Adventures in geocaching - take 1

Well my mom threw the idea of Geocaching to me today as something fun for us to do as a family. If you don't know what it is - google it! Short summary - it's like a real life treasure hunt or hide and seek! You go to specific coordinates via a gps or handy iphone in our case, and find a box that someone has placed there - then sign the paper tucked inside that you've been there or find a trinket and replace it with something of equal or greater value.

I'm slightly obsessed with this idea as they are hidden world wide! Some hard to find, others easy. But the idea of going to places near or far that we've never been excites me!

Theres one was at our local cemetery and the kids and I decided to give it a try. Adam is working tonight and as a rule of thumb I want to try to go as a family! But I downloaded the app and wanted to get a feel for it. The kids were mega pumped - only to be kinda let down as we didn't succeed in finding the cache. They insisted we leave, Wyatt reciting we were losers! It drove me nuts to give up but upon reading some hints we are ready to try again tomorrow on Adams day off.

Have y'all ever heard of this before? Search by zip code and I bet you wouldn't believe how many you're close to!

I foresee lots of days spend on the weekend and stops on road trips to vacations!!

Clearly I'm excited!! :) theres so many crazy fun things out there, that have been for years - how did i never hear about this?!