The hunt was on.
The Fairly Odd Family (that's us!) went geocaching today at Lake Elkhorn. Geocaching requires that you give yourself a code name, and after your trusty GPS leads you to the hidden treasure, you log each "find" on your computer under your unique name. Some diehard cachers have logged thousands of finds, from all over the world.
When we first began Geocaching two years ago, we called ourselves "Col. Mustard, Mrs. White, Scooby Doo, and Little Grey". It was a bit cumbersome as a code name, plus "Little Grey" decided absolutely and with no ambiguity whatsover that he would NOT stand to be called Little Grey ever again.
Scooby Doo and the former Little Grey are fans of the show "The Fairly Odd Parents", so we recently decided to change to "The Fairly Odd Family". It's less cumbersome and certainly more descriptively accurate.
Today, we "Odd Family" members trudged through the bushes next to Lake Elkhorn, avoiding Geomuggles, spider webs, poison ivy, brambles, briars, and snakes, sweating, and generally having a lovely time. Ah, the great outdoors!
Along our hike, we discovered some green, lime-size, seeds or fruits, and I'm clueless as to what they are. They look like green golf balls, or a bit like limes, but they smelled stinky, for sure. Formerly-known-as "Little Grey" refused to touch them. Any guesses? Animal, vegetable, mineral or alien?
Ultimately, we succeeded in our quest and geocaught the target. It's always such a feeling of accomplishment when you sign the log book and proclaim "we were here". This particular cache was in a watertight Thermos, right near the lake. We traded a Geocaching trinket for some Mardi Gras beads that I proudly wore home. Another one for the books!
Who can resist the allure?
And who's with me for the next Geofun adventure?
7 comments:
We soooo wanna go. Multi-task with Nature Journaling???
Sounds like a most excellent idea. I'm still thinking about ways to slow down the type A's who breeze right past nature's beauty in the goal-oriented quest to find the cache. (Of course, no one in my family fits that description!)
Whew, cuz I was thinking I'm that goal-oriented person.
CAN - Sounds like fun -- but I'm not so down with the whole sweating thing...Maybe it's something to consider for the fall (unless you know of some climate controlled caches for people like me!).
Lisa, you're going geocaching? REEEEALLLLY? Which footwear is more appropriate for this activity, horseback riding shoes or skateboard park shoes? Just make sure it's something bedazzled to blind the snakes!
Kim
CAN - When I googled stinky green golf balls, all I could come up with is black walnuts. I'm not sure, but it's google's best guess....
Kim
Kim,
Excellent point re. Sunny Spring and the footwear issue. Remains to be seen if she'll "toe the line"! :-)
Still looking for my gps. If I had a lovely organized attic, just maybe I'd have a fighting chance. ;)
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