Geocaching Catch Up!

I had this blog posting in "drafts" and didn't know it - so sorry!

The good news is that Sarah and Celia noticed that our geocache has already been found 5 times!  Our cache is called "Be a Scout" and is available at www.geocaching.com.  I'll post the quotes of the folks who found it and then follow up with the badge requirements you can finish at home.  Please let me know when your girl finishes the badge so we can buy it for our Badge Ceremony!

"Saw this come online when I was at the car dealer's, and within walking distance of my house! Couldn't wait to get home, grab the dog Max, and get out and walking. Did a very familiar walk of about 0.3 miles each way, around the corner to the parking area, then across the field to the disc golf course. The container was well hidden, and fallen leaves this time of year make things even tougher. At one point Max was sniffing with interest at a spot, but no, the cache wasn't there. Coordinates are right on the money, and after a short search I found it. I had a lot of great times in Girl Scouts during the 1960s when I was growing up. Geocaching was still almost 40 years in the future, but we were happy with hikes, nature walks, and camp."

"Once I chose a parking spot (it looks like all three possible parking areas are about equidistant), Casey and I ventured out on the soggy, muddy trails (you warned us!). The GPSr took me right to a promising area before it started bouncing. I checked a few places before returning to the original GZ and making the find. A nicely stocked and hidden cache! I too was a Girl Scout, every year I could be one, from Brownie through Senior (they didn't have Daisies then). I was also a G.S. camp counselor at Camp May Flather in Virginia, and my camp name, Waffle, was the basis for our family's caching name. Scouts rock! TFTC!"

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The five steps of the Junior Geocaching badge involve: 

 • Preparing for your adventure - done!

 • Learning to use a GPS receiver - you may want to brush up with her on this!

 • Making a trade item - done!

 • Going on a geocaching adventure - done!

• Taking part a travel-bug’s travels - we did some, but try to follow the trackable Sara included!

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Brownie Letterboxing badge involves:

1. Have a family member hide 5 things around the house and follow their clues to find the objects.
2. Choose a special stamp - done!
3. Create a clue - create one for our letterbox, and please send it to me!  You can:
1. Create a "fill in the blank" clue ( Clue: "Look ___ the slide at the park" Question: "What is the opposite of  over?")
2. Create a scramble ("Look under..." is written "Kool rndeu...")
4. Search for a letterbox in a new place!  (www.letterboxing.org)
5. Make a letterbox - done! (http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=69479)

PSST: Check out this website for coding: 

http://www.theproblemsite.com/reference/mathematics/codes/

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Daisy Flower "Considerate and Caring" Petal:

1. Listening - done if she stayed with the group!  Watch this video!
2. Feelings - talk a bit more about how she feels in Girl Scouts or hiking in the woods.  Here's another video!
3. Considerate of the outdoors - staying on the trails and not widening them.  Done!