Geocache Hunt

We are going on a geocache hunt
We are going to find a great treat
We're not scared
What a beautiful day!

That simple song sums up our day today. A friend hid a geocache and sent the coordinates and some clues for friends to find it.

Our initial clues were: "Use your spider senses, climb up to get a better view, look past the large boulder just to the right, climb down and follow your view to some small boulders to find your buried treasure!" The GPS coordinates were also given.

Our first instinct was to head to Crooked House park because there is a large spider web to climb there and I know that there are some large boulders near the park. The girls and I looked and looked and could not find the prize. We finally decided to get the GPS from Lamar and try again. So back we headed to the park and found out that the GPS coordinates were not in Bush Park. I was now stumped. Where else in town has a large "spider climb toy?"

We start heading home and the coordinates are getting closer. Maybe the Gilbert house? Waterfront Park? Wallace Park? Orchard Heights Park? None of these were right. I was really stumped. We went home and used Google Earth. What a great tool that is. I was able to see exactly where this geocache was buried.

We headed to the new park at West Salem High School. We had not been there yet, although it is only a mile from our house. The first thing we see is the large rope "spider web" climb toy. Eureka! We are here. We quickly find the large boulder and then the small ones. We found the geocache. The girls were so excited. We signed the book, took a treat, and left a treat in exchange.

After the hunt was over, I let the girls climb for a few minutes. Nora Beth just loves to climb and she reached the top of the structure in no time. I got to thinking, "if she fell, she would be seriously hurt" so I made her come down and we headed home to make soup.