Caching with non-cachers

Today we visited some friends in NJ, and since I'm a nerd and always have my Geocaching kit with me, I convinced my non-cacher friend and his son (a little older than Jack - they've been friends since they were babies) to go caching with Jack and I for a bit.

Side note - for no particular reason, I refuse to use the term muggle when referring to non-cachers.  I liked the Harry Potter books, and I totally get why the term muggle is totally appropriate for someone not in the know, but for some reason I just can't bring myself to use it in this context.  I mean, I also can't let different foods touch when they're on the same plate, so maybe this is the same thing - I can't let my different nerdy topics intersect like that without getting uncomfortable.

But anyway....

We swung by a shopping center near where they live and picked up a little bison tube hide, and then went to a nearby park where we found a great little two stage multi - BEAR'S PICNIC POND.  It was two adults and two kids, and this was a perfect little caching trip.  I let the kids use the GPS to get us to the first stage, where we ended up spending over 10 minutes looking around.  Just about when we were giving up, I noticed something out of place, and lo and behold, there was the clue that led us down the path to stage 2.

Google Street View picture of the parking area for BEAR'S PICNIC POND.

Exactly the same situation at stage 2 - we spent a little while looking, and right about when we were turning around to leave, I took one last look and found the cache.  This was a decent sized container, so I traded two trinkets and actually just gave the kids one each out of the cache.  They were thrilled, and we ended up having a fun little day out.

If you're in the area and have about 30 minutes to kill, this is a quick little multi in a cute little park.  It was totally worth checking out, and both stages were challenging without being too frustrating.

Caches in this post:

• Requiem for Brad and Janet
• BEAR'S PICNIC POND