If your routine walking routes are a bit dull, here’s a tip from a rookie mom reader: strap on your infant as well as go geocaching!
Shylo tells me she started geocaching while pregnant, in her third trimester, as an reason to get out walking (although a few of the more adventurously put caches proved as well much for her expecting belly to manage). Now, her “fat bit bundle”, Gus, at 11 weeks old is her buddy so, technically, geocaching is new for both of them.
Most metropolitan caches are quite simple to access, even for the stroller set. Some off-trail caches would be a bit tough for the stroller-bound, however for slingers or babywearers should discover no barriers to caching.
Shylo explains it this way:
It’s really truly fun for kids. Basically, a geocache is a container (ammo canister, film can, magnetic hide-a-key, the possibilities are endless) that somebody hides in a public location (park, forest, fence, hollow log, newspaper box, etc.) The hider posts GPS coordinates online. Then, other people utilize these coordinates as well as hints to discover the caches. inside the caches, there is a log as well as commonly little trinkets for trade.
It’s extremely nerdy, however a great method to teach youngsters about directions, respecting nature (there’s a saying, “cache in, trash out” that encourages cachers to clean up sites along the hunt) as well as even math, as some “multi-cache” need math to figure out complex clues.
You can discover out more at geocaching.com. Do a browse as well as see what caches are near you. Although there are handheld GPS gadgets from makers such as Garmin, you can likewise run apps on your iPhone. I utilize a free app on my G1 to cache.
Since Gus is nicknamed the Chicken, they leave behind small rubber chickens in the caches that are huge enough.
And here’s a link to Shylo’s Flickr set where she records all her finds. The set is both great as well as informative. She assures us that she’s not a significant dork however admits this habit is quite nerdy.
I like nerdy so I don’t mind. however exactly how commonly do you discover a truly geeky pastime that includes sunlight as well as exercise (and experience as well as cleaning up litter?!)?! Viva le geocaching!