Mountain Home Guide
Cache in on This

You may know that GPS (global positioning system) gizmo on the dashboard of your friend’s car as the way he manages to not get lost when he isn’t close to home. But for millions of people worldwide, it is the center of the high-tech nature-oriented hide-and-seek game known as geocaching.

An event in Potter County last year brought hundreds of treasure-hunters, and the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce is hoping to do the same with a geocaching contest in mid-May. “This event is for beginners,” says event organizer Charlie Messina, “requiring minimal effort.” Once you’ve navigated to your destination, you have a walk of “five, six feet from the vehicle.” The prizes are real, but the search is for virtual caches. So take a camera—or a picnic basket —because the hunt is laid out with a mind to vista and view, the real treasure at the heart of the hunt.

WHAT: Wellsboro Area Geocaching Contest
WHEN: Registration May 16, 3 to 7 P.M. and May 17, 9 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
WHERE: Register on the Green in Wellsboro, PA (N41 44.812 W 077 18.121)
REGISTRATION FEE: $3 per person
RULES: Entry forms must be turned in at the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce by 4:30 P.M. on May 19 or postmarked on that date for prize eligibility. Prizes will be drawn at random from all correctly completed entries.
INFORMATION: (570) 724-1926