Cargan's+Geocache+Recount+Narrative

= = =**Cargan’s Geo Hunt Struggles **= == A couple of weeks ago, team Cargan (that is us, Carla and Reagan) ventured on our very first team geo hunt. We each had previously participated in a class geo hunt before embarking on our very own, so we had a general idea of what to expect. . . or so we thought! So, we prepared ourselves, each with our phone in hand, and began to hunt for four caches located throughout the Campbell campus. == == We decided to begin our hunt with the cache near Gaylord, Campbell’s camel statue, as this one intrigued us the most. Reagan began setting up the GPS on her phone, while Carla scoured the official Geocaching website for hints to aid in us successfully finding this cache. When we arrived at the camel, we searched him as if he were hiding our gold! After a rough fifteen or so minutes of intense rummaging, conversations involving the state fair, and no success, we decided to walk farther out from Gaylord, but with no luck. From the beginning, we knew this would be quite a difficult cache to find as it is labeled as being micro, but we did not give up looking for it without a fight – a fight in the form of a zealous search, that is! == == Because of our lack of success with the first cache, we decided to search for one that was of medium size, as we figured its much bigger size might allow us to actually be successful in finding a cache this time around. This one was titled “All Around the World,” and we read that it was located near the Adult and Online Education offices. So, we followed the GPS which indeed, led us right to that precise building. Already, we were feeling much more successful! Not even a minute after we arrived at the building, Reagan and I spotted the geocache. ==

 “We finally found one!” Reagan excitedly added, while the both of us exchanged a celebratory high-five.
==We were extremely excited indeed; so excited in fact, that we were finding it a bit hard to leave the cache. After celebrating for a bit, taking a picture of the cache, and filling out the log, we headed towards Saylor Park, which is the home of the third cache we intended to find. We were a lot more motivated to find more caches after this success! == ==Upon our arrival at Saylor Park, we began searching high and low for the third cache. We looked on the geocache website for a hint that would hopefully lead us to the discovery of the geocache. The only hint listed on the website stated “EGGE412.” If anything, the hint just made us more confused. We found ourselves wandering in circles several times. It was like the GPS couldn’t make up its mind! Finally, the GPS told us we were in the exact location of where the cache was hidden. After wondering if the cache was buried in the dirt, Carla spotted a small, empty power controller attached to a telephone pole that was labeled “EGGE412.” We lifted the cap and grabbed a small film canister-like object. We were so excited to have found another cache that we just had to take another picture of our find! Feeling extremely motivated, we decided to search for one more cache. This time, we headed to Kivett Hall. == == We quickly walked back towards Kivett, while conversing about stressful classes and upcoming assignments. We reached Kivett and thinking that we were now expert geocachers, decided to try to find the cache without looking at the hint. I guess we were a little too over confident because we couldn’t find the cache anywhere! We were forced to give up when Carla remembered that she had a technology class with Dr. Olah at 2 P.M. We reluctantly walked back to Taylor Hall, and then, proceeded to part ways. == == Our team, Cargan, really enjoyed geocaching. We honestly believed that geocaching would not be that difficult for us, but we learned otherwise when we began searching for caches. We learned that technology is extremely vital when geocaching. Without it, finding caches would be almost impossible! Although we didn’t succeed in every search, we were able to experience first hand what we had been learning about in our Social Studies Methods course. ==



=**Cargan's Successes**=

=**Cargan's Struggles**=

=**@Cargan's Geocache Lesson Plan**=