This morning we decided to go geocaching today. It has been quite a while since we did this as a family, even though it is one of our favorite activities ! If you haven't heard of "geocaching" you can learn about it at www.geocaching.com . Basically, it is a "scavenger hunt" using a GPS to find "caches" that people have hidden. In our town alone, there are about 1000 geocaches.
Sometimes you find all you go out to look for. Othertimes, you aren't so fortunate. We printed out three caches (one that had a TRAVEL BUG) hoping to locate them all.
The first cache was in some "wilderness - overgrown bushes" down below a baseball park in our town. The coordinates helped us locate the area pertty easily. However, the clue (at first) didn't help us much. The biggest problem was I didn't realize it was a MICRO cache. So the three of us are looking on the ground, behind rocks, tree branches, brush etc. Finally I looked up at eye level and spotted it where a branch and the trunk of a tree met. We logged it and headed out. There were baseball games going on and I personally think the people at the game thought we were crazy going down into the "brush area."
The second cache was along the WO & D (Washington Old Dominion) trail. We parked at a local Elementary School and wondered down to the trail. We had to walk out about 3/4 of a mile and started our search. This was easy as there wasn't much "bushwhacking" required. Donnie found it hidden inbetween a log and some branches. The TRAVEL BUG was there. We were so excited because we have never found a TRAVEL BUG before. 2 out of 2 - we are doing GREAT today.
The third cache was also along the WO & D trail but about 1 mile in the other direction from our 2nd spot (so 1/4 mile past where we started). This cache put a smile on our face. Someone used their creativity and hid a squirrel (the plastic kinds for outdoors) that can be a 'KEY' hideaway. Where the key would go - the log was. Brilliant ! We were so excited to be 3 out of 3 today !
We then headed back home and logged those babies into the geocaching site ! Awesome family fun !
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