LedDuck

I had someone run up on me while I was looking for my very first cache. He asked if I "lost something." My kids were with and they started explaining what we were doing. He asked me to spell it for him so he could Google it. I drive past this place 4 to 5 times a day. Several days later I saw him looking for the Cache. I have since purchased the cards from geocacging.com to hand to people if they ask what I doing. I have gotten sneakier though so I haven't needed to use any.

Hello All, I am sorta new to Geocaching. I heard about it years ago and wanted to get into it but I just piddled around with it. Translation: I would visit easy to find ones that I could find on Google, but didn't really play. We decided we could not afford our normal 12 day wandering the U.S. car trip summer vacation this year (hubby lost his job, but has one again). I bought the Premium Membership so that we could still have tiny vacations in the form of short outings and treasure hunting. Several years ago we camped the whole trip, Texas to Wisconsin, then to Detroit, down through Tennessee, then wiggled our way back to Texas. It was fun but three kids trying to sleep in 100+ temps was pretty miserable. For our day trips I take A LOT of water. I get cranky in the heat too. Bit about me.... I used to own two different message boards. One was a "Mommy Board" and the other was a gripe board for parents of multiple birth kiddos. I have boy/girl twins that just turned 12. We also have a 10 year old son. I had to let them both go and close the virtual doors, because the financial output got to be too much. Now all my message board friends I keep up with on Facebook, but it is not the same. I miss being part of a community like this. I will probably post a lot once I find my bearings. I am a chatter. :understatement: So far I have stopped at 4 Caches but only found 1, and that was a virtual. It's funny that when I wasn't really trying, wasn't really playing, I had no problem finding them. I have spent weeks reading everything on the Geocaching site, and researching the caches I want to get to. I have Lupus so I can't be out in the sun for long periods of time. I also have a neurological condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia. The pain gets overwhelming sometimes which is why I decided to jump into Geocaching. I don't work during the summer so this is giving me something to focus on. I get to share it with my kids and we end up with great stories. Yesterday we went to several places with my hubby in tow. He is highly allergic to fire ants, which are everywhere in Texas. Just a light breeze carrying the pheromones from an ant hill sends him into anaphylaxis. He didn't get out of the car at one stop yesterday because I saw an ant hill right away. The next stop we solved the riddles then his lips started disappearing and his face was swelling so we had to beat feet to get Benadryl in him. Sooo...... we have had a slow start. Bless you if you read my entire post. I'm looking forward to getting to know the community.

I love that a tree has brought you to find Geocaching. My children and I have watched all these amazing trees being destroyed in our area for about 3 years now due to urban sprawl. If you look at my profile picture you will see our current favorite tree. We call it the "Chicken Tree." My daughter decided it looks like a rooster. We are all praying that it doesn't get beheaded in the expansion of a road.