Geocache In Trash Out Essay

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Do you like adventure? Do have access to the Internet? Do you have a GPS device? If you answered yes to these questions, then geocaching is for you. Geocaching is hunting for small treasure and began in the year 2000 when the American government turned off Selective Availability which made the GPS system more accurate for people not in the military. GPS, or Global Positioning System, helps you to find the place where a geocache is hidden. A geocache is a small box that has a book for a geocacher to sign when he or she finds the box. A geocache can sometimes hold small items that you can keep. If you take the item, you need to put something in its place so the next geocacher can take it. Geocaches are located all over the world and …show more content…

What is Cache In Trash Out? Since 2012, geocachers have been cleaning parks and other places as part of the Cache In Trash Out event every year. They want to pick up trash and clean their local environments while also having fun. You can make friends, meet new people, and have a clean and safe environment. Cache In Trash Out mustn’t occur just once a year but can happen on every geocachers adventure. You need just to bring a trash bag along with you on your walks in the woods or other places and pick up the occasional piece of trash that you can see. Even that small act can make a huge difference. You can tell your friends, parents, and other people to let them get involved in helping the …show more content…

I have a few stories about what happened with my dad when we picked up trash. On the first day when we went to Joanie Moser Park with my dad, we were talking about my life in Ukraine and how everything is different. As we were walking down the sidewalk, my dad stepped on a rope and jumped backwards and screamed like a girl because he thought it was a snake. At another park, he walked right into a spider web, and he screamed and thrashed his arms. My sisters and I were laughing at him because he was scared of a spider web like me. We had many good conversations and even talked about what we would do if we found a dead body. I was worried that if we found a dead body that the police would think that we killed him. We also found some interesting items, and my sister was excited because she found an Easter egg with a blue necklace. For me, picking up trash is so much fun because you can help the environment, and at the same time, you can spend time with your family. And I’m learning that leaving trash at the parks and other places like it is so bad because people are doing really bad thing for the environment and for

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