A Scavenger Hunt

 We participated in a Scavenger Hunt on Saturday for International Geocaching Day. Geocaching is 25 years old this year. The scavenger list had 25 items to find and document in 2 hours. Hubby and I teamed up with Bruce and Jo for the in-town adventure.

# 23-picture with a geocacher we did not know before today

#21-picture with a park sign

#24-tell someone about geocaching

(his dog was barking in the backyard while we were searching 

the pine tree for Bruce's geocache)

#25-picture with a sign with "25"

#16-picture with a non-bordering state license plate

#18-picture with a non-smart phone

Interesting side note to this one: We stopped at Falls Park to get several of the scavenger items. I happened to think about the Visitor's Office maybe having a land-line phone. As we trooped into the office, I asked the woman behind the counter if the office had a non-smart phone. She reached across the counter, grabbed my hands, and said my full name. I admitted she looked familiar, but I had no name to attach to the face. She was a former teacher in the Watertown School District! - small world

She also said we were the third group to ask about the phone! 

#11-picture with a pine cone

#8-Picture with a smiley

(smiley face on the wooden nickel)

#17-Picture with a flag from another country

#12-picture with a bird house

We completed 23 of the 25 tasks. We were quite pleased with our efforts. A team of 3 completed all 25 tasks!

Here are some photos from some of the other teams.

#17-flag from a different country

#14-picture of being stealthy

#14-picture of being stealthy

(two geocachers hiding behind the rocks)

#20-picture with a sweet treat

Photo quality did not count! But creativity did!

This was our virtual souvenir for the day! We also had fresh sweet corn furnished by geocachers. The temperature was near 90º, but a slight breeze helped make any time out of the AC bearable. It was a fun afternoon chasing geocache-themed items.