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This website is dedicated to all the geocachers that helped kick our butts out of the house and into the woods.
When my wife and I moved to Maine in 1998, both of our families thought we were nuts. Well, so OK, they were right. Moving to a new state without any kind of network in place — jobs, friends, or family anywhere to be seen presented some interesting challenges. But we persevered, and have now forged a life here for ourselves. One thing about Maine is that it has hidden secrets. Cloaked in scenery, they are found at the ends of narrow trails that sneak their way through obscured canyons and rocky cliffs. But how does one find them? For us, we found Geocaching. For a while, we didn't really understand what Maine had to offer, so we kept indoors with an occasional trip to one of the tourist spots. Geocaching flipped that way of life upside down. We now spend lots of time exploring places we would have never visited had it not been for the sport. If you haven't tried it, and you love hiking and nature, this may be the ultimate recreational activity. Go to www.geocaching.com to see what it is all about.
	Drop a shovel into the ground around here and it rings. An amazingly strong granite sits inches beneath the surface of the topsoil in many areas of Maine. Trees have to force roots deep into cracks to survive, or else expansive root structures simply fan outward, and do little to help hold trees in place in strong wind storms.		>
				<	Saw and grist mills dot the landscape in Maine. Here is the site of the old Canoe Club at Stroudwater. The mill and Canoe Club buildings are long gone but the dam survives.
	Tidal pools and freshwater ponds feed large populations of herons and fishing birds. It is hard to go anywhere in Maine without crossing paths with them, and they literally make the scenery come alive.		>
				<	It doesn't take long to discover the secret behind geocaching. The caches are not the treasures... the trails are.
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