Hidden Treasures
When our long-time employee and lead mechanic Danny Santora first discovered geocaching over a decade ago, he was able to incorporate it with his lifelong hobby of cycling. Geocaching is often referred to as “the world’s largest treasure hunt”. Most people aren’t familiar with geocaching, and even fewer dig deep enough into the activity to reach the level of what geocaching means to Danny. When Danny and his wife Lesley need inspiration for cycling, they go straight for the satellites that are triangulating the location of a treasure, often hidden in the woods or the beach, or some other amazing location. At these locations, a container or Tupperware awaits them with a logbook or some trinket that someone else left behind. Getting there by bike offers a fantastic bonus to an already fun adventure.
Using coordinates or “geo locations”, geocachers are able to locate a place that someone else felt special enough to share with others. Some of these locations are easily accessible and others are more challenging. These geocaches can be as simple as a small container hidden among the rocks on the side of a popular bike path. Others can be more remote and harder to find, requiring a bike ride up a 4,000-foot mountain and a climb to the top of a fire tower to find the cache. The possibilities and locations are limitless. You can cater your ride/hunt around on all day adventure in the mountains or a ride in the country to find a cache with a brewpub along the way.
The world is filled with geocache adventures—more than can be accomplished in one lifetime. When Danny and Lesley are looking for a bike adventure, they can scroll the map to look for more locations. Then, they lube their chains, check tire pressure, and hit the road or trail to find more caches and sign more logbooks. If you’re offered the opportunity to geocache by bike, go for it. It is the ultimate adventure to not only find a new location but to do it by bike. You can participate in geocaching at any level. The adventure is in your heart and the road of life is too short not to stop and find some hidden treasures along the way.
