WoodlandGeocachers

A friend of mine introduced me to Geocaching over ten years ago. He had recently gotten a GPS for backpacking and discovered Geocaching. He showed me some printouts and how he used his GPS to navigate to caches. We didn't actually hunt for any. I filed it away and did nothing. I now have kids (8 and 6 years old) and a new iPad3 with GPS. We had our first away from home camping trip this past weekend and I was looking for stuff for the kids and their cousins to do in the state park we were staying at. I remembered this activity and it seemed like a great thing to try. Boy was I right on that count! It's amazing to see five kids swarming over an area when I announced that we were within ten feet of the cache. They are amazing little hunters. When we got home my six year old spent an hour finding a good plastic box and orgainzing a bunch of trinkets to bring along the next time we go on a hunt.

I'm new to Geocaching and to this forum. Please be gentle if I'm not following protocol. Here's another vote for native iPad App support. I don't care if it's the same app or if I have to shell out ten bucks (or more as is the general trend for an "HD" version of an iPhone App.) I haven't found an App I like for Geocaching as much as Groundspeak's iPhone app. I'll be happy for now but when a good iPad App comes along they will get my money. I hope it's Groundspeak!