Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for GPS users. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the Internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.
In other words, it is a big treasure hunt and to find the map to the treasure you have to use a GPS.
We found it!!! This was our first cache and it only took us a 30 minutes trek into the woods to find it. Our family split into two teams and turned our geocaching into a small race. After finding this cache our luck went down hill. We were sent to areas that had turned into trash dumps and areas that were filled with bugs and snakes. So for our next hunt we will have to read more about the locations to make sure it will be a fun hunt.
Caila was the one to find this cache so she was the one who got to choose what item to take out of the box. We left a Canadian toonie in the box to share. At a different location we pick out a "geocoin" that is trying to make it's way around the USA. I'll will be hiding the coin somewhere in Adrian to add Michigan to the list of states the coin has been to. All of this information is tracked on the Internet. We are very new at geocaching so I'm not sure how much information I should be sharing, but I will tell you that this is a great game to get out of the house and stay active and fun for kids. For more information on this game go to, http://www.geocaching.com/ to learn and hopefully start your own team. We are the Ska-hoot-tee Searchers. 
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