Macaroni PlanetGeo-Caching
Geocaching is treasure hunting for GPS users. Okay, so treasure hunting might be a bit of an overstatement, since the treasures are trinkets left by like-minded adventurers rather than ancient Spanish coins, but the fun is in the journey, and isn't that a lesson worth learning?
So, if your kids balk at the thought of an afternoon hike, this is the perfect way to entice them. Go online to www.geocaching.com and enter your zip code. The site will list all the "caching" locations in your area. Take your GPS unit, set the coordinates and you're are on your way!
So what's the big deal, you ask? The challenge of the hunt combined with fresh air, exercise and quality time with the little ones is priceless. Once you find your cache – and some are tricky so look well -- there is one golden rule. If you take a trinket, you must leave one!
What trinket to leave? Anything will do, but once you become more experienced, you can purchase Geo Bugs to place in a cache box. When fellow hunters find them, they take them to anther cache location, and you can track your Geo Bugs online as they travel across the country. We currently have one on the coast of Maine and one in hills of West Virginia! Ahhhh the life of a Geo Bug!
