A GEOCACHING ADVENTURE JOURNAL

Take the
scenic route.

I’m Steve, known as spierson82. This is my geocaching adventure journal: planning the next hunt, following the coordinates, and sharing the places, people, and memories along the way.

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A stone trail winds between rocky green hills on Ulriken near Bergen, Norway. — Photo: Steven Pierson / Flickr

OUT THERE IS A STORY WORTH FINDING.EST. FIRST FIND / 2009

FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY

A few ways to wander.

Coordinates lead to places.
Curiosity makes them adventures.

A decorated Route 66 Launching Pad geocache ammo can among autumn leaves.

01 / FIND

Geocaching

From a lamp post in Illinois to an ammo can in the woods.

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Layered mountains and islands across a quiet fjord near Bergen, Norway.

02 / SEE

Photography

Photographs that help tell the story of the places, people, and discoveries along the way.

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Cache wears a red bandana beside the water at sunset in Door County, Wisconsin.

03 / WANDER

Cache_the_GeoDog

Four paws. Plenty of curiosity. One very good adventure buddy.

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Steve, Beth and Cache together outdoors beneath autumn trees in Door County, Wisconsin.

04 / CONNECT

About Me

Meet the person behind the finds and photographs.

Photo: Steven Pierson / Flickr ↗

ADDED & UPDATED

New and updated adventures.

Recent additions and fresh details, with each story’s original publication date.

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A highway stretches ahead between trees in yellow, orange and green autumn foliage.

2016 / Connecticut · Delaware · District of Columbia +14

Seventeen States in Four Days: A Road Trip to Maine and Back

The Fort Williams Cache (GC128) was on the list. By the time we were considering Maine’s first geocache, however, it was close to midnight.

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All destinations

Connecticut · Delaware · District of Columbia · Indiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Vermont · Virginia · West Virginia

Three family members smile beside the water, with the Statue of Liberty visible in the background.

2016 / Delaware · District of Columbia · Illinois +5

Monuments, Museums, and Smiley Faces

Planning a family vacation involves the usual questions. Where are we going? What do we want to see? How much can we fit into a day?

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All destinations

Delaware · District of Columbia · Illinois · Maryland · New Jersey · New York · Pennsylvania · Virginia

A smiling geocacher in a black cap in front of a white-and-blue Welcome to Louisiana sign.

2016 / Alabama · Arkansas · Florida +13

Southern Swing: 16 States in Three Days

Geocaching has a way of making perfectly reasonable distances become completely unreasonable itineraries.

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All destinations

Alabama · Arkansas · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Kentucky · Louisiana · Mississippi · Missouri · North Carolina · Ohio · South Carolina · Tennessee · Virginia · West Virginia

A group of paddlers in colorful kayaks on the DuPage River, with green trees lining both banks.

2016 / Illinois

The Floatella: From Thunderstorms to Sunshine

There are some things you can plan when organizing a geocaching event: the route, the meeting place, the vehicle shuttle, and the caches everyone will be looking for.

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