My Theory Behind Earth Caches

My father and fellow geocaching buddies often jokes with me about the amount of earth caches Erin and I have accumulated this past winter. Albeit it is only 13 total, that is a lot to a man that I believe has zero of them. He likes to make fun of the fact that in the area we find them, Bloomington-Normal, there is a lot of erratic rock caches. Therefore you will see pictures of us by rocks which is apparently a riot to him. I understand where he is coming from and although it may seem funny, I think there are solid reasons for earth caches being placed where they are. For instance, these rocks that we are finding are usually in a distinct area in which a glacier passed by some millions of years ago. Because of this the landscape is often more exciting than the typical Illinois farm field per say. I think that a majority of these earth caches are placed to bring the cachers out to discover certain areas and in turn reward them with a cache find for doing so. It is a win-win situation in my opinion. I can recall my favorite earth cache we have done this far. It involved driving out to a wind farm that is several miles in the middle of nowhere. In order to get credit for this cache we had to answer various questions about these fantastic turbines and also take a picture with one in the background. Basically, we were able to gain knowledge about something we would have otherwise not known too much about. Not to mention, the information is actually really neat once it is put into perspective. Then we had the opportunity to get up close to one of these things. Let me tell you, they are gigantic once you are right underneath them. It was a great experience that I would not trade for the world. Earth caches are a valuable asset to the geocaching world and as long as they exist, we will keep on finding them.