KSims1868

Yeah I need to log the other one. The coords are in my truck on my printed page and I just haven't grabbed it to log it. I'll do that this afternoon.

Thanks everyone - the quality time with the girls will always be the treasure for me. Seeing their face light up when we found it was priceless!!

Sunday morning I took my girls (ages 6 and 2) on our 1st ever treasure hunt/geocaching adventure. I picked a spot that (from the description) wouldn't be "too hard" but still offered a chance to get out of the truck and hike through the woods a little bit following a GPS to the treasure's location. It was so much fun. My 6 year old kept finding the right "path" to take, and the 2 year old loved tromping around in the forest. After about 15-20 minutes of searching I spotted the geocache box up in the trees. I kept quiet and told the girls "I think we're getting REAL close...y'all keep your eyes out and look for it." After a couple minutes my 6 yr old yelled..."Daddy - THERE it is...get it, get it!!" It was very fun. We opened the box and they each picked out a trinket. We signed the log, put in the trinkets we brought and returned it to it's location. Great 1st experience and the girls are definitely "hooked" for more. They didn't want to go home but wanted to go on another adventure...so I pulled up some other coordinates I had brought with me...just in case, and we went on our 2nd hunt. It was a little more difficult and the thorny over-grown path kept them from following me, but the still loved when I yelled "FOUND IT". Exchanged some trinkets there too and it was definitely a great 1st experience in the world of GeoCaching. Can't wait to do it again. No...no pictures this time, but next time I'll post some.

Offer I sent could be for either of these you have for sale...I'm not picky. Just looking to get started with this Geocaching with my family. Thanks.

Email sent...

Yes all the caches I've got on my list so far are "regular" size. Some are 2-2.5 difficulty and 1 of the terrains is a 4...but I'm not really sure what that means. Long walk...muddy...not sure. I'm familiar with the area though...lived here all my life, so I'm sure we'll manage. Also...I'm sure the GF will have fun too. She's great and a very adventurous girl. We're looking forward to the fun and exploration.

Thanks for the replies. I've printed off about 6 different cache pages so far of places around my area. I hope we have a nice weekend. I'm a divorced Dad (joint custody) so quality time is of the utmost importance when we have my girls at home with us. Both my girls are young (6 and 2) and they just LOVE to be outside. I'm trying to encourage the "outside" quality time as much as weather allows and this geocache thing seemed to be a really neat way to keep them enjoying the outdoors. Now let's just hope my GF can handle it...haha!! (kidding...kidding)

Okay cool - that's kind of what I figured, but I wanted to be sure I didn't go out unprepared.

I'm new (as if that's not obvious) and haven't gone on my 1st hunt yet...BUT...that will change this weekend. GF and I are going to take my 2 girls out on some treasure hunting this weekend. We have a GPS and always want to find new ways to spend quality time with my girls. So...geocaching seemed like a fun thing to try. I've printed off some coordinates to caches near our house (within 10 miles) and there are a LOT to choose from, so if we like it we'll have a lot of "treasure" to find. My question... Am I right thinking that we can/should take something from the cache we find and replace it with something else? If so...what is expected for us to use as a replacement? I would assume similarly valued items, but how do I know what to expect? What SHOULD the items we bring with us to leave in the cache as our contribution cost? Usually $5 to $10 range...or...???