{"id":1112,"date":"2010-07-23T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T18:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2015-12-15T09:51:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T17:51:41","slug":"dinosaur-train-geocaching-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/dinosaur-train-geocaching-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaur Train Geocaching Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So easy - "Catie, finds it with her eyes closed!" - Team RAGAR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Geocaching.com teams up with The Jim Henson Company<\/a>, PBS stations, museums, zoos and aquariums across the United States to bring you the Dinosaur Train Geocaching Challenge<\/a>.\u00a0 The PBS children’s show Dinosaur Train<\/a> encourages kids to “Go outside, get into nature and make you own discoveries!”\u00a0 Now Dinosaur Train challenges families to find geocaches with fun facts about dinosaurs from the show hidden inside.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Each Dinosaur Train geocache<\/a> is located in a safe, easy-to-access location and features one of the dinosaurs found in the Dinosaur Train Field Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Team RAGAR<\/a> is one of more than 300 geocachers to log a Dinosaur Train geocache so far.\u00a0 They found the Dinosaur Train Cryolophosaurus Cache-WVIZ<\/a> in Cleveland, Ohio.\u00a0\u00a0 They logged, “Came to find this one this morning because Catie loves the Dinosaur Train show on PBS… Catie was very excited to trade a pathtag for a dinosaur.”<\/p>\n

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Catie found the Dinosaur Train Cryolophosaurus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Geocachers are also encouraged to record their favorite dinosaur.\u00a0 T-Rex seems to be the reigning favorite among the adults.<\/p>\n

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Tyrannosaurus, a favorite among parents (and kids)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are nearly twenty Dinosaur Train geocaches around the U.S. so far, with many more being planned for the near future.\u00a0 Soon you’ll find instructions to make and hide your own Dinosaur Train geocache.\u00a0 You can find the growing list of Dinosaur Train Geocaches here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Geocaching.com teams up with The Jim Henson Company, PBS stations, museums, zoos and aquariums across the United States to bring you the Dinosaur Train Geocaching Challenge.\u00a0 The PBS children’s show Dinosaur Train encourages kids to “Go outside, get into nature and make you own discoveries!”\u00a0 Now Dinosaur Train challenges families to find geocaches with fun…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134,32],"tags":[156,63],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-geocaching-with-kids","tag-geocaching-with-kids","tag-kid-friendly"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

Dinosaur Train Geocaching Challenge<\/a><\/blockquote>