Thorvingtons Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 My 6 yr old daughter got a magazine subscription to a kid's magazine called KNOW. I was reading her first issue about 4 days ago and found an article on geocaching. It lead me to here! Needless to say I am so intrigued by this. I went yesterday to search for 2 caches. The first one I didn't find. I searched for 45 minutes and gave up. I headed to the second one and found it easily. That gave me the thrill of finding one to keep my determination up. I went back again last night with my kids J-11 yrs and B-6 yrs and we still couldn't find the first one. We then dropped off B at home and J and I went to search for a night time one. We got half way through, got the co-ordinates we needed but the GPS died and so did J's flashlight so we had to call it a night. Both J and I are now DETERMINED to find these caches and hopefully many more!! It was a great experience for both us and great exercise. I slept like a baby. Quote
+zardoz12 Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 Welcome to the addiction By the way, spare batteries are one of the most important things ya can keep with ya, as you've no doubt figured out. Quote
Thorvingtons Posted January 13, 2006 Author Posted January 13, 2006 Addiction is right! And lesson learned regarding batteries. Quote
+Miragee Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 Welcome to the addiction! You might want to invest in the 15-minute Energizer charger with four batteries for about $25.00 at Target. I love the fact that I can get fresh batteries in just 15-minutes and they last at least 12 hours in my Garmin Vista C. Quote
+The Cheese Eaters Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 Welcome to the addiction By the way, spare batteries are one of the most important things ya can keep with ya, as you've no doubt figured out. Yep Quote
+The Cheese Eaters Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 My first ever cache we couldn't find either, but we went back later and found it, because last time we forgot the map, and the spare batteries for the GPS. Quote
+Prairie Dog Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 Good job! Now go find all the caches within 5 miles of your house. Quote
Thorvingtons Posted January 13, 2006 Author Posted January 13, 2006 Determination streak kicked in...found the one that should have been my first and went out and found another! I tuckered out the 2 year old truckin' through the woods. Very productive morning for me. Quote
+KKTH3 Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 We still have not found our first cache attempt - and that was almost 2 years ago. It was a multi cache with the final cache being a set distance at a specific heading from coordinates calculated from various points around a park on the opposite side of town. We found the coordinates, but we also found a snow and ice covered, rock strewen riverbank in the direction of the heading to go towards. All we found was frostbitten fingers and it took about 6 months before we even tried again. Luckily, our success rate has improved since then. Some day I'll have to go back to that riverbank and see if I can locate the cache. Quote
Michael P Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 Welcome to the club, it only gets worse, especially the ones you can't find. Those are the ones that really drive me . Just found one that I've tried a half dozen times, and then there it was. My wife aks me if we're going hunting on the weekends. Be persistent andhave fun Quote
Cache in my chips Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 Grate to see al ike minded person lol, we found our firs cache today and I am hooked!!! Quote
Thorvingtons Posted January 14, 2006 Author Posted January 14, 2006 I'm so addicted now that when I'm driving I'm looking all over the place imagining that there COULD be a cache hidden there! I stocked up on SWAG items and spent $30 and had to FORCE myself to stop buying. Quote
+Bill & Tammy Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 I'm so addicted now that when I'm driving I'm looking all over the place imagining that there COULD be a cache hidden there! I stocked up on SWAG items and spent $30 and had to FORCE myself to stop buying. Well then use your new found enthusiasm and start putting out some caches where there "COULD" be some. And you can use all that new swag to fill 'em. I have found way more enjoyment in placing caches then finding them. Glad to hear you are having a good time! Quote
Thorvingtons Posted January 15, 2006 Author Posted January 15, 2006 I intend to put out some of my own caches but probably not for awhile. I really want to know the in's and out's of geocaching before I do. (not to mention the legalities of everything). My brain has already scoured my house for cache containers! I also need to read up and see where there are caches already hidden in my area. I haven't quite read them all yet. Quote
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