Geocaching

 This weekend we went geocaching at Cheyenne Mountain State Park.  For those who don't know, geocaching is a real world outdoor treasure hunt.  People find hidden containers (geocaches) using GPS enabled devices (and GPS coordinates posted online at geocaching.com).  They were having a special geocaching event at a nearby state park and we decided to check it out.  I thought we were just going to be able to borrow the GPS and have at it, but we had to sit through a short class first.  And then there was another family looking for the same caches the same time as us.  :(  But it was still fun.  Here is Matthew with the GPS!

Grant is all ready to go!

The second geocache we found was stocked with lots of goodies for the kids.  Luckily we had some goodies to trade!!  If you take something out you are supposed to leave something of equal or greater value.  :)

Matthew was excited to find the caches.  He looks really tired here.  It was warm.

Another geocache we found (that's it on the ground in the bottom left).  The kids were checking out the stuff that was in there.  And we signed the log!

Here is a deer we saw along the way.  All my wildlife pictures (another one HERE) end up looking kind of Big Footy.

 

We found three geocaches and hiked a little over a mile and that was enough for our little crowd.  Plus it was starting to look like it might rain.  Time to head home.  :)

A last look at Cheyenne Mountain!  We had lots of fun!