Skippack Resident Constantly on the Geocache Hunt

Finding a buried plastic skull out in the woods of a public park is just another day in the life of a Geocacher. At least this was the case when Lisa, a Skippack resident and Geocacher since 2008, took a recent trip to Victory Park in Royersford.

“Geocaching can take you to some beautiful or unusual places,” Lisa, who is better known by her Geocaching name, “ELMH.”

Lisa was with her Geocaching partner, Cindy, a Hatfield resident, whose Geocaching name is “Been There Done That Crew.”

According to the Geocaching website, Geocaching is a real-world outdoor treasure hunt, in which participants locate hidden containers (known as “geocaches”), using a smartphone or GPS to follow coordinates found through the Geocaching website.

This international outdoor activity is a way of connecting strangers to a common goal, and literally place, as Geocachers leave their names on a log found within the hidden containers.

Cindy, who started Geocaching in 2004, became Geocaching partners with Lisa after coincidentally bumping into one another while on a Geocache hunt.

They have been going on weekly hunts since.

“I like this because this reminds me when I was a child, and playing in the woods,” Cindy said.  “This is a form of exercise for me, and it gets me off the couch.”

The Geocache duo had already found several hides that day in Birdsboro, Spring City and Pottstown.

“We’ve been all over,” Lisa said.

Their trip to the Royersford park was based off of coordinates named the “Screaming Skull,” as the hidden container was in the shape of a small, hollow scull. According to Cindy, the scull was placed there by a local Geocaching resident.

Once found, the Geocachers proudly signed their names in the log, and carefully replaced the skull in its secret hiding spot, somewhere in the wooded area of Victory Park.