Yesterday, I did a learning camp with some of the other homeschoolers in the area about Geocaching. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, it's kind of like a worldwide treasure hunt. You put the coordinates into your phone or a GPS, then you can find these little boxes called caches. To find a cache, you first have to have an account on the official geocaching website so you can log the caches you found and get coordinates for other ones. Then, you need a GPS or you can get apps for your iPhone or Android that work the same way. In the learning camp, the instructor gave us GPS units to use for the day. We even went out into the wilderness to look for some caches! We found quite a few, actually. Once you find a cache, you have to sign the logbook that is kept inside, and some of the larger ones have little trinkets and stuff you can trade for. I was very surprised at the size of most of the caches. They were amazingly small! Some are even as small as my pinky finger.
We learned about caching etiquette, stealth and we even learned how to hide caches and put the coordinates online. :)
It's a really fun activity and I hope to do more after the course. For more information, go to the official geocachers website: www.geocaching.com
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