No I'm not crazy, those numbers mean something. I've recently taken up the outdoor activity geocaching and I love to talk to people about it. Those numbers are the coordinates of the Nashua Public Library. Last weekend I located my first successful cache with my own gps. It's a great summer time activity for all ages.
For those of you who have never tried it here's a brief introduction from www.geocaching.com

What is Geocaching?

Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. 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. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.

One of the great aspects of this game is learning about new locations, whether its a trail or an urban environment. I'm also learning that there are caches everywhere, including next door to the library! So if you have a gps go to www.geocaching.com create a username, download some coordinates and get started!

By the way, does anyone have a "must do" cache in the Nashua area they want to tell me about? Leave me a comment below.

If this is your first time hearing about geocaching you might want to check out some of the books below in our library collection....

Geocaching : hike and seek with your GPS / Erik Sherman

Geocaching for dummies / by Joel McNamara

The essential guide to geocaching : tracking treasure with your GPS / Mike Dyer

The geocaching handbook / Layne Cameron ; with a foreword by Dave Ulmer