Geocaching popular event in Highway 14 corridor

What is a hobby that people worldwide are doing in Nebraska? It’s geocaching.

People use their Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to find geocache "treasures" by lining up the coordinates which can be found at www.geocache.com or on the Highway 14 website.

Geocaching is a popular hunting game for all ages, and nearly 150 geocachers, from near and far, have found the hidden treasures along the Highway 14 corridor in the past few months.

Organizers for Highway 14 Association Inc. chose mostly "mom and pop" businesses as locations for the treasures. Replies from the hunters have included: "This is my favorite restaurant" or "I’m going to gain some weight doing the Highway 14 geocaches, because we stop and get something to eat at several places along the way."

Last year, Gov. Dave Heineman designated Highway 14 as the "Geocache Highway of Nebraska."

So, if you are looking for a new and interesting hobby, try geocaching. Worldwide, there are 876,335 geocache treasure hunts just waiting to be found.

Geocache Event Gift Certificates Awarded

Gift Certificates for the Highway 14 Geocache event held from Sept. 14 thru Nov. 14 will be given to:

Roger Lustgraaf, 2609 Ave C, Council Bluffs, IA
Jim Weinberg, 2806 Mars Circle, Bellevue, NE
Chuck Williams, 1311 Willow Ave, Bellevue, NE
and
Stephan N. Grey, 701 Desirae Dr, Valentine, NE.

The gift certificates can be redeemed at Highway 14 Member businesses ONLY.
Each gift certificate have the person's name printed on them and will have the imprinted seal of the Highway 14 Association, Inc.
Member businesses are to check for the imprinted seal along with proper identification from the winners. Only those certificates with the signature of the winner on the back and the imprinted seal will be reimbursed.

Over 150 geocaches were found in the Highway 14 corridor during this event and we thank all those who participated.

Fall Geocache Event

Starting Sept. 14, Highway 14 Association, Inc. is hosting a new event: "Discover Highway 14 Geocaches."

Those who would like to use their GPS equipment to find the 14 geocaches, located from Niobrara to Superior in the Highway 14 corridor, are welcome to do so. There is no charge for the event and it culminates on Nov. 14, 2008.

For each geocache found, Highway 14 Association would like participants to take a digital picture of them holding the geocache in front of the business sign where it is located and send it via e-mail to: info@highway14.org, along with their name, address and phone number.

A commemorative card will be available to all participants and a Highway 14 Association gift certificate, to be used at members’ businesses, will be given to the person who finds the greatest number of Highway 14 geocaches. In case of a tie, a drawing will be held.

News Story - Geocaching featured in the Grand Island Independent
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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. Read more about geocaching at www.geocaching.com