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For our first attempt to geocache by ourselves, we decided to find the Saylor Park cache. We chose this one first because Dr. Roukema said it was an easy one to start with, and that it was a real confidence booster. We figured that Saylor Park isn’t very big, so it shouldn’t be too difficult. We got to Saylor Park and turned on our GPS unit, and it took us to a spot that was almost off-campus. The hint for the cache was “EGGE412.” We had absolutely no idea what this meant, so we just assumed that it was a typo. We decided to enjoy our geocaching experience, and so we played Disney music on our phones and danced around while looking for the cache. It made the time go by much faster! Carla saw a gray electrical box in the middle of Saylor Park, and was tricked into thinking it was the cache. After a few minutes of examining the electrical box, we came to the decision that the cache wasn’t in there. The GPS unit took us to the very far corner of Saylor Park, right by the road. There was a telephone pole right there, and a small box with adhesive letters that said “EGGE412.” That was exactly what we were looking for! We opened the little box, and there it was: a small film canister. We were so excited! We opened the cache up, and there was a piece of paper rolled up with the names of past geocachers who found it. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a pen or pencil with us, so we couldn’t sign the log. We will always remember that we found the Saylor Park cache, though! Dr. Roukema was right when she said that this cache was a confidence booster, because after that we were ready to find many more. I would definitely recommend the Saylor Park geocache for any new geocacher.

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