This is for all those Geocachers who
are a little nuts.
The coordinates listed are not the
actual cache coordinates. They are for the starting
point.
Albert the Christmas Squirrel is
missing. After being placed in January of 2003 this little cache
introduced many cachers to the park known as Stanky Creek. It has
been archived so we will use Albert’s last known location to
begin this hunt.
Park in the lot on Yale Road and then
take the Blue trail at the west end of the parking lot to the
posted coordinates. The starting point is a piece of yellow
reflective tape with a white reflector in the middle Use your
flashlight to find the first pair of “eyes “
above eye
level on a tree. Walk to the tree with the eyes” and
move your flashlight over the trees to find the next set of
“eyes”. Follow the reflective “eyes” from
tree to tree. One set of “eyes” is on a fallen tree.
All others are on standing trees. All trees used for this cache
have two or more reflectors and the final tree has a row of 8 to 10
reflectors above the cache. Single reflectors next to trails are
trail markers and not part of the cache hunt. A pair of medium size
reflectors at the top of a tree is a raccoon. Two large moving
reflectors is a deer.
IMPORTANT
WARNINGS
1. Take a friend, or two, with you. Be
sure to let someone know where you are going.
2. Take a spare light source and extra
batteries.
3. Mark a waypoint for
the parking lot
4. Watch where you step. You will need
to cross an old fence, and some streams and gullies.
5. Take a cell phone in case you need
help.
6. Take a compass. Yale Road and the
parking lot are south of where you are.
7. Take another flashlight, bug spray,
and a first aid kit.
This night cache can ONLY
be done at night. During the day it is a favorite spot of bikers
and hikers. Wear long pants because of underbrush and make sure to
use bug spray. Summer isn't the best time to do this cache unless
it's just before sunrise when crawling things aren't as active or
on an unusually cool night. This search is done much easier without
a lot of moonlight.
The cache site is less than half a mile from the parking lot but
further following the "eyes". After you find the cache you will
want to use your GPS and back track to the easy way out to get back
to the parking lot.
As always, watch
for snakes.
