Tanner brought his GPS with him when we went to Michigan so we could find a few geocaches. Tanner loved it and has totally gotten into it. We all think its fun and have continued doing it since we've been home. Usually the whole family goes, but Tanner's done several by himself too. Its been a really good way to explore the area and gets some exercise - we've had beautiful weather here too! And after hiking for, like, 5 miles, holding Peyton and the diaper bag - yeah, we've invested in a framed backpack/child carrier thing (whatever you want to call it :). Sadie calls it treasure hunting and she's always excited to look in the cache to see if there's any cool things for kids. Anyway, here's a few pics of our adventures!
The very first on we found! In Iron Mountain, MI.
Yeah, this was the one that was supposed to be a much shorter hike, but ended up being almost 5 miles! It was such a long day, but the kids we such troopers - it didn't end up being that bad. It was a beautiful hike though, right through a northern Michigan forest! Sadie said "These are the tallest trees I've ever seen!"
This was the cache we finally found at the end of the really long hike.
A micro-cache.
Tanner found it!
Sadie found it!
A cache that Tanner found that was under an artificial rock! Kind of neat!
Whew! It was a hot day, but Sadie found it! :) I think this was one we found up in the Tucson area - where its much hotter than Sierra Vista!
A nano-cache! Super tiny!
Our first hike with the new kid backpack!
Obviously Peyton thinks its pretty comfy!
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Looks like fun. What do you find in the caches? Do you put things in them? What do you put in them? The boys are doing the geocaching merit badge clinic this Saturday and are so excited.
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