Geocaching Box
Sometimes you can have something sitting in your kitchen, on the floor, collecting dust and not even realize what you have. That happened to our house this morning and the way everything played out was very exciting to me. We had picked Lauren up and we were heading to the school when she was telling us about her evening exploring at Duck Creek and the fun she had. She started to tell us that she was looking for and geocache box, when I had to stop her and find out what it was. She explained to us that it is a world wide game of treasure hunting. You take a metal box and fill it with small toys and add a notebook with your name and the date. You then hide it around your town/city and people try and find them. Katie and I listened and looked at each other, I was so excited because without knowing what it was for all these months, we had one! Our very own geocache box!!
Back track now to Friday night, February 21st 2014. Lamar, Katie, Maggie and I decided to take a journey to Eastern Avenue park to look at the icebergs that had formed from all of the snow.
Step 1. Research a location across the Quad Cities where we think is accessible and we have permission to be. (Kate already has a special place picked out)
Step 2. Prepare our geo box and mark it clearly stating that it is a geocache box and that we found it on February 21st and we found it at Duck Creek at Eastern and 29th below the bridge. I have decided to leave the same toys in there and then add just a few things to make it our own.
Step 3. Hide our box!!! Lauren has already put in her request that she know when it is hidden so that she can start to look for it.
Step 4. Register and submit it on the official website.
Right now, the real life treasure hunt is happening around you! There are 2,382,628 active geocaches and over 6 million worldwide. They are scattered throughout more than 185 countries around the world. To locate and get involved in this hunt, go to www.geocaching.com If you are really into the technology of it all and the GPS coordinates and such, get the App, yes, there is an App for everything. The App will help you navigate to a nearby box, give you hints and helpful tips along the way.
This is an adventure that reveals a world beyond the everyday where the possibility of a new discovery hides under park benches, in the forest, and probably a short walk from where you are right now!
Happy Hunting!
Back track now to Friday night, February 21st 2014. Lamar, Katie, Maggie and I decided to take a journey to Eastern Avenue park to look at the icebergs that had formed from all of the snow.
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| Lamar with the geocache box Lamar was the only one that climbed close to the banks of Duck Creek to seek out anything that he found worth salvaging from the flooded frozen waters. We did have to chuckle when he fell, 3 times, climbing through the bergs and trying to stand on the ice. He was wearing his wellies that are very slick on the bottom so it was quite entertaining watching him try and stand. As entertaining as it was, I have to give my 51 year old husband credit though, he is still very fit! The credit goes to Lamar on this cold winter evening when he found the old army ammunition box which contained toys and a notebook with the names of Matthew and dad(so cute) on June 5th 2013. So now that we have it, what do we do with it? First, I will dust it off. I did some research and this is what we are going to do next: |
Step 2. Prepare our geo box and mark it clearly stating that it is a geocache box and that we found it on February 21st and we found it at Duck Creek at Eastern and 29th below the bridge. I have decided to leave the same toys in there and then add just a few things to make it our own.
Step 3. Hide our box!!! Lauren has already put in her request that she know when it is hidden so that she can start to look for it.
Step 4. Register and submit it on the official website.
Right now, the real life treasure hunt is happening around you! There are 2,382,628 active geocaches and over 6 million worldwide. They are scattered throughout more than 185 countries around the world. To locate and get involved in this hunt, go to www.geocaching.com If you are really into the technology of it all and the GPS coordinates and such, get the App, yes, there is an App for everything. The App will help you navigate to a nearby box, give you hints and helpful tips along the way.
This is an adventure that reveals a world beyond the everyday where the possibility of a new discovery hides under park benches, in the forest, and probably a short walk from where you are right now!
Happy Hunting!
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