GEOCACHING?!?!? What you talkin' bout fool?...
Golf - that's just a great way to wreck a good walk.
Geocaching - now that puts the drama into a hike!
There is a site, www.geocaching.com that explains the whole phenom. The lowdown is this - think scavenger hunt. You go to the site, log in, and look up caches in your area. The caches are set up by (for the most part) normal folks like yourself that are into the hobby. Each cache is given a name and a set of GPS coordinates. They are usually in a tupperware container, and there is a general description of it's location on the site. Sometimes, a map may be found on the page as well to help narrow down the hunt.
Inside the tupperware will be a log book, pencil and small items for trading (think hotwheels, fridge magnet, batteries for your GPS) small items of no value. Very fun. Very addicting. There are people in our area with over 400 finds! A friend got involved and was discussing this, I knew it was for me. I looooovvvvvveeeee a good scavenger hunt!
So, now I have found my inner geek...I guess Big J is really starting to rub off on me. Funny to think I used to be a bar bunny dancing on tables and doing shots. That life is so far from this reality. Thank freakin God for that.
MmmmmWWWwwwaves. They make me giggle.
I went to West Edmonton Mall this weekend. Had to go test the wave pool there. That Wild Wadi Waterpark site has me obsessed! I'm sure the World Waterpark is no where near the caliber of the Wild Wadi, but it's all I got. Sister jammed on me - so Big J (MY HERO!) caved in my hour of desperation, and came with.
I did both the tube rides - they were really fun! Then we did the waves - they were awesome! They weren't very fancy, but they were high and did cap. They really threw you over. I giggled like a girl every time. Big J thought it was hilarious! Then we decided to try a slide, and I picked one that looked pretty straight forward to me...Ugh Hello! So tragically wrong!!! I didn't realize it, but it was rated EXTREME and I am sure my insides are still jumbled up!. J went down first, and realized that I was NOT going to enjoy - what I can only refer to as 'The Flight'. Ughhhh, first you go down, and it's all open. But there's bumps see, and you catch air on each one. BIG AIR. You feel like you are going to go hurtling forward or off the side. Or perhaps get plucked up by an airplane or teradactyl. I was sitting up to try and slow the heck down - but then I was at the bottom and got (extremely) ungracefully flung head first into the freakin' pool.
Seriously. My car accident paled into comparison of the force this puppy generated. What twisted tormented soul thinks these things up? That crazy bastards gonna get my foot up his ass one day.
Then we took a break, and went for eats and beverages. Beverages with tequila. Mmmmmm. Tequila. Happy now. We go swim more Yes? Yesssss. By this point, I was giggling so much, Big J was starting to wonder how many shots were in those fancy drinks. It was just heavenly. Did I mention there were umbrellas and cute fruity things on the glass? Seriously, West Ed is a red neck's Mexico. :)
Big J, next year - no doing the trip in one day. And we are going to pace the drinks and go all day. And we are definitely renting a room. Rrrowwwrrrrr.
Ciao!
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