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Geocaching Kid
Lauren and I did 3 Geocaches this weekend:
One for the Kids
Your dog will love it !!!
West New Jersey Lookout Station
Temperature was in the 90′s but it wasn’t bad at all in the woods where the sun couldn’t reach us. Lauren found 2 of the caches on her own without any help!
Saturday Geocaching
Lauren, Diane and I did a little Geocaching on Saturday. We found:
Lev’t For You to Find
Hang Tight
Pine-e Surprise (pictured)
We struck out on the micro called: Light of Elendil
We’re not great at micros, it seems…I don’t think we’ve found a single one, ever. This particular one was in a very overgrown area next to a swamp. Not the best location for a micro.
We did manage to come away with a new travel bug, Sharky, which we will take north with us to NY in a couple weeks. This particular travel bug has logged over 20,000 miles!
Here’s a snap of our track through the park as we hunted for the caches:
More photos from our trip can be found here.
A productive Geoday
Geocaching
Diane, Lauren, and I went “Geocaching” today. We went looking for 4 caches, and found 2 of them.
We visited the following caches:
Tank You – Our own cache. It’s been in service since June of 2002, and has had over 190 visitors. We did a bit of cleaning and maintenance and dropped off a Travel Bug.
Oil Change – We made it through the first two stages, before bailing due to scary locale. Strange more than scary, actually. The cache creator used some unique placements with magnets to hide the first two legs of the cache.
Shelby’s First Hide – This was also a failure. Diane solved the puzzle without issue, but we could not locate the micro cache at the designated location. Probably will try this one again.
Tiny Treasures – Victory! This was a fun cache, especially thanks to the unique map that was part of the puzzle. It also took us to an interesting lake where lots of people were fishing…
Good times. Lauren LOVES geocaching…she gets downright despondent when it’s time to quit and go home. Who doesn’t enjoy the concept of a treasure hunt?
Geocaching
Diane, Lauren and I decided to go geocaching today. I don’t think we’d been since late 2002, and Lauren is definitely old enough now to handle the walking, so I looked up a few caches, input the coordinates into our GPS, and off we went.
We arrived at the starting point for our first search – “Catch Cat’s Cache“. A few moments after leaving the car, we had a problem. My old GPS wouldn’t pick up any satellites. I restarted the thing 3 or 4 times, and still nothing. The batteries were fine, the device turned on, but it churned away forever without fixing a position.
This was very disappointing. After explaining the process to Lauren and getting all excited about finding “treasure” in the woods, heading home in defeat without any finds was not an option. After a short debate, we piled back in the car, headed to a nearby Walmart and picked up a Magellan eXplorist 210. Batteries installed and satellites located, it was back to the park.
Below you can see us achieve victory. Diane found it amongst the thorns and spiderwebs. A very gnarly site, but the goodies in the cache made it worthwhile.
Next up was the “Teacher’s Pets” cache. This one was a far easier find once we got to the park entrance. It was located in a tree behind a baseball field.
Last cache for the day was “Fi-dough“, a dog themed cache. This we also found without much trouble, although there was a bit of poison ivy in the area. Lots of geese and a fair bit of walking, but a good time was had by all.
So 3 caches down…not a bad Sunday. Now that we’ve invested in a new GPS, I guess we’re committed to getting back into this hobby. Lauren and Diane loved it and it’s a good way to get out and explore the areas close and not-so-close to home.
Geocaching (iPhone Pic)
via iPhone
