Team GravelShot made its first geocaching exploration Tuesday morning right before work. I took my 4 year old son Trale with me. We had a blast!Geocaching is like treasure hunting. People all over the world are involved in it and hide geocaches all over. And there are a lot right by the house! You use a GPS and coodinates found online to find the box. It usually has a log book and trinkets to trade inside. The rule is to take one and keep one from the box.
Off we go!
We first went looking for a geocache at The Ft. Walton Beach Landing. It was pretty funny, after going round and round for 30 minutes near the coordinates, we gave up. I think it got moved or muggled from passers by.
We jumped in the GeocacheMoblile and took off towards another cache. Next stop, the Mary Esther Nature Trail near Highway 98. This was our first trip to the nature trail and I was quite surprise how nice it was to walk through. Lots of mosquitos the size of a Ford Pinto! After about a 300 yard walk, we were hot on the trail! I knew we were close because of the smaller paths cut near the main trail. After a few minutes, tada! We found it!
Trale thought we could take the whole box, so he shuffled through all the stuff. I had to explain the rules to him. He wasn't too pleased. Mainly because he thought if we didn't take it, the "pirates" would come. He finally picked out the smiley face eraser.
It was awesome! I can't wait to do more this weekend. More adventures to come!
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