Successful Day

Teamwork!

5-1

I went out today with my friend to try this particularly challenging cache that has kept us going in circles, individually and as a team.

I tried it over a year ago and couldn't even get to the correct GZ :( It's located in a courtyard of one of the medical buildings on the UF campus, and the entire area is one big gps tease. The tall brick buildings and all the metal around mean there's no reliable signal. I found a courtyard, and even though it didn't match the description given on the cache page, I spent a couple of trips there checking the many, many places a cache could be.

I eventually asked another local cacher if where I was searching was the right spot and she confirmed my sinking feeling. So I googled for a labeled map of the campus and matched up building names to the suggested route on the cache page. I was able to find the right place on my next attempt. Turns out, finding the right courtyard was only the beginning. Sigh.

After another couple of unfruitful visits I put it on the back-burner. It was a long time before I tried again, and of course was unsuccessful. I mentioned this cache while chatting with another cacher who had not found it yet and we decided to give it a shot.

On my 6th visit and 2nd with her, and after a hint from a former finder, we finally did make the find :) We celebrated with some Starbucks and with looking for more caches ;)

I ended up finding 5 and dnf'ing 1, which is a successful day for me. I would have been happy with only the first one, so everything else was icing on the cake :)

One of the trackables I had on me

(yes, we were caching in the rain)

All wrapped up with a bow on top!

Cache Count: 1610