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=**//The Hunt is On!//**=

In my geo cache I went with my five year old son, Xander. We decided to use my phone's GPS to see how it worked versus the GPS units from the school.We choose one in Spring Lake, NC near our home. It was a warm fall day and the breeze was gently moving the leaves in the trees. We started out in the van and traveled South for a few miles. Xander made dinging sounds like phone to show we were moving closer to the target. He was so very excited to help Mom with her homework. After a few rights and lefts we reached a small park with picnic tables, a playground(which Xander immediately wanted to play on), and a family of ducks. We left the car, walked across the park toward the playground. We had to change the GPS to walking from driving mode to it moved to slowly. Then another ding from the phone as we were to turn right. We walked a few hundred yards into a small wooded area at the edge of the park .The park's ducks became much more interested in our hunt. Xander and I seemed to be in the right spot according to the GSP on my phone. Xander started picking up branches, leaves and even handfuls of dirt looking for the treasure we were hunting. Every time he did he would say nope not here, nope not here. We searched 30-40 yards from where the cache should have been located. We searched and searched for about a 30-45 minutes. We never did find the cache before Xander was mad and wanted to play at the park.Many of the people at the park kept watching us interested to see what we were looking for. Xander went to go play with kids telling all of the kids that he went on treasure hunt with his Mom. I continued searching for about another 30 minutes before I finally gave up. I think that the GPS on my phone maybe less actuate than a GPS unit. I searched all the trees and even climbed a short way up the trees to find no geocache. It was a fun afternoon with my little guy as he played at the park and chased the ducks after a fun treasure hunt. I can not wait for our next adventure.



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