Geochaching

Randy had the last week of June off from work. So one of the things we did was geochaching. In case you don't know geochaching is a big treasure hunt. If you go online there are geochaching websites that give you cordinaces that you download on a GPS (for walking), plus there is usually some kind of a clue, then you go to that spot and look for the chache. The library here has geochaching kits,they come with the GPS, and some information to explain how to do it. The library also then hid 5 chaches in Onondaga Lake Park. So Wednesday we went to the library and checked out the kit and Thursday we went out. I didn't know if the kids would like it but they loved it! The library chaches were small rectangular boxes, that when you found them you could take a prize and leave a prize. So with 5 chaches to find it was perfect for our family, all the kids had a chance to pick a prize. They were just little things Henry got a matchbox car, Sophia got a pink princess balloon, ect. This day is what I have pictures of. The first two pictures are after our first find. Everyone is having a goldfish water break and checking out the prize box with Randy. The last picture is after the 4th find. You see Henry is asleep, we had to split our search into two sections one before lunch, one after. On the ride back to the park after lunch is when Henry fell asleep, and just wouldn't wake up for our 4th find. :)

Then yesterday (the 4th of July) we braved the heat and did some more geochaching. This time Aunt Kathy came along, which made it that much more fun, and we found chaches that were just out in the community. This time we found 3 of the 5 chaches we were looking for and these chaches were little magnetic boxes (the kind you would hide a spare key in at your house), and inside were tiny log books. These were just as fun. And Aunt Kathy was nice enough to sweeten our hunt with ice cream along the way.

The rest of our 4th all the kids, but Alex swam in our kidding pool, we grilled and Randy set off a few fire works. Happy Belated 4th of July!!!