January 30, 2012

Today we spent some time geocaching. It is an activity in which we have been involved for only the past year. We enjoy it very much and you can find out more about geocaching at:

http://www.geocaching.com/

Geocaching is a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using GPS-enabled devices and then share their experiences online. There are 1,634,932 active geocaches and over 5 million geocachers worldwide.

You are able to register at the above site to receive the coordinates and membership is free. Our granddaughters enjoy geocaching with us.

People are very clever in hiding caches and sometimes we never find the one for which we are looking.

This one was a plastic skeleton head with a small orange canister sticking in the eye socket.

We had to look for a while before Cordell found this small camouflaged container hanging in a tree away from the roadway.

This clever cache was a bit challenging. We knew from the clues that we were exactly in the right spot. Finally, Cordell raised the base around the light pole and there it was!

The hardest find by far was this one on the green box. Again, we knew we were looking in the right place and one of the comments from another person was that it was stupid easy. We were determined to not give up on this one.  Cordell found it when he pulled up the corner of this magnetic strip and found a log pasted on the back. I thought it was just a piece of tape which identified the green box for the authorities.

We ate lunch at Three Oaks Park in Fort Myers. There was a cache hidden in the park, but we were not able to find it.

After coming back to our suite, we spent an hour or so sunning at the swimming pool. Looks like we are developing a habit that we might have to break when we get back home.