Huntsville State Park, again, again, and again - [3 days until the State Park Event, and counting] So the "Geocaching Committee" decided to meet up again to finally get the GPS coordinates needed for the geocache race. But this time, no one but myself was able to go. (Go team!!) so I drove solo to the State Park in search for Officer Crissy and her GPS units, and the lady at the front gate told me to go ahead & wait at the Nature Center where someone was to meet me. Officer Crissy was again nowhere to be found. After waiting for about 20 minutes, I decided to drive back to the front gate, only to have the lady tell me that Officer Crissy had gone home for the day. "Great, & thanks for wasting my time." (Hopefully I didn't say that out loud.)
[2 days until the State Park Event, and still counting] I contacted the rest of my committee members the following day, & once again, there was only 1 person that was able to go with me. (Go team!!) So Jason & I drove to the State Park in search for Officer Crissy. The friendly lady at the front gate again told me to go ahead & wait at the Nature Center. Officer Crissy was, again, nowhere to be found, but at least a volunteer was there in her stead. Jason & I politely asked for the GPS units, but the old guy had no idea where the GPS units were. So I made several phone calls, to the front gate, Professor Littlejohn, the [State Park director]
, but no one knew where Officer Crissy hid them. (I think the director knew where the GPS units were, but he wouldn't allow the volunteer to lend them out.) After having figured out we were _out of luck, I decided to show Jason our planned track for the geocache race anyway. We used this time to find hiding spots for the waterproof military boxes that Jason brought. We were going to place the boxes then, but due to thievery concerns, we decided that we were going to place them on the day of the event. Slowly, our "Geocaching Committee" was making some progress.
[1 day until the State Park Event, and tired of counting] So I had a day left before the big event. I was promised that Officer Crissy would [finally] be at the Nature Center, so off I went to the State Park for the 4th time, riding solo. (Go team!!) But when I got to the front gate, guess who was there to greet me? Officer Crissy! and a GPS unit. I finally wielded the power to obtain the elusive GPS coordinates. After driving to the CCC Lodge, I bagan walking the trail to the first hiding spot. & As my luck would have it, rain clouds began forming above me. But this was my final chance to get those coordinates. I had to hurry! So instead of walking, I used my car to take shortcuts through the trails to the carefully-chosen hiding spots. (After walking the trail this many times, I was able to navigate it pretty easily in my vehicle.) With dark rain clouds looming overhead, I got the last coordinate and hurried back to my car. I had done it! I finally got the coordinates necessary for the race! so mission accomplished? Not quite. After getting the 5 coordinates for the geocache race, I had to print them out along with scavenger hunt-like clues to put in the boxes. Furthermore, Professor Littlejohn allowed me to put extra credit point vouchers (shown above) in the boxes for participating students. After mass printing and cutting out the coordinates, clues, and vouchers, I was finally prepared. SJP
[2 days until the State Park Event, and still counting] I contacted the rest of my committee members the following day, & once again, there was only 1 person that was able to go with me. (Go team!!) So Jason & I drove to the State Park in search for Officer Crissy. The friendly lady at the front gate again told me to go ahead & wait at the Nature Center. Officer Crissy was, again, nowhere to be found, but at least a volunteer was there in her stead. Jason & I politely asked for the GPS units, but the old guy had no idea where the GPS units were. So I made several phone calls, to the front gate, Professor Littlejohn, the [State Park director]
[1 day until the State Park Event, and tired of counting] So I had a day left before the big event. I was promised that Officer Crissy would [finally] be at the Nature Center, so off I went to the State Park for the 4th time, riding solo. (Go team!!) But when I got to the front gate, guess who was there to greet me? Officer Crissy! and a GPS unit. I finally wielded the power to obtain the elusive GPS coordinates. After driving to the CCC Lodge, I bagan walking the trail to the first hiding spot. & As my luck would have it, rain clouds began forming above me. But this was my final chance to get those coordinates. I had to hurry! So instead of walking, I used my car to take shortcuts through the trails to the carefully-chosen hiding spots. (After walking the trail this many times, I was able to navigate it pretty easily in my vehicle.) With dark rain clouds looming overhead, I got the last coordinate and hurried back to my car. I had done it! I finally got the coordinates necessary for the race! so mission accomplished? Not quite. After getting the 5 coordinates for the geocache race, I had to print them out along with scavenger hunt-like clues to put in the boxes. Furthermore, Professor Littlejohn allowed me to put extra credit point vouchers (shown above) in the boxes for participating students. After mass printing and cutting out the coordinates, clues, and vouchers, I was finally prepared. SJP
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