Geocaching: Team Big Kid Style

We received our coordinates from Art at around 12:15 p.m. With high spirits, we departed from the University of Waikato, and began our voyage. We travelled south, down Kingston Road for about twenty minutes. We experienced a little bit of difficulty with our GPS, and found ourselves at a cul de sac. We retraced our steps back down the street, and crossed a small field, leading us to a four lane motorway. We crossed the road, and were confronted with a surprisingly large natural barrier. Upon further review, a two foot wide creek, and a “not so steep” 76o angled hill separated us and the prized blue box. For many people, this obstacle may cause them to give up, but not the “dream team.” One by one, we shuffled down the hill, coming to a dead stop at the creek. Each of us took a different method to defeat the body of water: Jon jumped, Kelly walked bare foot through the water, and Eileen jumped and was caught in the arms of her masculine team mate. On all fours, the three of us scaled the hill of moist sediment, grabbing onto any local rooted fauna that we could get our hands on. Upon reaching the flat ground, we trotted across a small field, which led us to our next obstacle; a cemetery. The souls of the local, departed Kiwi’s welcomed us wholly and generously with nourishing water.
After drinking from the spicket, commonly used for cleansing one’s feet, we walked down a hill, and onto a paved trail. According to the GPS, we were seconds away from our destination. One of our clues was that the “blue bucket” was located near a tree stump. We found the bucket underneath a mass of organic matter. Inside the blue bucket, we found several interesting objects including, laminated, geocaching business cards, a plastic, toy dinosaur, a small note pad, in which the three of us signed, and a figurine of a pirate and a lazy-boy recliner. We asked a local landscaper for directions back to the university. We hopped a fence and walked through a paddock. We travelled down the highway and witnessed an arrest on the sidewalk. Taking route 10, we travelled down to Kingston, and followed the road back to our starting point where we arrived at 3:15 p.m. Our mission was successful.