Geocaching in May

Finally - my folks were able to experience "Geocaching" the first part of May.


We found one that had been hidden quite well (in a small park in Anaheim Hills); but was somewhat a soggy, moldy mess.
Yuck!








We also went down to Yorba Regional Park in search of 3 caches'; but only one was located. The good part - mom found it!

So the next time you're walking by an ordinary street sign, someone else may see that same street sign as a Geocache.





It was a fun day had by all.

Bugs! Beatles! and The Rolling Stones!

Where does the title fit into all of this?

Well yesterday my girlfriend, Celeste joined Jim and I in a long overdue Geocaching trip. We headed to Huntington Beach and located several in Central Park.

One had lots of bugs - BEATLES to be exact - and the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" was one of the Cache Title we set out for.

With GPS "in hand"; we set out to find six (6).

Originally we set out to find 10, but by the Sixth Cache we were spent.

It was a super fun day in the sun. And if I was a 9 yr old boy, I might have been more appreciative of all the buggies. Ha!

Our next Cache can't be soon enough.

Cashing In!!! Geocaching, that is...

This is Caching of another kind... Geocaching.

And today was my first (of hopefully many more) Geocaching experiences. What fun! I had never heard of this before - have you? Apparently it's been around for years. Who knew? I didn't until now.

It's a great way to get outdoors, move around and hopefully find treasure.

This morning we were up bright and early. Jim had learned of several "caches" in our immediate area. Even along a walk we have often taken our girls.


Preparing for our Geocaching experience.


Jim setting the GPS for our first (of three) stops.


My view as we walked :u )



One of the paths (service road) taken down to the park.


We didn't have any luck locating the first two Cache's (Ho Hum); but we were successful with our third. I jumped about 3 feet (or so my hubby says). He said he wished he had the video on me versus me having the camera on him. Ha!

Sorry - but I think most would jump after seeing this.

And the irony; this Geocache is called "Don't Jump my Claim"

The log was hidden inside the spider's butt (lol!).

We had so much fun we decided for a 4th Geocache we had heard about from a "passer by" during our morning outing. So we opted to share our fun with family before our lunch plans. And had we not invited them, I wonder if we would have found it.

It took what seemed like forever. But fortunately all you need is a GPS, a pregnant cousin with excellent direction skills and a 2yr old. :u )

They said to avoid the cactus (thank goodness)!
Really? You think so?!

And there it was; hidden extremely well under a

trap door. "Sco0by's Tomb".

Gabriella looking on after scoring a fun little

"blue moon" key chain.

Okay - she was pretty tired by now; but she really did

have a smile on her face.

Thanks Brandie & Gabriella (Shane, too)

for helping us locate another Geocache.


When we returned from our afternoon Geocaching we found this. Guess we can't leave the kids home alone with the wine cellar door unlocked - Ha!

All in all, a very fun way to spend the day.

And if you want to learn more about "Geocaching" go ahead and click on the word.