Brothers in Coin
“Wright Brothers Memorial Benchmark” geocoin says goodbye to its twin brother, “First In Flight” geo-dipper, just before it is placed into the Honeysuckle TB Motel and Trading Post on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008.
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My personal birthday present to myself was a pair of geocoins called the “Wright Brothers Memorial Benchmarks.”
When I first found them online, it reminded me very strongly of where I grew up in North Carolina.
Now granted, Grifton was several hours from Kitty Hawk, but “First In Flight” was on every N.C. license plate around.
What better way to remember my state of birth than to use these two coins?
What better way to honor one of the pivotal moments in the 20th century?
For those who do not know, a geocoin is a coin (of sorts) with a tracking number on it that allows people to track and follow its progress as it ventures across the earth.
This morning, I sent one of the two coins (named simply “Wright Brothers Memorial Benchmark Geocoin“) out in the world by placing it within our own “Honeysuckle TB Motel and Trading Post” with the hopes someone will pick it up and help it in its journey.
The mission for this coin is for it to first visit the place it represents … the real Wright Brothers Memorial in Kitty Hawk, N.C.
After it completes this journey, it will then venture around the world, visiting various sites associated with aviation history.
The second coin I plan to keep with me and have named this one “First In Flight” Geo-dipper.
What this means is that whenever I visit a geocache, I will dip it into the cache and pull it back out.
By logging its adventures online at Geocaching.com, it allows me the chance to track how many miles I will have traveled in my geocaching adventures.
It may not seem like much, but both will bring about hours of fun and enjoyment in a time when one is not sure of the economy or world surrounding us.
It is good to have the hobby of geocaching to do as it costs almost nothing and definitely is good for setting aside the stress of the daily world — regardless of if it is from finding hidden caches, hiding our own caches (also inexpensive) to see who finds them or watching little objects we send out into the world travel miles at a time as the hope from place to place with a little help from other geocachers.
Wondering how just watching an inexpensive cache can be exciting, check it out here and just look at all the items that have come through so far.
