Ok, so had to do one more...

It's like I'm addicted or something....err.

Tried to go get one at Baytowne Wharf, but with no luck, plus a whining baby, I quit it.

This was out in the middle of nowwhere in Destin. One of the few remaining pieces of land without a condo sitting on top of it. It was called A City That Was Lost.Got my first travel bug to move around... don't know where to put it yet.

It was very sandy our there. Like quicksand, but without the water and sinking to a horrible death. :)

The Turkey Weekend Turkeys

My folks were down this weekend from Texas, so I had to take'em on their first geocaching expeditions! The weather was perfect!

We stayed in Ft. Walton Beach Friday morning. First on our "hitlist" was the Senior Citizen's Hideout. We drove around it first, but after walking behind the senior center, we knew it was in the front. It was fairly early in the morning, so there were no muggles around. I found this one about 15 feet behind where my dad and my son were standing. This was my Dad's first... he's hooked!!

Next up, Don't Tread On Me at Brooks Bridge. I give all the credit to my 4 year old, Trale, for finding this one! The bridge was causing a little interference with my GPSr. Dad took the GPS away from the bridge to get an accurate compass pointer.

Our Friday morning expedition continues next at Nan's Kitchen #2 off of Jet Drive. Cute little park. There were some little muggles nearby, but they soon left after we arrived. I found the geocache almost immediately. The box wasn't concealed at all, good spot though. We had to figure out how to get it. If you find it, you'll know what I'm talking about.... After a little jumping around, we got it wrapping up day one.

Today, all of us: me, my wife, my two boys, and my Mom and Dad went to Niceville to play at the beautiful children's park, and to do a little treasure hunting!

I thought the Mullet Festival Grounds would be a perfect spot to start. Another team though so too. They pulled in the same time as us. Nice folks! We got in the woods near the fairgrounds. We got pretty far back in those woods, maybe too far. The team behind us snagged it first. The coordinates were pretty far off... about 50 feet off! That's how it is sometimes when the trees are overhead. We traded goodies and took off to the next place near the water.

Up A Tree #2 was down on the Boggy Bayou. Beautiful spot to look over the water! Another case where the coordinates were a little off. These were nearly 60 feet off! It took about 25 minutes before my Dad looked around a tree and found it. He hollered "found it!" We all thought he was messing around, but he really found it. We checked it out on the tailgate of the truck and traded goodies.

It was a great weekend! The best weather ever for geocaching! My folks left from "Up A Tree" and headed back home to Texas.

See you soon on another adventure from Team GravelShot!

Our first Geocaching Adventure!

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!