Our First Treasure Hunt!

A few posts back I told you all about Geocaching. I also mentioned that without a GPS we failed miserably trying to find our first cache. Today...armed with the Captain´s new cell phone which he has been able to download a Geocache program on and the GPS that comes with his phone we headed out again....into the cold...into the winter...into the woods...

It really is magical right now in the woods when the snow lays heavily upon the branches and you feel you´re walking in a winter wonderland....

Another positive about walking in the cold is the wonderful color you get in your cheeks...

She´s beautiful without the pink cheeks also but this color brings out her blue/green eyes don´t you think?
Ok ok, back to the Geocache.....the first one was at the Trollstein not far from our house...with the help of the GPS and the Geocache program we got close...

Then we saw it!!! Do you see it? Look hard....amazingly enough we´ve lived here for five years this summer and we´ve taken numerous walks past this tree and never ever been aware of this cache and it´s been there since 2008! I didn´t take photos of the stuff that was up in the box because to me that is half the fun of these things...seeing what you find. However, I will say there was some things I think we could have taken with us but we didn´t want too, so we left a little Kinder chocolate and decided to move on to the next cache..

On the way to the next cache which was at Helgøya church we passed an old abandoned farm which we walk past a lot with the dogs. The home isn´t lived in and I don´t know who owns the property but I dream of buying this place and taking down the old farm house and building a lovely home here. The views are breathtaking....don´t you think?

With the help of the Geocache program and GPS the next cache was no problem to find...there was also a clue on this one- "Behind a stone, Bak en stein" that helped a lot too...

I think Helgøya church is so sweet. For several nights there has been snow coating the trees outside the church and when the lights from the church shine on the snow covered trees it´s so neat..looks like frosted trees. I thought several times I needed to take my camera but every single time I walked out the door that thought eluded me...hahahaha...so today when we were down there I took some photos but unfortunately the frosted tree look was gone..still....there is something incredibly charming about this church and her little yard of trees...

After this Geocache find we turned our noses homeward....

Someone, I won´t mention any names to protect their identity but I can give you a hint- the person is in this photo, was having fun kicking the heavy snow filled trees so the snow would fall off and onto whoever was walking under...some people are so easily entertained!

Home sweet home.....


I can highly recommend the Geocache game to anyone. It gets you out and exploring the world and it´s fun!!! For we who are trying to live a better healthier life it´s a great excuse to take a walk and when I see how tired my doggies were after the walk I think several of us can benefit from more Geocaching walks!!! ;-)

Isn´t that right my big ol´puppy wawg??? Ahhh, look at that sweet baby! 

Kiss Kiss Kiss!!!! 


Sorry I have no recipes for you this time. I´ve been trying to eat healthy and well, yeah of course I can come up with recipes when I´m eating healthy but so far it´s been some salad and lasagna...this is a pasta salad I made the other night. I did kinda a little stir fry thing in a pan first, cooked up a little whole grain pasta (which is why it looks so brown in the photo) and then chopped up a bunch of salad ingredients and then tossed the whole thing together- stir fry, salad, and pasta....a hearty and I´m hoping pretty healthy meal!

I´ve gotta run, Thomas is going to soccer and I´m heading to the gym with the Captain for a workout!! I know I´m amazing right??? hahahahaha.....ROFL!!!! Ok be good people!!!


Until next time.....