Geocaching

There are 1,329,580 active geocaches around the world, and so far we’ve found six of them right around our house.  We have wanted to try geocaching for several years, but we just never got around to it.  In an effort to insert a little fun into a very busy and boring Spring Break, we finally set out on a geocaching adventure armed with Lee’s new GPS.  First we had a Family Home Evening lesson about Lehi and his family using the Liahona as they traveled in the wilderness, then we picked up the Hawkins family.  We first tried to find a cache at the park, but it had been moved so we walked to the logging trail to find some others.

I love this picture of Anna holding on to Emma.  Emma thinks Anna is the cutest thing, and Isaac and Grace LOVE her.  We can’t drive past her house without them yelling “Nanna’s house!”  She’s a popular girl with the Evans kids.

We found three caches pretty easily after that.  It was fun for the kids (and the dads) to find them and see what was inside.  Emma went prepared with several trinkets to leave behind as our contribution to the caches. 

Isaac and Grace did pretty well in the stroller until their pleas to get out finally got the best of us.  They were happy as could be to walk the whole way home.  Even after Isaac fell and scraped up his face and knee. 

It was such a fun evening spent with friends.  We topped it off with hot chocolate at the Hawkins’ house.  Thanks guys!

A few nights later Lee took Emma and Tenley out for more geocaching.  It was sunny and clear the whole day until it started raining just before they were planning on leaving.  They braved the rain and cold anyway and found three more caches.  Two other caches proved elusive for them, so another trek may be in order.

Looks like geocaching may be a fun family activity for us!