Looking for something fun to do this summer with your family?
How about Geo-Caching? 

Publisher’s Description: After a summer cooped up in his family’s store selling bait, tackle, and soft drinks to tourists, fourteen-year-old Chase finally gets a chance to go on his first solo geocaching adventure. Using his GPS, he uncovers the geocache—a small metal box—hidden in a remote clearing in the mountains. Inside, Chase finds a troubling message scrawled in a child’s handwriting. When Chase returns later, he finds another message this time asking for food. He is curious—and worried—about the mysterious individuals leaving the messages. What if they are hopelessly lost, or hiding from something—or someone? Before he can turn to the adults around him for help, Chase is pulled into a complex, dangerous drama and a chilling confrontation with an unstable father who will stop at nothing to hold on to his children. Young readers will learn all about the high-tech adventure game of geocaching in Katy Grant’s exciting novel that features heart-pounding action and surprising plot twists.

What is geocaching?

Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, with a strong sense of comunity and support for the environment.

Getting Started:

1. Register for a free basic membership at www.geocaching.com
2. Click “Hide & Seek a Cache.”
3. Enter your zip code and click “search.”
4. Choose any geocache from the list and click on its name.
5. Enter the coordinates of the geocache into your GPS device.
6. Record the coordinates of your starting point so you can find your way back.
7. Start your treasure hunt!

Once You Find the Cache:

1. Open the cache and look at what’s inside. You should find a logbook, pen and various “treasures.”
2. If you take something from the cache, be sure to leave something of equal or greater value.
3. Write about your experience in the geocache logbook.
4. Leave the geocache as you found it, in the same location, so that other treasure hunters can find it too.
5. Start another hunt!

TOOLS YOU’LL NEED:

• GPS device
• map
• compass
• water
• snacks
• extra batteries
• friends

Pictures of my daughter and son-in-law Geo-Caching

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