Geocaching

So.... embarrassing flashback story number #5,314...

When I was a kid, I loved playing spies.

I don't know why, but I particularly loved playing this game at my grandparents' house, often with my sister Shauna and my cousin Natalie. I came up with all these ridiculous missions that involved sneaking around trying to be stealthy.

Well, I think I've found the grown-up version of Spies. This last weekend, my roommate Melissa and I went Geocaching! It was my first time.

If you're like me, you might have heard of Geocaching, but you don't know quite what it is. It's basically like a never ending treasure hunt that requires GPS. Once you sign up on their website (it's free!) and download their app, you have access to all this treasure. Your map lights up with circles representing caches people have stashed all over the place. Here in Provo, Geocaching is fairly popular, so there are TONS.

You pick a dot, follow the map until you're in range, and then you can read the hints for what you are looking for and where it is. Then you commence searching the area to find it, being as stealthy as possible--you don't want Muggles (non-Geocachers) to see you.

Here's me with one of the three caches we tracked down Friday night:
(slight spoiler alert for Geocachers in Provo....)



Uber spoiler alert: It was hidden inside a fence post that turned out to be hollow with a removable top. How cool is that?!?

I still need to work on the stealthy part. :) But I had a blast trying this out. I love that you can do it anywhere. And I like the whole "secret club" aspect of it too... I don't wanna be a Muggle!

Right now I'm trying to convince all my friends and family to give it a try too. If you haven't, you really should!