Coins

A tough hunt

Went geocaching with Darren today. Spent about a good 3 1/2 hours or so going at it. Tough work at some of the spots, I’ll tell you that!

Darren and I hit six today, bringing my total to 11. Watching the weather for Saturday as we were hoping to make a full day of hiking and finding caches. This hobby has quickly become addictive and exciting. Almost obsessive.

For those who haven’t a clue what we’re doing frolicking around looking for boxes of treasure, here’s one we found today:

I know what you have to be thinking: What in the world would you be out running around for to gather junk like that.

Well, I don’t really take anything.

My goal is to find the cache and sign the logbook. It’s all about the hunt. However, some of these caches have travel bugs and geocoins — items you log on to and track where they’ve been and where they’ve gone. These are wild as you can be part of sending something on its way, which is really cool. Currently, I’m in possession of three of these items (I’m hoping if we get good weather this weekend that we’ll hit some good places and I can spring these suckers out there. I don’t want them to get stuck somewhere!)

The one I picked up today is the “Bexbach, Germany” Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug...

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