We've launched our first trackable this week and placed it as a gift for the FTF "First to Find" in our very first published geocaches we've hidden. Located just two miles from the house is the Draper-Houston Meadows Preserve is where we've placed a small lock-N-lock weatherproof container with camouflaged duct tape for concealment. The girls and I are super excited! We named the hide "Preserve and Protect" to honor the park in which it is placed. We also have given the trackable a name and gave it a goal.

It's goal is to visit the western pacific states and to see the ocean. We named it "NK Pacific Dreams. 

Here is a picture of it.

NK Pacific Dreams

Cemetery's are among the most prevalent types of spots to hide a geocache. Most are given the designation of SQ or "Spirit Quest"  which is a very good name for such finds. Many have history which have been featured in the description of the listing. We've been lucky enough to have visited quite a few within the past month. I recommend checking them out often to get a feel of the history attached to the placement. Often times I've driven by these places and not even knowing their presence. Historical cemetery's should be visited for many reasons and geocaching has made it possible for that to happen. For that I say thanks...

Spaulding Cemetery in Milan, MI.

in Memphis, MI. nickamed "the witches ball"

Remember the Throops!

You never know what you'll find when you're...

Geocaching

Newlyweds with Model T

The day at the park with my girls and we stumbled upon something new. Newlyweds and their photographer were taking photos near the lake. The couple had an old Model T with them for the photo shoot along with the lake as a backdrop. My daughters and I really enjoyed watching and witnessing this rare occurance. 

Near the lake. 

The goal was to find the 6 geocache's within  Rolling Hills Park. My team and I wanted to spend the day relaxing and walking the nature trails. We finished the day with dear old dad napping on the picnic table while my team (The girls) played in the playground. 

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SPOILER ALERT!!!!

under the rocks

http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/departments/parks_recreation/rollinghills/rolling%20hills.html

NEWBIES!

This Easter we invited my nephews and niece on their first geocaching experiences. 

After explaining what geocaching was all about, they all were intrigued (although Andrew did laugh because to him it sounded silly), but soon enough they were just as hooked as the girls and I were soon after our first find. Back home where my family is originally from, cache's can be spotted within just a few miles of each other. This makes getting smiley's much more fun due to the velocity of finding them in just a short amount of time. We found 4 in a matter of 20 minutes. Some pretty tricky and others not so much. 

Concealed as a outlet near the library. Clever hide. 

Hooked!

Trackable was located in this one!

New to the game!

Happy Hunting kids!

Our 3rd trackable was found in a nearby cemetery this week. Also It was our second multi-cache we've done. The instructions were as follows:

“At the first set of coordinates you will come to a rather unusual stone of Thomas Tedder. How old was his first wife when she died? Add her age to the coordinates in parenthesis (not provided for obvious reasons) When you reach the next stone, answer the next question. What year was Elizabeth born? Add up each number in the date and add it to the coordinates in parenthesis (again not provided for obvious reasons) The cache box is on a small ammo box.”

What a fun cache hunt!

This great view provided by "Caching in Mooreville"

Some spots have given us memorable picturesque views and some not so much. Nevertheless, the opportunity is there and we get to enjoy nature, get some exercise and use our brains to locate and find hidden treasure among us. 

Fun photos from this week

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Our first trackable

 The Bunny Bridge 

The "Traveling" Cache Kids!

This week we visited our family back home in Macomb county Michigan and we brought along a first timer. New to geocaching was the girls grandfather. We've experienced plenty of geocaching locations and cemeteries are amongst them. We visited a nearby spot that was rumored to have a trackable so we grabbed our gear and headed back out for an afternoon of fun. Before we hit the road, we all decided to give a couple of local hides a shot. Unfortunatley, we started out with 2 DNF's on the first two caches of the day, but that was to be expected since they were both listed as level 3 hides. 

The "witches ball" was true to form and it was a great spot and an equally nice hide. Still rookies we are, we stumbled on to the spot, but didn't use our eyes initially. It took a few extra moments searching only to bring us back to the original coordinates. I have to learn to trust the GPS more intuitively. Terrain was challenging but that's what made it fun! 

Inside was our second trackable attached to a traveler nicknamed "Bella"! We quickly snatched it up and decided to keep her moving since the goal was to visit as many places as possible. Part of this particular cache was to locate and take a picture with a unique and spiritual tombstone nicknamed the "Witches Ball" We also dropped off our first trackable called "Myllo's dog tags" here and logged it online. 

We all finished the day off with a quick find down the bike path near Richmond, MI. After a 1/2 mile walk down the path from where we parked the truck we found the spot with no trouble. The cache needed some maintenance since the contents were soaking wet. The girls replaced the log book and placed it into a new ziplock bag and sealed it away. Part of the job as seekers is to lend a helping hand whenever possible, so after we relocated the cache we logged for the owner to make the necessary fixes. 

Can't wait to see where Bella travels to next!!!

Another week is in the books and the girls and I have found and additional 4 caches as well as 2 trackables! 

The hunt was on, so we headed out towards York township off of a dirt road to find the first of two before going back home. It was a short trip this evening due to it being a school night. We quickly spotted the largest cache of our short career. Plenty of toys in this one. The girls easily found a trinket to take back and they each selected another to leave behind. Next we decided to travel to Saline to find a cache that we thought may have a travel bug inside. This one was is a local park with a nature trail. Once down the trail we found this cache in a very unique environment, easily our favorite thus far due to it's contents. 

OUR FIRST TRACKABLE! 

The girls were so excited to find it so we quickly took a picture! 

Pictured above is the smallest find we've located. It's a nano-cache in a very well hidden location.