Abby+&+Nicole

Geocaching Adventure

One rainy Thursday afternoon, Nicole and Abby, were forced to go Geocaching. Dr. Roukema explained the assignment; little did they know the troubles they would face. They started on their journey, going to the unknown outside Campbell University. Their first Geocache was 200 feet from where they parked outside the Kangaroo gas station parking lot.

 They got out of the car and start  ed walking for what seemed like forever. The clue said to “be careful on the rocks” so they searched and searched for some rocks, and they were EVERYWHERE!” It seemed like they walked in circles one hundred times. They looked around a clump of trees with a bunch of rocks in between. They were about to give up when Abby spotted it!

 The darn thing was a camouflage sandwich container and impossible to see.  There were a bunch of “goodies” inside that they were told they could take but neither one wanted anything. Everything they saw was icky and slimy so they just put the box back where they found it.

They got back in the car and started on their way to the next Geocache. They started driving and soon realized they were going the wrong way. Abby pulled a quick and speedy U-Turn right in front of a police officer! Luckily he decided to let it slide because he didn’t pull them over. They finally got within 500 feet of where the Geocache was supposed to be. The clue said “magnetic cache attached to the square part, under another square part on top of the round part”, which was very confusing to them. They walked and walked, circling the parking lot of KFC they realized they were very hungry and that they wanted to eat there. But NO! they had to find these Geocaches they were forced to find. Determined, they ignored their growling stomachs to find the Geocache.

ALAS! They found it! They their heads together and realized the cache was right in front of them. The square under the square on top of the circle was the light post. They lifted square metal piece only to find it empty.They were about to give up all hope of finding it but they just walked on over to the next light post and there it was! A plastic baggie with a Pokémon toy inside was what they found. Abby was going to steal the toy but Nicole insisted on leaving it for the next cache hunters.

They went in search for Geocache #3. They made sure to be extra careful around the police this time. They ended up in a cemetery across from where they found their last cache. They searched and searched but had no luck in the cemetery. They were being courteous and trying not to walk over the tombs and it started to get a little spooky so they decided it was time to go. Maybe the spirits didn’t want them finding that geocache.

They wished the next Geocaching hunters good luck on their adventures and reminded them not to wear nice boots because they get scratched. ;)