Geocaching

I'm going to talk about a new, fun, hobby that my job coach Michelle told me about and got me to try. It's called Geocaching and it is so much fun!

Here is the official definition of Geocaching from Wikipedia: Geocaching /ˈdʒiːoʊˌkæʃɪŋ/ is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiveror mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world.

A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook (with a pen or pencil). The geocacher enters the date they found it and signs it with their established code name. After signing the log, the cache must be placed back exactly where the person found it. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers (Tupperware or similar) or ammunition boxes can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little financial value, although sometimes they are sentimental. Geocaching shares many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing, orienteering, treasure-hunting, letterboxing, and waymarking.

For my first geocache we used Michelle's phone with a Geocaching app, to get the clues and directions to find the geocache. We drove in the car to the general location (Apple Grove Picnic area in Honesdale) and then we used her phone to navigate North, South, East or West to walk closer to the geocache. We had to hike and look for the treasure using the few clues that the app gave us. Even though there are clues it wasn't easy to find and we had to look around a lot once the app told us that we were within 10 feet of the cache, it was hidden in a tree trunk and not very easy to spot. 

There are many, many geocaches located all over the US and even the World, you can go anywhere and with the Geocaching app on your smartphone, you can go on a treasure hunt anywhere you are! We had a lot of fun and laughs together and enjoyed ourselves very much!

Fair Adventures

It's that time of year again! Time for the Wayne County Fair, it's one of my favorite things to do at the end of the summer. This year the fair started on August 7th and runs until August 15th.

This year I went with my Aunt Patty on Saturday morning and with my mom on Saturday night. My friend Marsha also went with us, she is my friend from Special Olympics. The fair is always busy; there are lots of crowds and people walking around. I enjoy seeing all the people at the fair, I like seeing people talking and having a good time. 

Another great thing about the fair is the food!! There is always a lot of food available at the fair. Some of the tasty things I had this year were; mozzarella sticks with sauce and Pepsi, cheeseburger, fries and a lemonade. The food is very tasty and I really like eating there. 

I also like the animals at the fair, this year I saw the cows, donkeys and rabbits. We went on the opening day this year so not a lot of the animals were there yet.

There are also a lot of games at the fair and his year I won a stuffed animal in the balloon dart game. It seemed  really easy, I had to pop 20 balloons to get the animal, and I did!

If you ever get a chance to come to Honesdale, come to the Wayne County fair, you will have a lot of fun!!