High Tech Hide And Seek
My husband’s smart phone tells me I’m 500 metres—as the crow flies—from our Ottawa home. At the minute, he and I are wandering into a thicket of bushes near the historic Rideau Canal. I’ve probably passed this spot hundreds of times, but until recently, I had no idea it contained a hidden treasure.
My search—or should I say my obsession in finding the secret stash—began shortly after I was asked to write a story about the growing popularity of geocaching, a hobby I had been vaguely aware of for several years. I knew it was something like a tech-boosted scavenger hunt, but I had paid it about as much attention as I paid news of the Westminster Kennel Club dog show—an entertaining obsession for some, I thought, but not for me. That was before I found myself staring at two converging d...
