Our family has found a new activity we all LOVE! Geocache hunting! If you haven't tried it you should! The kids absolutely love it. For those who don't know what it is, I'll explain. Someone takes a container and puts some 'stuff' in it, including a paper for people to sign when they find it, and then they 'Register' the geocache online with the GPS coordinates. Anyone can just look up what geocaches are around them and plug in the coordinates into a GPS unit, and then follow it and search for the geocache. Once you find it you can take an item out as long as you put a new item in and then you sign the paper saying you were there and log your visit online when you get home. There are all different sizes of containers and levels of difficulty. Here's a picture of a geocache as an example.
We use our car GPS unit. It doesn't work the best, but it gets us close enough. It's such a fun activity for the whole family! Here's the website to find a cache near you:
www.geocaching.com
(You do have to register, but it's free and I never get emails from them.)
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