Geocaching

We bought a GPS for father's day, and we have enjoyed using it on our travels (noticed I said "we", even though it was for father's day?). Matt says that he needs to buy one for himself now that I have taken over "his" GPS.

Anyway, we decided to try out geocaching. If you've never heard of it, it's like a treasure hunt using coordinates on the GPS. You go to the geocaching website and put in your address. It searches for caches around your area. These are small boxes that have been placed in secret locations. The boxes contain a log and a few trinkets. You pick the cache you want to find, plug in the coordiantes, find the box, autograph the log, and trade a trinket. We picked three to find.

Unfortunately, the first two were on government land, and they were sponsoring a "women's only" deer hunt. So, with guns in the area, we decided not to find those. We were able to work on another one, called a "multi-site" cache. It was actually several coordinates with each one giving the clue for the next. There were about five stops all within walking distance of each other using dates and numbers from local historical markers to solve the clue for the next. The final stop was a little more complicated as it was in the woods. It didn't help that I used the coordinates for the parking location instead of the coordinates for the cache. We were walking around the parking lot for about 15 minutes until I realized, oops! So, we found the box, signed the log and traded out a hot wheels car for a plastic eagle that balances on your finger.