Saturday, April 18, 2009

The Hunt

Ok, so who knows what the term..."geocaching" means? Have you heard of letterboxing?
they are darn near the same thing except with geocaching you use a GPS to find the spot or close to it.
So the newbies that we are....I downloaded about 8 possible sites to try to find....noting that I chose mostly level 1's and 2's on the terrain and difficulty scale. Well, the first one we got to the area but could not find the cach...same with the second one....OK, perhaps we need a level 0 difficulty....sheesh....then we found the 3rd, 4th ones....yippie....opened up the micro box and signed the logs....and then rehid in the same location for the next seeker. then we headed out for the 5th one....hmmm....would have to walk into someone's yard to find it....and I won't do that and being unfamilar with the neighborhood, we didn't know how to get to the woods behind the houses that were along a fence line...so headed out to the 6th, 7th and 8th....found them...some were tiny nano boxes...and one was a sandwich sized tupperware like container...it actually had treasures to trade but since we didn't bring anything to trade...we just signed the log and rehid...but I now want to make "signature" treasures...that people will want to collect...got to come up with something not too large but coveted and unique just the same...I may paint wooden nickles and leave those...but then maybe not...LOL...
anyway...the weather was nice and we had fun walking a bit in the woods and parks to locate the caches...and trying not to be noticed by anyone.
If you have a GPS and are looking for something fun to do -outdoors -with the family...go to geocaching.com and read a bit and download some hidden caches in your area to go hunt.

4 comments:

Joanne Huffman said...

sounds like a fun adventure.

Joanne

Judy Streger said...

I was thinking of trying this out last year, but the thought of trekking through the woods sounded too much like exercise so I abandoned the idea quickly. LOL

Judy Streger said...

I was thinking of trying this out last year, but the thought of trekking through the woods sounded too much like exercise so I abandoned the idea quickly. LOL

jackie said...

Oh, I am so glad you did this!! It sounds like so much fun! What were the treasures left that you didn't take? As I told you on our Skype call, I think I will leave shells since I have so many. I guess I need to get a GPS first, though. Did you go with your friend or was DH your adventure partner? I can't wait to hear more and to know what you decide to leave as treasures. I like the wooden nickel idea. Or you could paint some pebbles. Or glue images to those clear glass pebbles. What fun!!