I was truly amazed at the level of participation from everyone in this semester's Geocaching event! People really came prepared - and, it was certainly chilly - so it seemed that may have helped everyone have a good time. I know that I thoroughly enjoyed both the earlier preparation in the semester and the hiding of the caches on the morning of our activity. Though, as with any program...I found I had to be prepared to the "unexpected".
One of the caches I had already "staked out" and for which I had written the clues (A good place for Pishing), was based on the my plan to place the cache at the base of a nearby birdhouse. Much to my surprise, the birdhouse was gone on the morning I hid the caches! A quick change in clues, but lack of change on the map, resulted in a little unintended confusion for the folks trying to find that cache. That, and the North/South confusion on two close caches leads to the adjust my plans for next year's hiding.
Probably the most interesting piece, though, has been reading everyone's posts about the caching event. There are so many different ideas and perspectives, yet the overall feel is that the time in the woods was a key element of success and very much appreciated. From my perspective, I was truly impressed by the ability of many of the teams to work collaboratively and supportively, even working through the frustrations of not finding a cache right away. This is an amazing group of students, and I feel fortunate to learn a bit more every time I work with you all
