Northwest

(Note, this event has been changed to the Discovery Garden, in Mount Vernon, WA.)

Join members of the DEN in the quaint little town of LaConner, Washington for a day of Geocaching. We will be joining DEN members from around the country in the DEN’s first ever Geocaching Day.

We will meet in downtown LaConner in front of the Museum of Northwest Art.  I will have some GPS receivers to share and a list of caches in the area.  We will seek out the caches as we explore the treasures of LaConner.  As a culminating event, we will create our own Discovery themed cache and launch a travel bug.

If you have never had the opportunity to try Geocaching, this is a perfect opportunity.  Geocaching is a great activity in classrooms and with families.  Great problem solving skills, the thrill of the adventure and a chance to seek out and experience interesting and beautiful sites.

For muggles (non-geocachers) and pros alike, STAR Discovery Educators Bridget Belardi and Conni Mulligan will host a “Geocaching 101″ webinar to get us ready.  The webinar will answer the basic questions of “What is geoaching?” and “How do I get started?”  as well as emphasize the curricular connections of geocaching.

The webinar will be offere:

• Wednesday, May 27, 2009 (7 PM EDT)

Register for the session today.

You can join us in LaConner, or you can try Geocaching in your own area this day.

Please email me, Martha Thornburgh at t56linc@gmail.com if you are interested in joining us in LaConner on May 30 for a morning of fun and adventure.