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Our Geocaching Journey (Allie) Hannah and I started out on our own Great Geocaching Adventure through campus, clues and GPS in hand. We trotted along the bricks, following our first clue at the fountain near the Oasis. Our clue was "the number of dedication plaques around the fountain. As we circled the fountain we counted a total of four. We had now discovered the first of our 3 clues to find the hidden cache! Eager to find the answer to the clue, we briskly walked to the fountain between the science building and Day dorm. We found the answer to our next clue on a plaque next to the fountain. On we went to the fountain next to the Lundy-Fetterman building. We thought that we might find the cache at this fountain, but we were wrong. We did, although, find the answer to our next clue. We were to find the last digit in the year of the fountain dedication. We these numbers that we discovered we put the way points for the cache into our handy-dandy GPS. We followed the GPS to the far-off, opposite side of campus. The GPS took us to the Scarborough photography building where we searched and searched with no victory. Sadly, after about twenty minutes of foraging, we left without finding the cache.

(Hannah) As Allie and I began looking for the cache in Saylor Park we wondered why the clue said EGGE412. We could not think of how that clue could help us. As we approached Saylor Park we skipped through a small parking lot and began walking through the damp grass. The GPS led us toward the road, where there were some electrical poles. Instantly I thought that maybe the clue was written on the pole that we should be looking around. We ended up finding a small box that had the EGGE412 code on it. When we opened the box the cache fell out on to the grass. I opened the tube and found the log in sheet that everyone signs when they find the cache. Allie and I took pictures with the cache and then put it back into the small box where we found it.

(Allie) After finally finding a cache in Saylor Park we felt a little more optimistic about our adventure. We headed the short distance across the field, beyond the mud volley ball court, toward the Campbell well. When we approached it was pretty obvious where the cache was "hidden". What we didn't know what that what we saw was one of the caches hidden by Mrs. Steele. It was on the ledge around the top of the well. When we opened the small, clear box we found a riveting article about how to get along with colleagues. Even though we were searching for the cache that we found on the geocaching website, we got lucky and found one that was hidden for us. Thank you Mrs. Steele! (Hannah) When looking for the Kivett cache Allie and I walked along Kivett road dodging cars along our way. We crossed the road and came up on the Campbell University Cross County Trail. We were led to the large black rock with white writing on it at the entrance of the trail. Allie and I looked around the rock and then under the rock, there was so much pine straw I thought the cache was going to hard to find. We found the cache underneath the rock in a long greenish tube. When I opened the cache I found the log and SWAG that other geocachers had left behind. There was a purple flower pin, a bobby pin, and a few other small items. Allie and I decided to leave a little bit of SWAG behind also. The only thing that we had on us was a bottle cap from Allie's water bottle. Allie dropped the cap into the cache and I placed the cache back underneath the rock.



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