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The Story that the Story Hunter Caught by: Kortnee Anne Crumpler  One afternoon, in Dr. Roukema's class we were given an assignment that involved finding a Geocache. The first thing that came to mind was how much fun my boyfriend and I could have trying to find a cache, but little did I know that this grand story hunt would be so difficult. After Dr. Roukema explained the assignment, I quickly rushed over to see Jeremy, my boyfriend. I told him about Geocaching and asked him if you would like to join me and without hesitation, he agreed to go Geocaching with me. Our first Geocache hunt was very tricky. I wanted to document every part of our journey so, I made sure he took a picture of me before our hunt began. It was in the beautiful challenging terrain cross country trail at Campbell University. We just knew this cash would be simple to find, but we soon found out how wrong we were. The handheld GPS got us within six feet of the cache. When we arrived and began to look around, this is what we saw:  

The area was rustic, fun, and absolutely gorgeous. We had never seen this part of the cross country trail, because it is off the beaten path. I climbed up a wall to get to the other side to make sure that we didn't miss anything, but it was not there either. We walked through briers, mud, and water looking for the cache. We looked in the water, in the abandoned old mill, in trees, under rocks, and everywhere else we could think of. The clues we were given did not give us as much information as we need to find the cash We looked for almost two hours before giving up for the day, because it was getting dark. Over the next few days we went back and looked carefully to make sure that we didn't miss the cache, but sadly we were unable to find it. .This cache had us hooked so, we emailed the person who placed it there, but they never emailed us back.I was very disappointed that we were unable to find this cache, but you can't find them all. When almost all my hope was gone, we discovered another cache that was on the cross country trail. It was much easier to find, but not as rewarding. Our trip to the much easier Geocache did not require as much physical activity. We simply rode up on our bikes and found it in less than a minute.  During our quick search for the Geocache I realized how badly I just wanted to find at least one cache. When I found it, I quickly poured all the contents out on a rock that was near by. Inside I found a little cowboy looking toy, a pretty flower, and the log sheet. Jeremy and I proudly signed the log sheet, put the contents back into the container, and placed the container back where we found it.

This Geocaching story hunting adventure has not ended yet, because we still have not found the cash that we are so diligently looking for. We plan to continue to look for this cash as long as it takes to find it. In the end we hope that slow and steady gets us the outcome we want. Good luck on your Geocaching adventures and remember look closely and there is no fun in giving up!(=  YAY! We found 1 of 2 caches on the cross country trail!   **All the details of our adventure are not here, because we want you to have as much fun as we did!! Don't forget your closed toe shoes and long pants, if you want to find the difficult cache that is on the cross country trail.   Back to Home Page