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Geocaching and the Library

Good morning everyone.  Continuing West, let's look at the oldest and most favorite caches in Idaho.  The most favorite cache listed is 'The Corps of Discovery'  GC8E37.  It was hidden in September 2002.  It has been found a whopping 2,744 times and receiving 575 favorite points.  This cache was locked in 2017.  Locked?  This geocache was a travelling geocache.  It was a container with a geo-coin inside.  It has since been converted to a trackable.  As for an actual geocache with the most favorite points, that goes to 'Southern Idaho's First!', GC5C.  Hidden in September, 2000, it has been found 701 times and received 288 favorite points.  With a title like that, you'd think that was Idaho's oldest geocache.  Nope.  'Camels Prairie Stash' GC25 gets the nod.  Hidden in June, 2000, it has been found 387 times and has 204 favorite points.

One of the fun hides that I like are the library hides.  I don't own one myself, but I do like finding them.  Some are fairly basic; a bison tube inside a Little Free Library.  Some are more creative and use an actual book.  Sometimes the book is in a Little Free Library, and sometimes it's in an actual library.  Who else besides me is tempted to hide a geocache inside a Little Free Library when you come across one in your travels?  I don't know how many I have found inside these types of libraries.  There's been a few.  Some have been archived since.  Here are some of the caches I have found inside libraries.


One of many Little Free Library caches that I have found.  I just did a check and this one is still active.  'Manitoba Teacher's Society - Little Free Library'  GC63VJQ.  I found this one on November 2, 2015.  I came back on December 27 with missionMode and AF Girl as we were caching the area.  They hadn't found this one yet.  


My very first geocache that I found that was actually hidden inside a library is 'Isle o' Treasure - Hwy 75' GCK80D.  I found that one on June 13, 2015 after getting some help with the P.A.F.  I don't have a picture of that one.  The one pictured above is the final to a multi-stage cache hidden by local geocachers Marco Island Girl and Marco Island Guy.  I found this one in June, 2019.  


Another Little Free Library hide, but a little more creative.  This one is located an hour North of Winnipeg in the town of Gimli, Manitoba.  That isn't the only library cache in Gimli.  There's one more that we'll get to in a bit.  I found this one in 2019 as well after an event hosted by the CO's, the Woyfamily.


As I was passing through Williston, North Dakota last year, I had a few caches that I wanted to get.  I didn't have enough time to get them all, but I made it a point to get this Little Free Library cache by blogger GeoJangie.  She did a blog on how to make a hollow book cache, so I had an idea of what book to look for.  You can read that blog here > Geocaching Jangie


I mentioned earlier that there was a second library cache in Gimli, Manitoba.  There it is.  I do have a picture of the opened cache, but I don't want to give away any spoilers.  This is the most creative hide that I have found.  It has been found 19 times so far, with 12 favorite points.  The trip up to Gimli is a day trip and totally worth it.  One of these weeks I'll feature the town of Gimli as they have some cool hides thanks to Woyfamily, a family of geocachers that live in Gimli.  I also found this one in 2019.  That was a good year for finding library caches.


The last library geocache that I could find a picture of.  This one is just over an hour Southwest of Winnipeg in Morden, Manitoba.  I found this one during my epic birthday geocaching adventure in 2018.  Some library geocaches only give you coordinates to the front door.  After that, you are provided with a number of steps to be taken in a particular direction, then more steps after you turn.  The problem with that is my steps are slightly longer than average.  Your three steps are my two steps.  It takes me a little longer to navigate to the proper location within the library.

One library cache that I did find, but didn't take a picture of was a little different.  The cache page lists the container size as large.  Needless to say, I'm looking for a large container.  The log sheet was eventually found inside a baggie.  No container.  Looking back at some of the logs (the cache is still active), other finders have also made a comment about finding a baggie with a log sheet. but no container.  My guess is that the entire Little Free Library is the container.

That's my look at library caches.  Hopefully there will be more to be found.  Until then, be happy, be safe, keep your distance, wash your hands, and most of all, have fun.  Peace out.

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