Poison Ivy Trail Letterbox Hybrid
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This is a letterbox cache located on a beautiful trail in the University of Guelph Arboretum. There are two small parking lots approached along Arboretum Road, running east off East Ring Road on the campus (not the main entrance to the Arboretum off College Ave.), and it’s a short walk through Wild Goose Woods to the cache.
The cache is designed to teach you what poison ivy looks like, before you unwittingly encounter it while caching. DO NOT TRY APPROACHING THIS ONE CROSS-COUNTRY, ‘CAUSE YOU’LL END UP IN A SWAMP - FOLLOW THE TRAIL!
The trail starts at N43 32.123 W080 13.162 and initially follows a boardwalk through the swamp. Then you enter a short bit of hardwood forest, and then come to a second short stretch of boardwalk. The poison ivy starts 30 feet before the second stretch of boardwalk, and carpets the ground on both sides. It continues after the boardwalk for 100 feet or more. Watch for its characteristic three leaves.
The cache is about 10 feet along the boardwalk; put it back carefully with the wire twisted through the holes in the stake, so it doesn’t fall; sometimes there is water below. It's a letterbox, though there's room for some tiny trinkets or a geocoin; please don't take the stamp or ink pad!
This would be a good walk for kids – as long as you keep track of them when you reach the poison ivy. Not only is it a good way for them to learn what it looks like, the walk along the boardwalk is very interesting. At some times of the year there is a display on aquatic insects designed for kids. Left a geocoin I brought home from Calgary for the FTF.
There are lots of other trails to walk in the Arboretum, and a few other caches nearby. Dogs must be kept on a leash.
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Unatvat haqre.
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