Geocache Hike at Coyote Hills

We tried something new for Pack 163 with this month’s hike at Coyote Hills: Geocaching!

Geocaching is the “sport” of finding hidden treasures (”caches”) using GPS receivers. This event was led by Frank Crossman, an avid geocacher and father of Riley and Quinn Crossman.  The official Geocaching website has dozens of caches in Fremont but we ended up going for four in the park.

After our last hike was rained out, we had a great turnout even though the rain seemed like it could come at any moment. But, the skies cleared for long enough for us to make a go at it and find all four of the caches we were hunting for. As you can see by the map, these caches were located throughout the Coyote Hills Regional Park and we got a great view of both the marshes as well as the bay.

As we headed down from our fourth cache, the rain started to come in just a little. So, we hightailed it to the parking lot and back home after a fun and successful hike. Thanks to Mr. Crossman for helping Pack 163 enjoy a brand new kind of activity.