Geocaching

Since I watch my granddaughter Grace part of the day on Wednesdays, it's a great time to go geocaching, or as she calls it, "treasure hunting". This involves taking a handheld GPS, going to coordinates of the cache, and then looking around trying to find it. Sort of like "I spy" but in the real world. If you've never tried it, geocaching is a great excuse to be outside on a beautiful day exploring places you would never have discovered on your own.




Today our destination was Oceanside Harbor, where we found this cache of toys and goodies near the "heron tree", the Eucalyptus tree that is home to nesting herons this time of year. Down the road was another treasure chest, where we had a fun climb up a grassy slope to retrieve it, and even more fun sliding back down!

So thanks to geocaching, we had a fun afternoon at the harbor. We saw sea lions, squirrels, pelicans, herons, and we had delicious ice cream cones! Without the cache as an excuse to go there, we probably would have gone to the same old park down the street.

And the best part is that my granddaughter is learning that there is treasure everywhere if you just look for it.