This cache is hidden on the north side of what will be a new
Winnipeg subdivision (Waverley West). You can find out more about
this subdivision on the City of Winnipeg WWW site http://www.winnipeg.ca/interhom/WaverleyWest/.
Just to the north of this area there may be an addition to the
TransCanada trail along an old CP rail line. The trail is on the
north side of a large drainage ditch so it will not be much help
getting to the cache.
Getting to the cache may be a little work as the closest
drive/parking currently is roughly 1km away in any direction.
Finding the micro should be easy once you have made it to the
point. I have placed a plastic 'lock-n-lock' container below the
micro for exchange items. The exchange container will not be winter
friendly.
In the winter use snowshoes/skies, in the summer you can walk.
There may be trails in the summer but I would not suggest driving
unless you are in a tractor - and then you might have some
explaining to do. Some of the fields are still under cultivation -
go around the edge.
There are several routes that you can take to the point.
- East: There is a golf course along the power transmission lines
(Towers Golf and driving range). This is a 9 hole public course.
The cache is not on the course.
- West: Park on the side of Brady Road and walk in along the
transmission lines.
- North: You might treat this route as a multi. There is
apparently a hole in the fence through a vacant lot located at N49
48.248 W97 12.567. The distance to the cache is only .55 km. In the
summer if you go this route you will have to cross a large drainage
ditch. Alternatively park near the Dairy Queen near the corner of
Scurfield and Kenaston, or across from the S. Wpg Technical College
and walk in around the end of the ditch. In both cases take note of
parking restrictions!
The mico cache contains only a log book and a mini-FTF
certificate. The exchange container started with several hotwheels,
reflective tape, bicycle pedal reflectors, and magnifying
glass.
Since the cache is in a little grove of aspen I thought I would
give you some additional information about this common and
interesting tree known in my circles as Populus tremuloides.
It is the widest ranging tree species in N. America (Alaska to
Newfoundland/Labrador, south to Baja in Mexico and from sea level
to 10,000 feet in the rockies). Aspens are clonal and large
portions of an aspen stand or forest may actually be the same tree.
Because they are clonal some scientists believe that some clones
represent the largest living trees on the planet and possibly the
oldest (since the individual is not actually dead until all of the
interconnected clones are dead). Clones as big as 50,000 stems
covering 200 acres have been found. One clone in Minnesota was aged
at 8,000 years. You can often determine a single clone in the
spring or fall as all of the stems leaf out, or turn colour at the
same time. On a side note the winner for largest organism actually
goes to a mushroom called Armillaria ostoyae living under
Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon. The largest tree (with a
single stem) goes to the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron
giganteum).