Friday, April 30, 2010

Cache Movers Geocoin

I also just received another Cache Movers Geocoin, and just like with the first one, I have yet to decide what to attach to this coin. I'll probably ask the kids what they think would be fun to send out into the world and see how far it goes, which means I'll probably be hooking this tag to another army man, or some other kind of toy.

Sailboat Suncatcher

I've been planning to put a geocache near the boat club, but have yet to find or make a suitable container, and I'm also having a hard time choosing a good location. Whenever I actually create and place a cache at the boat club, I plan to put this coin, called the Sailboat Suncatcher, inside it so its journey can begin from a relevant place.



Flip For It

I just got this neat little geocoin called Flip For It. The coin is almost exactly the same size as a real quarter, with some slightly different words and markings...

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Follow The Winding Path

Angie, Celeste, and I took Gino & Giuli to a park in Deptford to hunt for a geocache called Follow The Winding Path. We chose it because the terrain and difficulty ratings were listed as pretty low, and the container size was listed as pretty big, which usually means some decent swag ("treasure") for the kids. The park had some nice benches, a little gazebo, and pretty easy trails leading into the woods.
When we neared GZ, we realized the terrain and difficulty ratings were much lower than they should have been. Just getting to the cache location required a decent amount of bushwacking off the trail through underbrush and thorns, plus climbing over (and under) fallen trees. Gino had no problem with most of this, but Giuli's little legs couldn't always reach and she had some trouble climbing around.You can see from the picture that the container was much smaller than indicated on the cache description page, but it did contain some decent kid-friendly swag, which made Gino and Giuli happy. However, the cache inventory also listed 4 different geocoins and travel bugs, but none were in the container.
At least the kids had a great time wandering through the woods and hunting for treasure!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Woodin'ya Enjoy Getting Me A Nice Steak

I stopped by the Target in Mount Laurel to grab a few things, and noticed on my way out that there was a geocache very close by that I didn't log yet, called Woodin' Ya Enjoy Getting Me A Nice Steak. I drove over to the far end of the shopping center parking lot and grabbed this little thing. It was hidden inside the guardrail that went around the lot. Interesting container choice for a micro too.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Obvious

The second geocache we found today was called Obvious. It was hidden inside a dead tree in some woods near Lawnside and Tavistock. We had no trouble finding it after an easy walk down some little trails.

Chris' Cache

Angie, Celeste, and I took the kids and Abby the Geopug out for some easy hunting. The first cache we found was Chris' Cache, which was a little tupperware container hidden inside a hollow tree. The kids found it without trouble (or did Abby find it?). Unfortunately, the container was too small for any good swag, so we left the Red Carpet travel bug and took a pretty cool geocoin from the Czec Republic.
Team Canda, Abby the Geopug, and the kids.
Gino & Abby heading for the obvious hiding spot.
Giuli, Abby, & Gino pulling out the container.
Giuli refusing to share the treasure box with Abby.
The front side of the Pilsen geocoin. Very nice piece.
The back of the geocoin, showing Radyne Castle in the Czec Republic.