Since then, I have shared the experience with the rest of my daughters. Then I infected my grandkids...and it continues to spread. This was Faith's first find, but all shared the bounty.
And Cayden's first, again sharing.
I have found a variety of caches and had some great fun, but now I'm excited to create some of my own. Having seen some different ideas and hiding techniques, I have some ideas of what I want to place in my new home. Most of mine, to this point, have been urban hides. My new town seems to focus on the off-road variety. Of course, with the scenery around here, I know why.
Placing a cache, for the most part, is a way of sharing something or some place special to the one who creates it. There can be themes, or a series created. What I have enjoyed the most is the stories of these anonymous people who take me to a location, or a view point that I never would have known about without finding their cache. It is a good way to discover the hidden or historical places of interest in an area.
I personally like the ones that have room enough for treasures, called S.W.A.G. (Stuff We All Get). They are my grandkids favorites too. SWAG can be whatever you have - marbles, toy cars, little toys, deck of cards, coins, plastic animals, erasers - you get the idea. When you locate one, you may EXCHANGE treasures. Try to make them of equal or better value.
What goes into it is determined by the size of the cache container. There is always a log book that you sign to prove you found it. If there is room (some are QUITE small), there will be a pencil - and whatever "trades" you want to include.
I have found some VERY creative containers in my hunting, which is what brought me to this stage of my "hobby." I decided, after seeing it done by someone else, that I am going to put out one cache for each of my ten grandkids. It will be named after them, or something that they like. I'm starting with my oldest granddaughters (who will be visiting me next month). I will have the containers ready and, together, we will place them and publish them for other geocachers to locate.
One granddaughter, Faith, loves pigs...no....she LOVES pigs! She claims the nickname of "Pig." I know not why...She collects pigs. She draws pigs. She makes up pig words. (Source for another WHOLE posting) So, of course, she wants her cache to have a pig theme. It's name will be "Pigs of Faith." Of course.
W--E--L--L......Today I found the perfect container!
The pig of Faith.
It is a hard plastic pig made by Radio Shack, as a dieting aide. You put a battery in it, stick it into your refrigerator, and every time you open the door, it OINKS! LOL! Well - it won't be oinking long! I am going to morph it into a hollowed out container and this little porker will go down in geocaching history.
Oh - and the lady at the consignment shop, where I found it? I got her too! She's looking up geocaching tonight. They called the woman who was an unknowing carrier of typhoid fever "Typhoid Mary." What would they call someone who spreads a "disease" knowingly???
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