching scene involves being connected. Stay current by socializing with other like-minded hobbyists in some of these forums:

• The general Geocaching forum on geocaching.com. There is also a Canadian forum.
• Calgary Area Cachers forum
• Do you Tweet? Follow @TheBadCop to respond to the “Geocaching Question of the Day,” hashtag #GQotD

Other great websites for information or to improve your game:

• The Joy of Geocaching, the website is based on a very popular book.
• EMC of Northridge, California geocaching blog
• EarthCache, includes a top 10 world list. Do you agree?
• DanOCan, a local Calgary Area cacher’s wanderings
• Geocacher University
• Alberta cacher stats. How do you rank?
• Tools 4 Noobs, to help you decipher those tricky puzzle caches.
• Waymarking.com may be easier to play in the rain.  Here's some more information about waymarking.

Of course, I hope you find these geocaching articles at Examiner informative or helpful or a resource, as well. Click on the SUBSCRIBE button today to receive alerts on new geocaching articles in your inbox (no spam!). If you’ve missed a few or want to start at the beginning, feel free to visit my freelance site, Scrivner – just look under the geocaching tab.

Many thanks to KophyKupp, DanOCan, Geoff (@goliphant), OneBadAnt, Everlan, and Wiff&Hoos from the Calgary Cachers forum for their generous help in finding these great websites!