Local Heroes Travel Bug Hotel

Another quick find on the way home was the Local Heroes Travel Bug Hotel. The GeoTots found this one with no problem! We even met some very nice neighbors who chuckled at the kids as they looked for the container.

We dropped off some swag trinkets of our own, plus left the Le Croissant travel bug. We grabbed two other travel bugs (the Yuengling Bottle Opener and Liberty Island). But as the kids were picking through the swag, my daughter found a beautiful pink gem. When she showed it to me I was impressed at how nice it was. It wasn't until she showed me the little black bag it had been in that I realized what it really was.

That gorgeous pink gem was actually a trackable GeoGem called What a Rock! Until today, I'd only seen pictures of them. It's a nicely shaped plastic gem with the trackable code inscribed on the top. It was only after some grumbling and pouting that my 4-yr-old daughter gave it up (and after a promise from me that I'd get her some different princess jewelry...).

Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ

This geocache is called Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ. We made a quick pit stop for this cache on the way home. The kids found it with no problem after the GPS settled down. They each took a little trinket, replaced them with a few of their own, and dropped off the Travel Bugs Pierre and Pooh and Friends. We also picked up the Travel Bug Clue - The Weapon.

Update: Stop for a Minute

I just received an email stating that our Stop For A Minute trackable piece was dropped off in Nonek's Knoll. That geocache is in Florida, just south of Fort Lauderdale. According to the Geocaching website, our little sand timer Travel Bug has now traveled 8,958.9 miles!

This trackable moved over 400 times and has been from New Jersey to Maryland, Virginia, New York, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, California, and Florida.

Update: Italian Flag Micro Geocoin

I got an email today stating that our Italian Flag Micro Geocoin was just dropped off in a geocache called Eiszeitpark Harsefeld located in Niedersachsen, Germany.

This little coin has officially traveled 5,340.7 miles! It has been moved from Florida to New York to Massachusetts and finally Germany. Hopefully one day it will eventually make it to Italy and spend some time there.