The Elusive Island Caches: Cache 1 of 3
You may ask: An island cache? In Iowa? Are you serious?
My answer: OF COURSE!!! And the good part is you don’t need a boat and you don’t have to swim. These caches are fun to do separately, or are great to do all three in the same day.
(I had planned for the geocache to include two islands. Unfortunately I found there was a no wading sign at the small island, so they will all three be on the big island. At least this way you can’t get wet!)
The small island would have been an island about 10 ft across in the Ottumwa duck ponds. It would have required one to wade to the island in very shallow water in a very public place. I really liked the idea of having to do this and look silly, sort of a way to show you were dedicated to finding the cache. But as stated previously, it would have broken park rules to do so. :-(
I thought I’d try something totally out of the ordinary for this series of caches. Each cache is a cache by itself. The first two can be done in any order, while the third requires you to have found the first two beforehand.
This island is called “Turkey Island,” and is downright huge. I would guess it to be almost a mile long. There are tons of really great areas to explore while there. The first cache is the easiest of the 3.
Parking is located at: N41° 01.549 W092° 25.685
Cache is located at: N41° 01.476 W092° 25.863
This is a normal sized cache.
Note: To complete the third cache you must complete the first and second caches in any order. These caches contain hints to the location of the third. The lids of the container will have a letter and number it on them. Write down and use this information to find the whereabouts of the 3rd cache.