[GeoStL] Re: Geocaching in Cub Scouts
- From: "merkin" <merkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:01:56 -0600
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My wife and kid participate in a co-operative pre-school program. Each mom
takes 1 week out of about 6 or 7 weeks and teaches the preschool in their home
for 2 mornings, 9:30-12:00. Linda has been trying, as best she can, to explain
geocaching to the 4 and 5 year-old kids in the group. None of them believed
her, and this was a big source of contention. My wife is teaching this week,
and explained it in better detail to the group - now they all want to try
"geo-treasure-hunting". I'm thinking we can go to Michaels and get seven
little wooden boxes, stick a toy or two in each one, and stash them around the
St. Peters Tot Lot park. Then, each kid will get a chance to follow the arrow,
find their treasure, and keep it. I'll probably do a quick FAQ for the kids to
take home to their parents, along with an invite to join our family on a cache
trip sometime.
By the way, Costco is selling a Magellan Sport-Trak Gold with map software, a
carrying case, and a download cable for $199. Then, there's a $50 mail-in
rebate on top of that, putting the cost at around $150.
merkin4
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Bridget Griffin" <bridget@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:43:02 -0500
>Last Tuesday evening I had an opportunity to visit another scout district than
>my own. (A district is like a county) The district I went to was New
>Horizons in which Jim Williams attends. I was making announcements for Tiger
>Day (the annual cub scout event I put on out by Eureka). I made announcements
>on the Boy Scout side first (in which I got to say hi to Jim) then went over
>to the Cub Scout side. As I was waiting for my turn on the Cub Scout side,
>the group was talking about activities that their packs could do in the
>summertime. They named off various activities. Then they talked about
>Geocaching. It seems there was a cacher in the crowd besides me.
>Unfortunately, I could not stay until their meeting was over so I could meet
>this cacher. (Maybe I already know him, but from where I was sitting I could
>not see him.) There must have been over sixty adults there.
>
>So, I just wanted everyone to know that geocaching was mentioned as a child
>friendly activity that cub scout packs could do together in the summertime.
>Pretty soon, geocaching will be a household word. What do you think? :)
>
>Bridget
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