Geocaching Treasures
Now there are geocaches, and there are geocaches. Hopefully as a geocacher, you’ve stumbled upon at least one of the latter. During our trip to Door County, Wisconsin, we were lucky to encounter a few such caches, including this one that is definitely in our top 10 geocaches.
It’s always fun to go someplace new to geocache. Somehow, that fact alone makes the finds that much more satisfying. Door County is unique in that it offers several 5 terrain caches. You know the ones. They are the geocaches you may or may not find. These caches earned the 5 for the necessary water travel.
I love boating. To combine boating, hiking, and geocahing is a perfect day in my book. The aforementioned geocache involved probably about a 30-minute boat trip. Fortunately, we had a boat to use. The weather was absolutely divine. It really couldn’t have been better. What made it even a bit more fun was the fact that the boat trip itself had its own element of challenge. Shoals surrounded the islands. We had to keep an eye on depth as we approached the cache. I’m remember thinking, ah, that’s why it’s called “Death’s Door.”
The island had a nice sandy beach. There were a few other boaters, but frankly, the long journey was probably something of a deterrent. Lake Michigan is mighty big water when you’re on a 22-foot powerboat. The cache was close to shore. We ran out to find it. As luck would have it, poison ivy surrounded the cache. Having discovered last year geocaching just how allergic I am, I had to tread carefully. I wasn’t expecting the cache where it was. I was looking under logs and bushes. It was my sister who discovered its hiding place.
What a find! This is one great cache owner. Not only did he create this marvelous cache with its well-documented history, but he added oodles of swag, the perfect swag for a cache reminescent of pirates and treasures. Indeed, I added a dollar to the cache to retrieve my gold coin and bangles. Now this was a geocache!
Now that’s what I call a cache Chris! I have to say that most of the caches I’ve come across in our part of Scotland are very tame by way of comparison. I assume the owner had never heard of tupperware!
June 25th, 2009 at 4:02 pm