This summer we went Geocaching quite a few times. Geocaching is an GPS based treasure hunt. People hide cache's all over the world and post the location to a web site. Participants then get to track them down, sign the log book and move on to the next one. We've found 70 so far and have one of our own at the little free library in our front yard. Some are just simple film canisters with a log book but others can be more elaborate and include small toys or books. The best part of geocaching is that it gets us to go to places we wouldn't ordinarily go. Most cache's are placed near something unique that you wouldn't ordinarily stop to look at.
The kids had been to Campbell Valley Park with Kerry already but Kerry wanted to go back to find a few they had missed and to take her parents with us. On one of the board walks, someone had left handfuls of bird seed. We don't usually feed the birds but since they food was already there I took advantage and showed the kids how to get the birds to land in their hand. The birds had obviously done this before and as long as you stayed still and kept your hand out they would eventually land. Callie, Reg and I all got one. Carter got one too but he immediately ran away from it. He didn't like the claws on his hands. The chipmunks were friendly as well though they never got close enough to actually eat out of your hand.
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