Our+Adventure 

Defeating The "Game"

The adventure began on a cold and rainy Thursday afternoon in the small town of Buies Creek, NC. Yecenia and and Jenny pulled out their pocket computers, aka, iPhone’s. Clicking the Geocache app they chose the closest destination and there they saw Kivett Hall. Looking at the coordinates of the location of the geocache they rushed that way but not walking too fast because they feared muggles were watching.

Arriving at Kivett Hall the girls searched both high and low for the hidden geocache. As they followed the GPS they seemed to get closer and closer, but to their dismay, they seemed to be out of luck. They stood at the exact location the GPS stated, however nothing seemed near. Checking to see if they were overseeing the cache, they checked the comment and review section of the Geocaching App and to their surprise other fellow hunters were unsuccessful locating this particular cache.After running around Kivett without any success they decided to go to the next location, Gaylord the Camel. Wiping the rain off their iPhones so they could see the exact coordinates of the camel geocache, they headed towards the camel with faces of determination.



Arriving at the camel, with squinted eyes due to the rain, the search began. Searching every bench covered in rain they were determined to find this cache. While battling Mother Nature’s wintry breeze and cool rain they continued determined to be successful. As they searched and searched, the GPS once again showed them that they were near. As Yecenia looked at her phone, it showed them that they were right where they needed to be to find it. Yet as they looked all over, around, under, and near the area it said it was located they had no luck finding the cache. Looking around for more than 20 minutes, they decided that they were defeated by the small cache that they thought would be easy to find. After being defeated by two unsuccessful searches, they decided to try the hunt one more time--in hopes that this time they would finish their search finding a cache. Moving outside the town of Buies Creek and heading towards Lillington, they hopped into their car and drove towards Main Street. Battling the lunch hour traffic, they finally arrived at their destination. Walking quickly towards the Clock Tower, they quickly searched for the cache they’ve been eagerly awaiting to find, Jenny spots it in the corner of her eye. As they feel like they conquered the world, they take a look inside the small bottle cap looking cache. Just a list contained inside where other successful hunters marked their name down to show achievement. In the end, Yecenia and Jenny left and headed back to campus with a smile on their face and true dedication in their hearts--never giving up on finding at least one cache and being part of the exciting adventure they experienced.

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