Easy 1 mile (2 miles round trip) walk and beginners guide to Geocaching.

Meet at Friendship Perk and Brew for a 1 mile (2 miles round trip), easy walk to Allegheny Cemetary. You can also opt to drive and meet us there. Once there, I will show you how to use the Geocaching App to find one hidden there. If you are not familiar with what geocaching is, it is an outdoor activity in which participants use a GPS or phone (with app) to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches," at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. A typical cache is a small container containing a logbook and sometimes small tradeable trinkets. They can range in size, difficulty and terrain. It is recommended that you take your own pen or pencil to sign the log. You are then expected to also "log" your find on the app or website (geocaching.com) so the person that hid it knows it was found. A regular membership on the app/website is free but a premium one can be had for a nominal fee (gets you access to more geocaches), It is a great activity to get out and off the beaten path. Geocaching will help you discover things you may have driven by multiple times without noticing. It's inexpensive and good exercise too. Not every cache one goes after will be found, leading to a DNF. (Did not find). Sometimes you can't make the find and occasionally, they are missing for various reasons. Sometimes, you will be asked by curious on-lookers (muggles) what you are doing. That happened to me yesterday at the Northland library where there is one hidden. Stealth is suggested when available for this reasons. You can download the app ahead of time but you don't need to have it to participate. I am somewhat new to this hobby so I welcome any advice others can offer too. Cross posted.