IDENTIFICATION

GC16ZFP	NS West #2	N 49° 40.349 W 112° 52.813
	Difficulty 1.5; Terrain 1.5; size - micro. Creator: Mr. Clean and Pinkey. Date First Hidden: Oct 26/07 Date Last Found: Sept 27/08.	West Lethbridge
Description	Take a walk in the park and enjoy the view. I think this lovely place could use a few more.
Hints	none
Comments	This one was tough ... nice quick find ... went back and found it

PLANNING

This is my first attempt at finding a geocache. I used the www.geocache.com website to identify some geocaches near where we live. It indicated 4 sites in Nicholas Sheran park, only a short walk away. I am still learning to use the Garmin nuvi 850 GPS unit that I bought earlier this month. The unit is primarily designed for automobile use, but I think I should be able to use it for geocaching as well. Downloading the site from the web site to the Garmin turned out to be very easy (using the MyGarmin website). A good start.

OUTCOME

DNF. Using the map on the Garmin I had no difficulty walking to the site, which seemed to be on one of the bridges to the island on the lake. But I was not able to find the cache, which is described as being a micro. The description also says, "Take a walk in the park and enjoy the view. I think this lovely place could use a few more." I hadn't paid attention to this description and focused my attention on a willow tree that was a few feet from a park bench. I will try again tomorrow and this time I will have a close look at the park bench. In the future I must remember to take my camera with me. I did not log this DNF on the geocache website. I am still learning the proper procedures.