Family on the Phone

This week on Mom’s Talk Network, we are talking all things related to camping. And what better thing to do while camping than hunt.

No, I’m not talking hunting bears, deer or any other furry little creature. I talking Geocaching!

Now, I have to say up front that I have never in my life Geocached.  I actually had to go look up what it was. I have tons of friends that do it (I asked on Facebook if anyone knew what it was and all my friends seems to chime in) but never knew it.

Geocaching is basically a nationwide treasure hunt. From my understanding that are caches (boxes) placed all over the world that have goodies in them. When you find one, you can take something out but your must put something back in it. Then put the cache back where you had found it.

Sounds like fun, right?!

How do you find this caches you ask? Well, there are sites like Geocaching that help you get started. Many of my friends said that you would need a GPS device of some sort. They all seems to recommend the handheld Garmin as the best option.

So, I will give geocaching a try this weekend to see how my fiancee and I make out at this. I have HIGH hopes that we will find something very special our first time out.

I would love to hear about your geocaching experiences. How did you get started? And how?

photo credit: aaronparecki