Well, thanks to the advice of folks on the list, I picked up an Etrex Legend GPS receiver for my hubby, and we did our first geocache yesterday. It was a multi-cache and we were half successfully. We successfully found the park and started walking around and figured out that the cache must be right on the other side of this creek we were standing next to. Well, that wasn't gonna stop us. So, down the bank and up the other side we went (luckily for us you could just step across the creek at that point). We found the first cache and started heading for the second. Of course, instead of staying on the trail where the first cache was we incorrectly surmised that we must have to cross the creek again. This time we walked down to a bridge and followed another trail that we thought would take us closer to where we wanted to go. We got far enough West and realized we were too far North. So we struck off cross-country, or through the woods, to be more precise. I haven't been "in" a forest since I was a kid. I forgot how totally cool it is to be under the tree canopy, happening upon little clearings and such. We even startled a deer.
We eventually found "the spot" and spent about 25 minutes looking for the cache itself. The spot was in a clearing, less than 20 feet from the trail that we didn't take. The prairie grass was really high, we were both sweating, I'd been bitten by a deer fly (which I'm allergic to), and our 4.5 month old had woken up by now (we'd been carrying him in a sling this whole time). So, we finally gave up and declared it a fun adventure none-the-less. We took the trail back out. Muuuuch easier. ;) Yep. I could get into this geocaching thing. -d --------------------------------------------------------- Deanna Schneider UWEX-Cooperative Extension Interactive Media Developer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
