Staycation Geocaching - Mennonite Country in Ontario

                                                                           credit: northern nomad

Geocaching is a great way to enjoy a local road trip staycation. I recommend cemetery caching in Mennonite country, Waterloo, Perth, Oxford and Middlesex counties to guide you along a relaxing tour of agricultural vistas. You will experience picture-postcard quaint farms that harken back to an earlier era, with quiet historic pioneer cemeteries dotting the rural landscape.

Dundeejim Bone Yard Series caches are highly recommended as they are the best maintained cemetery caches out there. Jim hides a variety of cache sizes depending on what the cemetery will support.


Here are 2 of my cemetery bookmark lists to help plan your staycation road trip journey:

Cemeteries (120 currently on the list)
Ontario cemetery caches that I've found

Cemeteries I haven't found (495 currently on the list)
Ontario caches I hope to find someday

Looking for coffee while you're out geocaching?

When I'm visiting new locations I like to combine geocaching with visiting coffee shops. I'm always looking for a comfortable place to spend 20 minutes to enjoy a latte and catch up on some email, or check the geocaching website.

I found a new app that does a nice job of pinpointing cafes and coffee shops, wherever I am.

Find Me Coffee.

Articles that address public/private uncultivated/undeveloped land and the "Right to Roam" issue in Canada:

Why we should have the right to explore private land (Explore Magazine, 2012)


Canada needs to break trail for public footpaths (The Low Down, 2011)

Geo-Cashing (not geocaching) in Toronto - find hidden money

A new kind of treasure hunt has popped up in Toronto and Vancouver (originally started in San Francisco). 

Anonymous Twitter user @HiddenCashYVR started tweeting clues to the locations of money drops across Vancouver on Wednesday.

Another Twitter account, @hiddencashTO, has started stashing money around Toronto.

Jewellery buyer Russell Oliver, the ‘Cash Man’ at Oliver Jewellery, @hiddencashOJ, has hidden cash as a marketing tool.

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/hidden-cash-craze-spreads-to-vancouver-toronto-1.1846970#ixzz33WbjqRbG

Refurb - 2 months later

My refurbished Garmin 62s has been working a lot better then my old Garmin 62s. I'm especially pleased with the keys - they don't show any wear and tear. After fixing the corrupt file problem I haven't had another scrambled screen problem and the compass has been quite accurate, always pointing in the correct direction.

But, last week there were a couple of occasions where the device powered down while plugged in the car and on. Turning the unit back on fixed the problem. I can't remember exactly when it happens but I think it was when doing a search.