Another gift we gave this Christmas was a handheld GPS device to Dave. He's been wanting to get into Geocaching for a while, so this tool will allow him to develop this new hobby. Our trip to Monterey provided Dave with lots of opportunities to test out his treasure-hunting skills.
His first find was a pretty easy one-- a heart shaped box hidden under a rock ledge out on the cliffs of Lover's Point. The picture is blurry, but in the log book Dave wrote "First find on my birthday!"
The next few caches we searched for were much harder to find. But the whole family got into it and Anna commented on how reading the coordinates and decoding the clues made her feel like we were in Goonies!
After our adventures in geocaching on the beach, we had to revisit the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary to see if they were still hanging in gobs from the Eucalyptus trees. They were! There even seemed to be more of them!
Delia thought using the binoculars to study this guy on the ground, less than a foot away from her, was a good idea. We were laughing pretty hard.
I hope you are not getting sick of Monterey posts because we absolutely do not get sick of seeing the amazing things this place has to show us!
2 comments:
Geocaching - how fun! I heard about that on the radio, and a lot of people are really into it. Looks like you have a great time.
Mom/Grandma
Delia looking at that butterfly with binoculars (at times backwards!) = one of my favorite memories from this trip.
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