My+Geocaching+Adventure

Kasie's Geocaching Adventure **//(Please View Full-Screen)//** ** The start of my geocache hunt was a complete flop! My boyfriend accompanied me on my geocache hunt, and together we decided that it would be a wonderful idea to make the experience more thrilling by going at night! BAD IDEA! The placement of the geocaches we searched for were all in places that weren't very well lit. For example, that night we searched for a geocache that I looked up o ****n the geocache website entitled "Stairway to Heaven". I entered the longitude and latitude coordinates on the GPS, and we got in the car to begin the search. The GPS led us to a very secluded area in Dunn at a section of the Dunn-Erwin Rail-Trail. The trail was completely deserted and the GPS was leading us down its dark and eery path. My boyfriend and I went back and forth between actually getting out of the car or leaving. We finally mustered enough courage to take a chance at finding this geocache. My boyfriend positioned the car to where the high beams would shine down the path. We got out of the car and started walking in paranoia towards the geocache, and then I realized that Beck, my boyfriend, didn't lock the car. I reminded him, and as soon as he locked the car, the lights SHUT OFF!!!! We sprinted as fast as we could back to the car, without the geocache. Talk about an adrenaline rush! Despite our scare, we attempted that night to find four more geocaches. The hunts ended much like the first, in fear and with no geocaches in hand. So, we decided to search for geocaches the next afternoon when we would be welcomed with sunshine. ** **This idea proved to yield more results. We took another try at finding the geocache "Stairway to Heaven".** **The trail felt safer and more inviting, probably because we could actually see what the scary mystery was the night before. We were embraced by a lovely breeze, singing birds, and serene trees. As we walked down the trail, with the guidance of the GPS, a set of wooden stairs approached us on the left of the path. This had to be it! I made my way up the stairs, only to find a TOMBSTONE! Can you imagine us finding that the night before?! As I neared the the tombstone, I read that it happened to be the gravesite of a Confederate Soldier by the name ** ** of John ****Haywood Byrd. **

**I walked up the stairs, down the stairs, and back up the stairs with no success of finding the geocache. I was so close to giving up as I walked down the stairs to leave until I looked down at the GPS. Its arrows were spinning uncontrollably, and I knew I was close to the geocache! If the cache was no where on the surface of the bridge it had to be underneath it! I scrubbed my knees on the briars on the ground and received a few minor ant bites as I searched underneath the steps. It was all worth it, because I soon discovered the geocache!!! I was so stoked to have finally found the geocache! I opened up the geocache and admired its contents. There were bracelets, hand warmers, a toy compass, silly bands, and lots of other cool things. I decided to take the toy compass and replace it with a nickel. I also signed and dated the official geocache log where I discovered the last time the geocache log had been signed was just last month! After signing, I placed all the contents back into the geocache box and put it back in its previous hiding spot.** **After my first geocache find, I was hooked! We searched on for our next cache find. The title of this geocache was "Jingle Jangle". My first thought was Christmas music, but as we neared closer toward the cache I quickly realized we were headed towards my favorite fast food joint, BOJANGLES!!! We parked the car, and began to search. The clue stated that it was an easy park and grab, so my boyfriend searched locations nearest to our parking spot. I was completely side tracked from our assignment smelling the aroma of cajun fries and fried chicken that was being prepared a walk away. Suddenly I heard, "I FOUND IT!". Beck had found the cache! It was well hidden up under the light pole. This geocache was a magnetic key holder and inside was a geocache log that we signed and dated.** 

  I had so much fun geocaching and I cannot wait to go on another cache hunt! Lesson Plan Home Page

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