Summary: <a href="http://geosnippits.com/GCPC_Logo.jpg"></a> December 21th, 2016 In tonight's episode of the Geocaching Podcast: Guest Hosts CloakNDagger and Memfis Mafia join the show to help discuss geocaching with Kids and Family. Be sure to check it out! Please share with other geocachers. We meet on Wednesday nights at 9:30PM ET at http://www.geocachingpodcast.com/live so you can see us record the show live and join in the chat room. See you there! #geocaching #geocachingpodcast #headhardhat #podcast ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Video Version of our Podcast https://youtu.be/0b5mVSDbmvk GCPC EPISODE 480 Show Notes GCPC MAILBAG at <a href="mailto:GCPCMAILBAG@Gmail.com">GCPCMAILBAG@Gmail.com</a> Send us your emails! Share your geocaching stories, adventures and milestones Ask a Show Host A Question to see how they will respond. NEWS: The final new country souvenir of 2016 is … Romania! Romania is home to Transylvania, a forested area stretching from the Carpathian mountains in the east to the Apuseni mountains in the west. It’s also famous for its impressive churches and castles. While visiting Romania, your geocaching adventures may even lead you to Dracula’s Castle, also home to Romania’s very first geocache. Learn more about geocaching in Romania and the other new country souvenirs on the Geocaching Blog. Romania joins Russia, Puerto Rico, China, and Singapore as the latest geocaching country souvenirs. If you’ve found any geocaches in these countries in the past, these souvenirs have been awarded to your profile. Happy holidays and safe travels! --------- Guest Host:Guest Hosts: Adam Schoenwald Alias: Cloak.n.dagger Jesse Lunsford Alias: Memfis Mafia HHH: Tips about keeping the family engaged in geocaching Rules of the Woods, City, etc. - Keeping your family safe Being prepared - First Aid, Food, Water, Extra Swag, letting go trackables,etc. TAZ: Given that my family doesn’t like to geocache, at least not very much. I find taking them to interesting Virtuals and Earthcaches are the best bet. As long as it doesn’t involve spending time actually looking for a container they are up for it. INFO: Try to find cache types to suit the company I am keeping that day! The lads are far more outdoorsy than I will ever be, so if I’m with them it’s go for the distance and ‘interesting’ terrain (Tip: if you can get them interested in walking, you can train them up to act as sherpas for you on longer trips, and sub contract them to do things like climb trees on your behalf if you bribe them with ice creams afterwards!) If I’m with my parents, it needs to be an interesting location (views or historic), or a more gentle walk. Numbers runs and Park & Grabs are best avoided. Both groups find the journey much more interesting than the prospect of hunting for lots of boxes, which spoils the journey for them. Or if we’re heading out to do something like an orienteering event, I drop them where they need to be, and return at an agreed time, having collected some of the caches around the area. Cache trips disguised as ‘driving practice’ for my eldest worked for a while, but he has his licence now. With younger kids, (especially those who aren’t regular cachers) I’d look at finding caches in nice areas with loads of Favourite points, and (more importantly) have been found recently. The last thing you want is to have a string of DNF’s! Caches based around museum exhibits are also good for kids on a rainy day - they can help you spot the information, and you can come back to the final later. C&D: Geocaching is an anytime anywhere sport, rather we have time for just a quick PnG or a weekend adventure it really just depends on the moods and our current state of readiness?? What I mean by that is I evaluate if Burgundy and Kayla Dressed for a walk in the woods,
