Cache Types, Sizes, Trade Suggestions

Caches come in all kinds of containers ranging from nano-caches to ammo boxes. You will be amazed at the creativity people have put into their caches!

Some caches, such as the nano size, don't have room for anything but a tiny log that you sign.

A nano is a tiny, magnetic button with a rolled up scroll to sign. You need your own pen for these.

You can learn about the different types of caches here.


Trades

The general rule is to leave something of equal or greater value when trading an item in the cache. Here are some items in our trade bag right now:

marbles
sticker sheets
Happy Meal toys
mini play-doh
rubber squeaky frogs and ducks
Silly Putty
mini slinky


The Dollar Store is a good place to find things, but I am more careful now with all the lead being found in those types of toys. Walmart always has good prices for fun stuff.

Some of the neatest things we have gotten were -

foreign coins
dollar bills
a very cool medal from Germany
Geocoins and Travel Bugs from all over the world!

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Snacks

Here are some of the snacks we take.
Suggestions are welcome!


Sturdier Snacks:

granola bars
fruit snacks
crackers
raisins
fruit - cherries, grapes, bananas (although they tend to stink up the car), apples, etc.
almonds - we bought a big bag at Costco, yummy!
homemade cookies - Tupperware = no crushed cookies
grape tomatoes
pretzels (less crushable than chips)
beef jerky
Cheetos (it can't all be healthy, right?)


For the cooler:

Tortilla Wraps - won't smash like bread
deli meats
cheese
mayo, mustard (there are travel sizes of these that you can refill)
spinach (we use instead of lettuce, it really doesn't taste spinach-y!)
tuna & sunflower seeds (really good mixed together in a sandwich)

Hint: instead of having a big bag of melting ice in the cooler, freeze some water bottles, and as they thaw, you will also have drinking water.

Sugar-free juice powder packs to add to water bottles - that way you have the option of having only water if you want.


If you really feel the need to have soda, (pop, as I grew up saying it,) Walmart has $.67 2-liters. They go well with a $5 pizza from Little Caesar's! Which reminds me, don't forget -

napkins
paper plates
plastic cups


Everything is easier in the cooler, whether it needs to be chilled, or not. It keeps everything consolidated in one place, and prevents things from getting smashed. In theory, it will even keep your van/car cleaner since you're more likely to get only one or two things out at a time rather than having a bag full of stuff floating around. (In theory.)