Geocaching in My Hometown

One would assume that I would like to cache in the town that I will be spending a lot of my time in. However, this is actually not the case. I have a few reasons for this and I think they are legit. First off, my dad, who got me into this whole thing, has pretty much already cached the entire area and therefore does not want to spend time with me canvassing the area. Not to mention, any time that I mention going around my town he will usually ask me what caches I have planned. Silly me, once I tell him he will go on to tell me things about them to kind of give me hints that I do not necessarily need. It is not a bad thing and I do appreciate it, believe me. He does come in handy when I need a phone-a-friend during those tough finds that just seem to elude me. I have always said that once I determine where I am going to live for quite some time that I will clear out that area of caches because it seems like a neat goal to achieve. I do not plan on living with my parents the rest of my life by the way. I guess I will continue to casually cache in my area once I move back home from school. The times that I cache with my dad though will be spent in areas that I would have never considered going simply because they are so random to me. As I said, he has pretty much cleared by my house and needs nothing to do with that area. On top of all that, I just don’t have as much general fun searching out that area. For some reason I have a blast out here in Bloomington/Normal. I am going to seriously miss the area once I move back home for good. There is just something about it that makes it more entertaining for me to adventure out.