Yesterday I went geocaching for the first time. I didn’t actually do the hunting myself, as I was with seasoned cacher Greg Redding and his twin daughters, Gwyn and Evie, at the Lew Wallace Study and Museum for a story I was working on. I’d heard about geocaching from my editor, who came back from her vacation a few weeks ago talking about this activity her daughters were doing everywhere they went. I was intrigued. For those of you who know me, you’ll know Indiana Jones is a hero of mine. So modern-day treasure hunting that you can do virtually anywhere sounded pretty appealing.

To write this story I created an account at Geocaching.com and contacted a random person on the message boards who I’d noticed had created a few caches in Crawfordsville. The very first person I contacted turned out to be Greg, a Wabash College professor who has geocached with his family in 30 states and across the ocean in Germany with his students. He was an incredibly nice fellow and was happy to show me the ropes. His daughters were curious little creatures and have latched on to geocaching as any inquisitive young mind might. Click anywhere on this sentence to check out my story that ran in the Journal Review.

Keep in mind, this is at the General Lew Wallace Study, the same General Lew Wallace that led the 11th Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War — the regiment that the Indy Eleven pro soccer team have just named themselves after. Pretty cool tie to Crawfordsville, I’d say.