So, I've started to spend my days crawling around bushes in Sherwood Park....dragging my kids with me. We get funny looks from passing cars and people walking by. Cyclists and in-line skaters watch me with curiosity....probably wondering what I'm doing with two young children scurrying about in the branches of dirty old fir trees behind old buildings or looking behind garbage cans or under benches.
No, I haven't completely lost my mind..and we haven't reached the point in life where we are having to go garbage can-diving yet. We're just addicted to geocaching!!! And when the addiction hits it seems like you don't care who is watching - you just HAVE to find that cache!!! :)
Last night Lloyd and I were having supper at Joey Tomatoes and we saw that there was a cache hidden near the sign that welcomes you into Sherwood Park. By the time we had finished dinner though, it was completely dark. It didn't stop us! we were soon to be found clambering about in the darkness, flashlight in hand....trying to find the little cache that 'thinks like a magnet' - this cache is named 'Now you're in Sherwood Park' and I can't help but finish that line with '...home of the real nutjobs'!!!!
Anyway, today we found two more caches!!! I found one with both Abigail and Sam, and another with just Sam while A by was at gymnastics. Both had 'treasures' inside - pins and badges, a dinosaur, a sewing kit, tattoos etc etc.....so the kids were thrilled!!! Lots of swapping to be done and we added our names/ dates to the caches etc....can't wait to set our travel bugs on the move!!!! Its a great way to fill time - we had 30 minutes between art class and gymnastics and so we found a cache by the fire station! Then while Abby was at gymnastics Sam and I wandered a little further and found another cache a little further down the road!!! It's amazing how many there are all over the place!! Love it!!
