Geocaching and HeroClix

Last night we took Toby for a walk in a nearby park. I took the GPSr to do a little Geocaching while we were there. For those of you who don't know, Geocaching is using a GPSr or Global Positioning satellite receiver to find specific locations. Most of the locations are small hidden boxes and containers filled with small toys and such. There's almost always some kind of log for you to sign, proving you were there. The website has a whole FAQ if you want more info. There are, in the Salt Lake Valley, upwards of 1,500 (just an estimate) scattered across parks and the canyons and such. That's a lot. There is about 3,696 in Utah and currently there are 171,379 active caches in 215 countries. So odds are there is at least one near you. Tonight is guy night. No, we're not going out drinking and raising hell. We did that last week. No, this week we're playing HeroClix. This little addiction is a miniatures game that uses superheroes. Marvel and DC as well as a few others. All the stats for a figure are on a dial built into the base of the figure, so there's no stacks of papers or cards to keep track of who can do what. We've been playing it for some time now. I have a decent collection, a few hundred or so. But Ryan has tons. We joke that he has to use a truck to bring them all. And that he'll eventually need back surgery after carrying them all in from the car to the house. Anyway, we play at my house most often. I have a large family room and a few long tables I can set up for all the maps. Plus, we're not far from the mini fridge. I need to show Ryan the frame I finally got for the painting he gave me for Christmas a few years ago. I'll show you. This is my desk with a few of my collectibles above the monitor. The two framed things are a map of Middle Earth and the painting Ryan did. Here's the close up. I hope you all have fantastic weekends. Toby update: He went on two walks yesterday and I played with him in the yard for almost an hour. He's still sleeping it off, at the moment, but he'd better recover, we're going to find some more caches tomorrow. After all, a murder is only an extroverted suicide.