Geocache fail- Henry.

After supper one night, mama decided to take June and I out geocaching on campus. JoJo hadn't taken an afternoon nap, so mama got us out of the house so papa could put jo to bed early. That idea backfired on papa because Georgie takes naps by herself during the day, but has NO intention of going to sleep at night without her brother and sister. she cried for two hours until we got home.

It was a great idea except mama forgot that the Clemson football game was a 3pm start and had just ended an hour earlier. So we hit crazy traffic and all of the street onto campus were closed to traffic could get out. Inconvenient to say the least. But we persevered, parked very far away and walked onto campus.

Our first cache was next to this huge bur oak tree, aptly named the Centennial Oak, as it is the oldest and largest bur oak tree in South Carolina. Unfortunately for history's sake, this site is also home to a number of tailgaters and we're pretty sure the cache was hidden under two port-o-potties brought in for football season. We'll have to come back in the winter.

We got some funny looks crossing campus. First, because I was the only one wearing orange. Next, June was wearing her old Halloween fairy costume.

We found the grove of trees our next cache was hidden in, but by the time we got there, it was too dark to see anything under the trees. But we did have a great time posing for pictures beside the nicely lit library and reflection pool. We were also lucky to have been there before the Tiger fans dyed the whole pool orange. If anything was living in there before, it's gone now.

Mama took the coordinates of our car and let me guide us back using the GPS. We had a great time walking through campus and cut through dorms and parking lots. We cut through a row of hedges expecting to come out behind another building and found ourselves standing in someone's backyard looking in at a family watching football. Mama quickly realized we were in the University President's backyard and scooted us up the driveway before we were sighted. Sorry President Barker. At least his dogs weren't out.