Hide and Seek

We tried something new while we were at Harbor Island.

Geocaching.

What is it? I'm glad you asked.


Turns out there were several geocaches near where we were staying. Fletcher and Tucker weren't too sure about it at first. We happened to have two GPS devices so they each held one and took turns telling Kevin which way to turn as we were making our way to the site. Once we found the first cache they caught on to the concept and wanted to do another one. The geocaching.com site tells the coordinates and the level of difficulty. I purposefully picked some really simple ones so the boys (or the parents) wouldn't get discouraged and give up. They did have to decipher a clue to find one of the caches and they thought that was cool. Some of the caches are multi-step so the first cache give coordinates to the second cache and so on until the final cache is found.

Here we go! Fletcher and Tucker came fully prepared with binoculars and walkie talkies.
They found it!
There are some geocaches close to where we live. But I think we might wait until the fall to try to look for them. It is so very hot right now.

This may become a fun family hobby for us. It is a great way to get outside and explore some areas of town where we might not go. Plus, we can look for caches when we go on vacation.

Check out www.geocaching.com and see if there are any caches in your area.