GPS...
We got my 17 year old a GPS for Christmas. It's something that is right up his alley and was a big hit. Then a co-worker asked me if he was going to go geocaching. I had no idea what he was talking about.
Now we have researched this little known sport and I'm jealous. I want a GPS too. I want to sneak around the woods and plunder treasure.
He and I are going to do a few local caches together. There are actually quite a few around us, which was a bit surprising to me. After that we are going to plan our own cache.
I'm actually excited about this on a couple of levels. It just plain sounds fun to me. But I also think it will be a great experience for the two of us. It gets harder to stay connected through shared activities as kids get older. He can go hunting and such with his dad. They can continue to bond. It's harder for a teenaged son and his mom to find those opportunities.
Now we have researched this little known sport and I'm jealous. I want a GPS too. I want to sneak around the woods and plunder treasure.
He and I are going to do a few local caches together. There are actually quite a few around us, which was a bit surprising to me. After that we are going to plan our own cache.
I'm actually excited about this on a couple of levels. It just plain sounds fun to me. But I also think it will be a great experience for the two of us. It gets harder to stay connected through shared activities as kids get older. He can go hunting and such with his dad. They can continue to bond. It's harder for a teenaged son and his mom to find those opportunities.
2 Comments:
Jen,
I have looked into Geocaching as well. Let me know how you like it as I may just have to do something like that. it will get the wife and I out of the house for a bit in the spring and summer. What type of GPS did you get him?
A Garmin GPS76. It's actually a combo land/marine handheld. He loves to hunt and fish and it can warn you about anchor drag, give you the optimum times to fish and hunt, etc, as well as navigate on land.
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