Photo By Paul Bello | Caches were hidden around Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) over the weekend as part...... read more read more
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WASHINGTON – Something fun and out of the ordinary took place on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) over the Columbus Day weekend. From Oct. 11-14, several residents participated in a geocaching adventure that saw them brave the rain and search for hidden caches set up around base.
Dawn Sykulla, marketing director for JBAB’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR), introduced the concept as a way to further promote the new MWR ABSalute Smartphone App, which launched this past summer and has already garnered nearly 1,200 users. Sykulla recalls a “geocaching craze” while living in Heidelberg, Germany, and figured she would give it a try on JBAB.
“There’s no cost to participate, no set time and it can be done at your own leisure,” Sykulla said. “It’s growing in popularity because it’s fun and geocaching can be done either individually or as part of a team.”
Three separate caches were hidden around base and their coordinates posted to the Smartphone App. All that’s left is to put those coordinates in one’s global positioning system (GPS) and the adventure is on, Sykulla said. The first to find all three caches would win tickets to the Medieval Times in Hanover, Md.
Suzette Mackenzie, a military spouse and member of the Air Force Officers’ Wives Club, participated in the geocaching adventure along with her 9-year old son, Spencer. Together, they came out on top and enjoyed every minute of it.
“It was so much fun. It was just like a treasure hunt for us. It was exciting,” Mackenzie said. “We did something like this before when we were living in Connecticut, but this is the first time we’ve ever won anything. Our next adventure is to figure out how to get to Medieval Times.”
| Date Taken: | 10.18.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 10.18.2013 12:15 |
| Story ID: | 115362 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DC, US |
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