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Her Great Adventure It was a warm fall day on the fifth day of the month of November and the birds were chirping. As the sun was coming up I was suddenly awakened with the excitement of wanting to go on a new adventure. Before I could go out and explore, my dad and I needed to go to the store for a few things. Going down the bread aisle, I found out about this exciting new treasure hunt website called Geocaching. It was just what I had in mind for the day! I quickly went onto my phone to research what Geocaching was all about.

“Join the world’s largest treasure hunt!” was the first thing I saw as I pulled up the Geocaching website. I made an account as soon as I could to begin searching for geocaches in the area. A number of caches appeared on the map, one of which was right behind the grocery store! I ran out the door to locate my very first cache; my dad immediately followed behind. As I looked at the map I followed the compass towards the area of the geocache. “Which way does it say the container is located?” my dad asked. I followed the compass step by step in the direction which it lead me, but I quickly noticed that I was going in circles! Confused, I went back to look at the description of the cache, hoping it would help to tie up some loose ends. I realized that the description was not much help at all and that we may need to look for a different one.

Feeling disappointed that I had still not found my first geocache, I scoped out a new location to try out. “There’s one by the dog park!”, I shouted to my dad, as he came out from behind the bushes. We hopped in the car eager to see what this destination might have in store for us. After a short 5 mile drive we arrived at the East Clayton dog park. The dog park was full of furry friends all curious at what I was doing there. My dad and I looked around as if we were trying to find the golden treasure. We searched under leaves, behind trees, and even under a bridge and still nothing. “I think we are going to have to give up”, I said disappointed.

“No, we can’t give up!”, my dad said. About 10 minutes down the road we headed to the Public Storage. Once we arrived, I had a strong feeling that I was finally going to find a cache. The description said that the cache was eye level and as soon as I pulled up I spotted the cache. “Stop the car!”, I shouted as I jumped out and ran to the cache. I unscrewed the bottom as a black film canister fell out. I opened the canister to find a log sheet. I signed my name with excitement as I had finally found my first geocache! I rushed home to tell my mom all about my day and the fun I had exploring with Geocache!