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Makes the effort worth while.

1 messages in this thread | Started on 2000-09-11

Makes the effort worth while.

From: Jay (ae4mk@1bigred.com) | Date: 2000-09-11 21:18:41 UTC-04:00
Our,  "adult" Sunday School (my wife Valerie and I) consists of spending 45 minutes, alone, over coffee and tea at the village coffee shop while the kids are in real Sunday school. Yesterday some friends joined us. They have 4 kids ranging from K to 7th. I was telling Norb about my geocaches, and he, an engineer also and GPS geek, said maybe he could take the family to find one. I then told him about "Locust Shade" and "A Few Good Men", and how following letterbox instructions would be more suited for the kids then going to a GPS way point.
 
Tonight I got home in time to start on the lawn, and as I pulled the mower out of the garage, Thomas (K) and Stef (4) came up on their bikes. Thomas was all excited and said "We went on "YOUR" hike and saw a bone..." I didn't quite catch what he ment, but 5 minutes later Valerie brings me the phone and it's Gail. Thomas's mother. Gail also excited, proceeds to tell how much fun the whole family had Sunday afternoon hiking the two miles and looking for Locust Shade #1 and #2... They are hooked. The bone Thomas saw was laying along the creek about 20 feet from the second box.
 
So they have big plans on carving their own stamp and are planning on looking for some more boxes...
 
Like I said.... It makes the sweat and effort worth it..
 
Jay C.
Fredericksburg, (home of 6 new LBers) VA