I guess every parent already knows this... but sometimes it can be hard to get kids (and fathers...) to go for a walk or a bike ride if there isn't something interesting on the other end. Actually, I know that I'm pretty terrible at this myself... and so, it is not that much of a surprise that when my wife suggests a walk or bike ride, that it is often met with a fair bit of lack of enthusiasm!

A few years back, on a rare visit from Australia, my parents-in-law talked about doing geocaching. I had really thought that it was a great idea... blending technology, and a nerdy sort of treasure hunting with the mandatory good for you exercise. I had tried it out for a bit, but it really isn't that much fun doing it by yourself... and my wife wasn't that interested.

However, now that my kids are older, I decided to try and spring it on them again.... either that or Pokemon Go... and I'm saving Pokemon Go for a diferrent time.... or perhaps this summer, if I can scrounge up two older phones to play around with (definitely, there is a need for one phone each... or there will be problems!).

So, geocaching it is... or as the kids know it... TREASURE HUNTING! There are quite a few of the free caches... you can pay about 2 euro per month to access the more involved and difficult caches, but we aren't there yet. The kiddie ones are more than challenging enough for us! Plus, if they get too much more difficult, I'm sure that the children will find it more disheartening than fun...

So, we've been combining the geocaching with a fair amount of bike riding. Our 4 year old manages to do quite a bit of distance now on her bike. It's pretty funny to watch as she is busy pumping away with her little legs.. And the person bike weight ratio is much more in favour of the bike than the little person...

Still, she is crazily stubborn... And she will only leave the bike behind if she is ready to fall over from exhaustion... At which point we put her in the kids back seat on one of the adult bikes and I have to come back later with the car or bakfiets to pick it up. Well, I should probably leave the house with the bakfiets instead...

Done if these geocaches are pretty well hidden. Just enough of a clue to find them... But you would definitely pass them by if you weren't looking for them.

There is generally nothing but a log hook inside, but some have a little thing that is interesting for the kids to play with and then put back. My little one is convinced that the next one will contain pirate treasure...

.. Maybe I should make one that is seeded with crypto?

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