GeoCaching part of Heritage Days fun
By Tony Parra
The intrigue of Heritage Days are attracting people from across the United States to Portales with events such as GeoCaching, the Portales High All-Class Reunion, the Pioneer Reception and the Rough Rider Relay Challenge.
GeoCaching is catching on across the United States, according to Doug Lynch, the GeoCaching coordinator for Heritage Days.
Once you start doing it, you get hooked, Lynch said. Its a lot of fun. There are over 100 caches within a 100-mile radius of Portales. There are teams from Texas, New Mexico, California and even one team from New York, which will participate.
In GeoCaching, individuals and organizations hide items (a.k.a. caches) across the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. Global Positioning System (GPS) users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards.
We frown on digging, Lynch said about hidding the caches. The caches are hidden in urban areas, such as downtown Portales. GeoCaching people are great people. The whole thing works on trust.