So picking up geocaching may have finally been a way to get me up and out of my chair more often.

I’m not running marathons, ok so I’m not running at all, but at least I’m out walking a bit more than I was.

It’s also allowing me time with my children more, which has been good.  We’ve been having some great conversations and have so far it has been great.

Mostly importantly though, I’ve been going for walks on my lunch break at work, which has allowed me to get some exercise instead of just sitting around eating things that I probably shouldn’t be eating.

Of course, we will see if it really does make a difference in the coming weeks and months as the weather changes and things become a bit more difficult to find, but for now it’s been good.

The news today is just too depressing…

Here…here…and here.

I need to find something better to do with my time than to read the news.  Maybe I’ll go find more Geocaches.

It’s nice to be back home again, but I sure love camping.  Even if it’s full of bugs and dirt.  I even love it when it rains like it did this morning as we were packing up.

We did stop by the East side of the lake and pick up the Boy Scout themed geocache, which was cool because I picked up a 1999 Big Event pin.  Though I doubt that I’ll hold on to it, because I generally only like to collect patches and pins for events that I attended.

While the boys were in their classes today, I went out and found a few geocaches.  It’s another one of those hobbies that I’m sure my wife wishes I would not have picked up, but so far I’ve been having fun with it.

I try to be selective of the caches that I search out.  Honestly some of them are pretty disappointing to go to because there’s not much in them that I’m interested in.

The Division of Natural Resources in the state of Utah has caches at most of the State Parks, which are a lot of fun to go find, because they have little souvenirs in them for you to take.

There is one on the East side of the lake that we’re going to go find when we leave on Saturday that is Scout themed that sounds like it should be good.

At least it’s getting me out during my lunch hour and I’m walking/hiking when I used to just sit around, so maybe this is a good thing.

Heading up to Bear Lake to spend the next few days there.  I can’t wait to get away. Then again, I’m going to be spending it with several Scouts at their Scout Camp, so we’ll see how things go.

I’m taking my GPS and plan to do a bit of Geocaching while I’m there and while they are in their merit badge classes, so at least I’ll be able to relax.  I’ve also packed my fishing gear but I’m not sure that I’ll be able to break away for that long.

It’s my son’s birthday while I’m there, so at least I’ll get to spend some time with him on his birthday.