Wednesday, January 2, 2013

New Family Activity - Geocaching

Hello :),

Long time no blog :).  Recently a friend shared an activity they discovered.  We thought to try it out and now the whole family is hooked :).  The activity is GeoCaching :).

How it works?  You pick a cache to go find on www.geocaching.com.  Use a GPS (or your mobile if it has a GPS) to go find it.  There is usually a hint or two available to help you find it :). It can be a micro cache (tiny) to a regular sized cache.  Each cache will have a log book and regular sized cache often have trinkets in them.  Sometimes you find a trackable (e.g. Travel Bug Tag).  Trackables have an ID code which you enter on the website that you've found it.  You will be able to see where it originated and where it has travelled before coming to the location you found it in :).  You then put it in another cache for someone else to find.

Geocaching is great in getting the kids (& adults) out of the house, is a fun way to exercise, is like treasure hunting for the kids (trinkets to be found & swapped) and is FREE!

Here's my 3yo DD's doll at the first cache I found :).


My family found a trackable (Travel Bug Tag).  DH logged it and we discovered that it originated in Canada :).  It travelled around Canada before making it's way to US, Germany, Czech, Singapore then Queensland Australia where we found it :).  We are now trying to find a great place to leave it for someone else to find it :).

Cheers,
Jenn