{"id":49828,"date":"2014-05-29T00:09:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T07:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=49828"},"modified":"2014-05-29T00:09:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T07:09:32","slug":"geocaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/49828","title":{"rendered":"Geocaching!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tMaybe you’ve heard of\u00a0the phenomenon geocaching\u2014it’s traveled far and wide. It’s been mentioned in many publications (Mom devotes an entire\u00a0page to it in her Glamping<\/a> book). We went geocaching as a family for the first time last weekend. Who wouldn’t love a real-life treasure hunt for folks of all ages that’s based entirely on the honor system?<\/p>\n

It starts with a map of your current location from the official Geocaching<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoSome best friends to help navigate are always handy. And hiking shoes for a cache in the woods are a good thing. Spiderman goulashes are also\u00a0helpful.<\/p>\n

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Off we went! Geocaching<\/a>\u00a0will give you actual coordinates for using a compass, and we’ll do that when we’re a bit older. We chose the GPS route this time and …<\/p>\n

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On a wild goose chase we ventured!<\/p>\n

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We searched high and low …<\/p>\n

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while we worked together to find the treasure …<\/p>\n

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And when we did, the kids could barely lift their bounty …<\/p>\n

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But the score was definitely worth the three-mile trek. The master rule of Geocaching<\/a> is that if you want a treasure, you must leave a treasure for the next person and ALWAYS sign the guest log! We hope someone likes the mini John Deere tractor my daughter traded for paddles and a ball.<\/p>\n

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Geocaching is a wonderful adventure for family and friends. Thank you, Geocaching<\/a>, for encouraging our kids to head outdoors. We’re hooked and can’t wait for our next adventure!<\/p>\n

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Maybe you’ve heard of\u00a0the phenomenon geocaching\u2014it’s traveled far and wide. It’s been mentioned in many publications (Mom devotes an entire\u00a0page to it in her Glamping book). We went geocaching as a family for the first time last weekend. Who wouldn’t … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-get_out"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}