It’ll be a LULU!
A true event in the
non-event event spirit!
I am getting good at
throwing together last minute get togethers with the
local Collier and Lee
county cachers, so why not?
This is a weekday
paddle not for the meek!
An overnight trip to
Camp LuLu Key.
It is accessible by
motorboat, but what fun would that be??
There are at least 2
caches in the area for those that wish to add a bit of variety to
the list!
One is close, the
other not so close!
On the way out, we
will stop by this one
GCVHCT.
I know that a lot of
people will not be able to make this event, but what the
heck, if one person
shows, it will have been a success.
The journey is what it
is all about.
This one is for the
geocacher looking for more than a stroll in the park; a round
trip
of nearly 15 miles on
water, paddling through the near-tropical waters of
and near the largest
National Park in the eastern US. It could be in the 40's for this
one, who knows!
Meet at the Everglades City Ranger station, launch at 10am.
We plan on an hour for getting ready to launch and plan the route.
Tide will be incoming, so the muck could be an issue.
If the weather holds out, you are in for a spectacular night with an almost full moon, a nice
fire and the company of some crazy cachers!
(Some of the following is taken from active and archived caches in the
area, I have edited them for the purpose of this event cache.)
An approximately 15
round trip miles by canoe or kayak from the nearest
road, out on the edge
of Everglades National Park. The Gulf of Mexico is your view!
There is more than one
way to get to the event site, one is from the Everglades National
Park Ranger Station
in Everglades City.
Another is from Port of the Islands, your choice.
Half the fun of this
foray should be in the research and planning, so I won’t go into
too much detail.
Please don’t throw your
boat on top of your car and take off without some knowledge of what
you’re getting into.
Start at the official Everglades N.P. web site.
A few
recommendations:
Take your compass and
good maps. Nautical charts are best for this area.
Chart # 11430 is one to
start with.
Take plenty of water. A
gallon a day per person is recommended.
Sunscreen and insect
repellent are musts in the
summer, this time of
year, maybe not the bug spray.
Cell phone coverage in
this area is spotty.
(there is limited
coverage out there now, depending on your provider)
If you get into trouble
out there, you are on your own. Remember the Boy Scout motto: Be
Prepared.
This means bringing
your own camping gear, food, and anything else needed for an
overnight
stay, unless you plan
on paddling back in the dark, then you won’t need that stuff!
Email me for any info
needed
litngbug
Link to our local paddle club