Geocaching is a scavenger hunting game where participants use a GPS or a smartphone navigation system to find containers that are hidden throughout the world. These containers are called Caches, and they can hold anything from dollar bills to key chains and trinkets. If you find a Cache with an object such as a key chain in it, you are allowed to take it, but in return it is required to put something of equal or greater value in its place.  Most of the containers have a piece of paper in them that can be signed to show that you found the Cache. Caches can be hidden under rocks, in trees or even on the side of the road. After finding a Cache, it must be put back in the exact same spot it was found.

            On my personal Geocaching trip, I found two Caches. I attempted to find more, but they were unfortunately extremely hard to find. The first one was at The Oasis Baptist Church which is right off of Interstate-27. This Cache contained only a piece of paper for me to sign and say I found it. This Cache was not too hard to find, surprisingly. The second Cache I found was in some bushes just outside the Greenways residential area. This Cache was very hard to locate. It contained a green alligator key chain along with another paper to record my find. It took forever to find these caches, but it was worth it because I had a really good time.

There are many other Caches hidden all over Amarillo, they are just hidden very well. The Geocaching website (www.geocaching.com) shows there to be at least 10 to 15 Caches in every part of town, sometimes more. There are also quite a few Caches in Palo Duro Canyon, and there is supposed to be one here at Randall that I could not get to. Even though finding many of these Caches is a difficult task, it is well worth it once you find them.