date night cache

My DW, and I, went on a much needed date, on friday night... We went to dinner first, then out for some night caching, in the snow. We found a couple quick grabs, which was cool! We then seached for one in a park, by shoppingtown mall, and as we were walking up to it there were some other cachers there. It seems they couldn't find it eaither, as there was tons of tracks around the tree, but they looked kinda sad as they walked away before we got up to the coordinates. So, a big fat DNF for both of us! Its always a good time caching with the dw.     

burr its cold

with a high od about 20 degrees this weekend doens look good for geocaching.. looking forward to nice weather..

WE found it

we went over the bridge through the woods and past the pond and found our treasure on a beautiful fall day

And so it begins... a whole new obsession!

We decided in August, 2010,  to start Geocaching as a family.. We went online and found a site where people all over the world can hide & seak caches, with posted GPS coordinates. We uploaded some coordinates, and we haven't looked back since..

For those of you who aren't familiar with Geocaching... The best way to explain it by having you click on the video below, which is from Geocaching.com!



So, Rob had a GPS unit, from a previous Christmas, that was just collecting dust, so it just made sense. We found our first Cache behind a local hotel, in the lamp post shroud. It was just a log sheet, but it was amazing to see how many people have found it before us. At the time we didn't quite know what to expect, or what to look for, so it was a huge deal!

We've since treked through the woods in a nearby park, with and without our toddlers. We've been bitten by many mosquitos and had antibiotics from one of those bug bites.. OUCH! The kids enjoy doing it as well!! When they go with us, we call it "treasure hunting", because we aim for the caches that have trade items in them. We've found some really cute toys in some local caches, including my little ponies, some Matchbox cars, and even a self-stamped wooden nickel, which is what we're planning on doing, as our trade item. Once we have the design just right, we'll post a picture..!