Day 11: Geocaching

Two days ago I had no idea what geocaching was. And I'm willing to bet money on it that most of you have never heard of it...let alone try it. Well, yesterday me, Jacque and the kids did just that!

There are bunch of "hidden treasure" locations around us, so we picked the closest one...in a CVS parking lot. We couldn't find the damn thing! The reviews said "easy to find," "saw it as we were pulling into the parking lot." REALLY? We couldn't even get the compass to agree with us!! We walked in circles trying to find the damn thing...and eventually gave up!

 We went to our next location at the park. I had high hopes! This time the compass seemed to be working with us..until we were practically on top of the damn thing...then we were 15ft away again. WHAT?! Kaleb and Austin were convinced that a little man was moving the treasure on us when we weren't looking. And after a while I was starting to give into that theory too!

We took a little break on the picnic tables and tried to figure this damn puzzle out. There was a code that we decoded: under a sweet gum tree in a 9mm casing inside a block of wood. So we went back in the woods and tried to find it again.

Two hours into our trek we gave up. Geocaching is clearly not a "sport" for everyone. And I feel so dumb for not being able to figure it out. But hey, atleast we were outside getting fresh air!

This morning I woke up to a tweet from some random dude, "have fun geocaching...don't over think it!" Thanks buddy!

Have you ever been geocaching....successfully?