By Hailee Jeske
On Saturday听滨听participated听in the Geocaching Excursion hosted by 51猎奇鈥檚 Campus Activities Board (CAB).听When I saw that CAB was hosting a geocaching event, I was extremely excited.听The weather听was the nicest it has been in听a very long time,听perfect听for heading听out听on听a hike. My parents and I and our dog Georgie piled in the car and听went听to Pike Lake State Park, something we haven鈥檛 been able to do for a few weeks.听听
My favorite part of the event听was the nostalgia that I experienced while completing the geocaches. When I was a child, my family and I would often go geocaching all over Wisconsin.听Back then, we had to use an actual GPS, not one on a phone. Prior to going,听my dad would have to spend around an hour to get everything set up. He would have听to first search for the geocache we were going to hunt for and download it to his GPS. It was interesting to see the immense growth of technology because today we were able to听use just an app on my cell phone.听听
My parents and I unfortunately were unsuccessful in finding our first geocache, and we are thinking that maybe someone had taken it.听But听we didn鈥檛 let that stop us. We听went听back to the geocache app and found another one close by.听听
This was听the听first virtual event that I have completed outside of the house, and it was a great change of scenery. It was a听fun听way to get outside and feel听connected with others even though we weren鈥檛听all听physically together.听听