Buckton Cachers

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We cache as a family so for us to let everyone enjoy the find, the first person to find the cache shouts out either BINGO or KACHOW after they have walked away from the cache area. Then once everyone has had a chance to spot it and shout the word the first person shouted, the first person retrieves the cache. Helps keep the enjoyment in it for the kids.

Gas where we live is about 3.77 a gallon right now, and expected to go up to 4 or more real soon. Right now the gas prices haven't slowed us down to much. We have pretty much found all the caches in a 3o mile radius from us and have to travel past that now to find them. So we go on weekends and choose our route carefully so to not have to backtrack and we take a picnic lunch with, as the kids enjoy picnics. We also cache on the way to family visits and other gatherings. If prices keep going up, we'll probably cut some weekend cache trips out.

Thanks, for sharing the instructions. I have been looking for this post for awhile now and finally found it. I'm hoping to make some for us and a few caching buddies as I am always looking for new/different things to make and give.

Hello!! I Guess you could say we are lurkers. We have been geocaching as a family since July of 2007 after our friends showed us how one night. We are from South Dakota. We visit the forum on and off and have posted a few times. Generally just read the topics to get a better idea on geocaching or to help us answer questions that we may have. Learned some fun things off here already. Thanks

We've been caching since July of 2007 at that time our youngest was about 6 months. Now our kids our 1, 3 1/2 and 6 years old and they enjoy geocaching. I would have to agree that when caching with kids, they are the bosses as to where, when and how long we go. We have found as many as 20 (when caching with another couple without kids) to just 1 a day with the kids. When we go geocaching we take along something to drink, snack on and even a few toys for while in the car. At the cache site, we allow our oldest to use a GPS and help point the direction to the cache--he thinks he's big stuff when he gets us to the right area and finds it. When searching, one of us tries to help the 3 1/2 year old find the cache after we spot it so she can get a find to and not just watch everyone else pull the container out. The 2 oldest bring their own backpack with and have their own trade items and we allow the kids to trade up. If one of the kids don't have anything with them, the other one usually helps them out. It's a good way to teach about being fair and sharing. Our youngest at this time is along for the ride and the scenery. He really hasn't gotten the hang of it yet, but with time he'll be out joining in on the race to the cache. He usually gets carried by mom or dad if it's a short trip to the cache or in the backpack carrier if a longer hike. If we are making a day of caching and travel to another town or area to cache, we stop to eat when the kids are hungry and usually do a picnic lunch and then go out to eat for supper. They always enjoy picnics and playing in the park for awhile, and that helps break up the day so they don't get so burnt out on caching. We (mom and dad) have also taken turns waiting in the car with the kids if they are sleeping or just want a rest a little while the other goes to find the cache that is usually nearby. We have really enjoyed caching with the kids because it's good family time and it helps us to again see the world through a childs eyes and get excited again about the little things in life that we all take for granted or have forgotten about.

I am also having troubles downloading the driver to my computer. When I try to download it, it tells me unexpected file format. I have been trying for the last 2 days to get it to work. Could someone tell me how to do it. I am also having problems with sending waypoints to my 500Le from gsak or the magellan geocache manager. I can put them in manually but would like to do it by the computer as entering for then 15 at a time can get to be time consuming. If anyone could help me on this I would be thankful.

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