Geocaching - Get Active Spring!

Despite the snow that is currently falling outside my window, I heard that there are only 15 days until Spring! That's wonderful news for a Monday isn't it?
Once the weather warms up a bit, it's natural for families to want to get outside and enjoy it after the winter season. We have very mild winters here in BC, but that still tends to keep people inside. I know spring is on the way because, just this weekend, I saw several people out walking or riding their bikes in the sun!
One way families can get out in the spring (or summer or fall, really) is by geocaching.

Geocaching.com: Geocaching is a treasure hunting game where you use a GPS to hide and seek containers with other participants in the activity.

Geocaching

You may not have heard of it yet, but it's gaining popularity worldwide, and there are a reported 1.6 million caches hidden around the globe. You'd be surprised, but I'm sure there are at least 10 hidden treasures near you! Most geocachers use a handheld GPS device that they load with coordinates from the geocaching.com website, but you can also use your smartphone.
It's essentially a high-tech treasure hunt for plastic containers with small prizes in it. You go for a walk, hunt for the cache and (hopefully) find it, log your visit, trade some items, and replace it exactly as fond. Once you're home, login to your account and record your find and share your story. Some are very easy, others are VERY hard!
Go take a look at your area on their website, and give it a try! We like to leave stickers, erasers, small toys, pens, and the like. It's a great way to pass along the small toys the kids get and no longer play with. If you leave something, you can take something that someone else has left, and pass it along to the next cache.
We wrote a blog way long ago about geocaching when we first started... go to http://canadiannanny.ca/index.php?p=3_6&nid=96 to read!
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