Geocaching for Diabetes
You may have heard about the unite for diabetes campaign that led to a UN resolution on Diabetes.Did you know that the Unite for Diabetes folks were also doing a promotion that involved geocaching?
Geo-what you say? Geocaching is a 'sport' where people hide a cache of items and post the location (latitude and longitude) so others can go looking for the hidden items. Read the FAQ at Geocaching.com for more on the great activity.
Because of the unite for diabetes campaign I decided earlier in the year to try some geocaching. And this weekend we found a Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug! I was thrilled. Here's a picture of two of the children with the cache that contained the travel bug.
Now I need to find a new cache that moves this cache to it's final location, somewhere in Afghanistan! I'll probably drop it off in southern Massachusetts, or Rhode Island in the next few weeks.
What do you need for geocaching? Bug spray (it's summer), a GPS device (I'm using a borrowed one) and a good eye for following clues, and some patience. And if you want to find a cache near you have a look at this Google maps search for caches. You'll probably be surprised how many you find in your area.
The children are really starting to get into it. Now I need to get some other interesting things to leave off at any caches I come across!
Labels: diabetes, geocache, unite
posted by Bernard @ 10:05 PM
9 Comments:
There are 20 in my city!!!!
Hmm, maybe it is time for some new adventures.
There are 5 in my neighborhood!
I've been wanting to Geocache!! You can do it without a GPS device, only it would take longer to find.
Another need adventure is letterboxing. It's like a treasure hunt where people leave clues on where to find their box.
www.letterboxing.org/
Go to the website to find out more about it.
Dang blogger...anonymous is me...Shannon!
This is so very cool. Thank you for sharing. Your kids look like they were having a great time on the adventure. I will have to look into this for our family. In case I have not said so, I think you are an awesome Dad and you have a wonderful family. I feel blessed to know you.
WOA! Within a mile of my house there's like 20!!! I am going to update the info about the UN campaign on tudiabetes to focus it on this, instead of the petition (Allison was making a very good point about it a while back).
I really need to get out more- I've never heard of this, but it sounds so cool. My town has only one, but it sounds like a good one.
How awesome is that?! I wrote you about how I've gotten into the geocaching thing too - but I didn't know about the Unite for Diabetes Travel Bugs!
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