Birthday adventures

Sunday was my birthday, and the sun was out, so what better way to spend it than going for a walk in the woods while searching for treasure. We decided to take our 4 year old grandson with us on this outing. He loved it, and even managed to stay out of all the mud we found along the way. He was quick to point out such things as yellow and red trilliums and butterflies and he enjoyed moving any broken branches or sticks that had landed on the path where we were walking. Going around a bend and discovering a bridge or boardwalk simply thrilled him. He definitely liked being "way far back in the woods" and the chance to choose a treasure from the cache was just icing on the cake.

We actually took in 3 caches that day, though were only successful at two of them. The first was Howard’s Middle #3 at the Ferguson Forestry Centre. (GCH82Z) That’s the one with all the boardwalks and bridges. There are lots of trails in that bit of woods, and I’m sure, without the GPS I might even get lost for a while, or come out at the wrong parking lot. But it’s a lovely walk, well worth the time. My grandson surprised me by passing up various things in the cache and choosing a little hair clip because he thought his mommy would like it. What a nice boy he is!

After that we took him to play at playground at South Grenville Park. There is a cache in the woods there too, (GCYG1C) though I suspected we wouldn’t find, as it was hidden by a cacher named Wareed. He can be rather tricky. We didn’t find the cache but we have not given up, and will go back and try again sometime. While we were there another gentleman came looking for the cache also. He didn’t think it would be too hard to find and held out his hands to indicate how big it was. He was still there when we left, muttering something about how we might find him there in three weeks when we come back. We had to give up the search in order to get the grandson home in time for my birthday dinner. That was a lovely surprise that I didn’t learn about until we arrived to pick him up.

After dinner we went for a little walk to show my daughter-in-law how to read the GPS so their family could go geocaching also. I told the story of how there was a cache within site of her family cottage a while back, but now there is one very close to their home also. (GC1NRY2) By this time even the 4 year old could read the GPS, so he was explaining it to his mommy. It didn’t take long to find the cache (which is really good when you are trying to encourage someone to try this activity), so now she’s all set to take the family adventuring soon. I just hope we get to go with them occasionally. I think that would be great!