2 Ticks, 3 scratching kids and a scratch paranoid wife later...

[+Swagaholics]

Our first real world experience has come to an end. Late this Sunday evening the wife and I are laughing at our first try at Geocacheing. Two stuborn adults and three itchy young kids left our 2nd successful find excited about the adventures to come. Even though our departure for our first cache was spur of the moment we ended the day 2 for 2 with wild aspirations of Geocacheing imortality! Before our computer is put to rest there has been surfing for offroad Geocacheing vehicles, hiking boots, pants, bug spray and multiple ways of hydrating and feeding on the go. If this is a prelude of things to come, I'd say we have found a healthy fun filled (if not cheap) past time. Stay tuned for more ridiculous Swagaholics family adventures...

[M.TEX]

Congrats !

That's the way we all do it....wouldn't be fun if you don't have a Story

to tell later...

M.TEX

[+Intemperance Society]

Welcome and congratulations! Happy to hear that everything went swimmingly on your first outing... well, apart from the itchy kids, ticks, etc. But hey, that's all part of the obsession!

 

Good luck in all your future finds!

 

Cheers

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Great fun, eh? Just remember, where there is a tick there is also a tock.

[aniyn]

I understand that! I hate it when I pull a tick off. Not even so much that they're gross parasites, it's the crawly feeling that has me constantly checking myself for the rest of the day.

[+WhoDis]

Congrats!! Your TV will miss you.

[+billinan]

LOL, on my first mission I nearly stepped in a pile of mean Florida fire ants which bite. That's when I discovered that deck shoes, no socks, and shorts aren't the best attire for this hobby.

[+briansnat]

Looks like you caught the disease. Welcome!

[+Merlin-K]

Hmm, you should see my legs (or not) and back after the hunt yesterday. We went after a cache near some marshy land. We were successful. However I am one of those people that attract blood suckers at the best of times. And yesterday there were a lot of very hungry mossies the size of zeppelins. They went into a feeding frenzy. My legs are burning up today.

 

Mind you, I am on warfarin at the moment, so I suspect they got their come-uppance!

[+hillymum]

 

Mind you, I am on warfarin at the moment, so I suspect they got their come-uppance!

 

I know I shouldn't LOL, but I did!

 

I've only been doing this for a week and have already claimed a pair of pants as my geoing pants. I am, however uncertain that my dh will ever get into this hobby. His sence of direction seems to be slightly off.

[+squirtle squad]

Lately for me it's been dogs. Last week a poodle snuck up behind me as I was on a trail, and bit my hand. Then his buddies, all six of them, including a pair of large doberman's, surrounded me. I must be barbecuing too much. We've also had run- ins with wasps, resulting in mama getting four stings.She'll never forget that cache. A far worse concern is an invasive plant called giant hogweed.Stuff can blind you and burn you.So take care cachers!

[+woody_and_pip]

bad thing about ticks is that once you have one on you, you keep feeling more and more and your skin just crawls.

 

As my dad always said "sweat doesn't run up"