Kortright Conservation

So yesterday I went to the Kortright conservation. They had an event where we got a night tour of the conservation. I went with my wife and a few friends, and most weren't really into geocaching, so I didn't even get too look for any (*tear), but that's ok, I will save the caching for another day.

Even though I didn't get to do any caching, I thought I would write of my experience.

As I mentioned in my first post about how I got into geocaching, when I first got into geocaching, too many times I would miss out on this beautiful creation around me, landscapes, rivers, forests, etc, because I was too distracted by this nice new piece of technology in my hands

In a way, this made it nice that I wasn't going to be doing any geocaching, but just listening to our guide as we walked through the conservation.

The conservation was great. As many of you know, I studied Horticulture before I went started studying theology, so wildflowers, trees and shrubs are not too difficult for me. However, other wildlife I didn't know too much about. That's why I loved Kortright. It gave me an opportunity to learn something new about the world around me. I got to explore an area of nature I don't usually get to see.

Too often we are just content with what we know. Geocachers are the same. We can name a few plants, point out a fox if we see one, and laugh at some squirrel doing something stupid. Sometimes I say my problem is I want to know everything, and do everything. I don't think that it is necessarily a problem though.

Sure enough it causes problems sometimes, but that doesn't mean it is a problem. It's a good thing to always want to learn more and discover things. So I encourage you when you are out caching, if you see a plant that you like, find out it's name. If you are hiking a long a river, what's it called? Hear an animal call, what animal is it? Rather than being so focused on getting your 1000th cache, take time to get to know the world around you.

Until next time, good luck caching!!