Spring Break is here!

Students and teachers alike look forward to this wonderful week off from school. I have a few things planned for this week. Whether or not any of these plans actually happen is quite another thing. I would like to: Play video games (working on Zelda for Wii), go canoeing (finally maybe), do some biking, and perhaps geocache a little. We will see if any of these wonderful actives come to fruition. Ahh the days of going to the beach with my friends...how I miss thee. I will do my best to put up any pictures of activites.

Looking forward to this weekend...

So I am really looking forward to this weekend's adventures. I am planning on going Geocaching (see the last post for an explanation). I found this short series of treasure hunting goals in a row. They all seem to be pretty easy so I figured that I would just try to do all 5 in a row.

Planning on bringing my camera and will upload some pics of the experience.

I am also going to try to go canoeing with my better half. It is a beautiful oasis away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. We missed the trek last weekend by a half hour (they had closed).

Geocaching

So my cousin Jillian and her fiancee told me about this great new thing that I just started researching and looking into.

It is called "Geocaching." "Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, with a strong sense of community and support for the environment." -description taken directly from the Geocaching home page.

So at first I thought it was just in Maine (this is how he proposed to her). But now I have discovered that it is a worldwide activity and some people are REALLY into it.

I am looking into starting my own geocaching adventure this weekend. I don't know what I am going to go after or what have you but I am excited about the idea of going on a treasure hunt.

Ancestry

I love studying genealogy. I have lately been doing a lot of updating to my ancestry.com page. It has been a blast. I have also received many new pictures for the site from one of my cousins. This has really helped and inspired me to do more work on it. My next goal is to hopefully get more of my family involved in editing the pages. I have about 600 people currently posted in my family pages. Getting more of my family involved I am hoping will create a more accurate account of our whole family.

Here is a great picture of my mother that I got from my cousin.