The cache contains a logbook and a bunch of garbage bags. In
order to “complete the cache” and have it count as a find you must
collect at least 1 bag of trash from the park.
LET’S HELP CLEAN UP THE PARK AND GIVE CACHERS A GOOD
NAME
If you don’t have a GPS follow these directions to get to the
cache:
The cache is located on the Canoe Portage Trail (maps are
available at the park office). From the trailhead the cache is
approx 450-500 ft down the trail on the left hand side.
1) Start from the trailhead (right beside the multipurpose
trail) and keep walking until the Canoe Portage trail intersects
with another trail (the Duck Pond Trail). The cache is about 75
paces or 200ft away.
2) Keep walking but be on the lookout for a dead hollow tree
trunk on the side of the trail (it’s about 8ft tall and grayish,
it’s pretty tough to miss) as soon as you can see this tree
immediately look left. You should be very close to the cache.
3) Look for a little “clearing” (actually just less weeds then
everywhere else) on the left that you can walk into, you should see
a pile of branches and tree trunks approx 10 feet off the trail.
That’s where the cache is hidden.
4) If your right in front of the tall hollow dead tree trunk
(that I mentioned in #2) you went to far. The cache is about 45
paces or approx 125 ft before that tree trunk.
Ok so you’ve found the cache. Now all you have to do is collect
some trash. The bags are pretty large and they need to be full to
count. When you log please include the number of bags you
collected. Also YOU NEED to take a picture of your haul and post it
in the log (or email it to me) (that’s why you need a camera). Like
I said for every bag of trash collected you’ll get 1 entry.
Unfortunately Presque Isle gets it’s share of inconsiderate
visitors. So finding trash should be no problem. There shouldn’t be
much around the vicinity of the cache but there’s plenty of places
to look. Walking the trails is always a good idea (heck you could
hit some of the other caches while your at it), also I’ve noticed
that the shoreline tends to be filled with trash (both on the beach
side [I picked up a bunch on right along the water on beach six the
day I placed this] and the bay side). Anywhere there is large
amounts of people (pavilions, picnic tables, the monument, people
fishing, the tables on the beaches, etc.) tends to get pretty bad.
As does the end of the monument. If you still can’t find enough
(means were doing a great job) ask at the Ranger Station or come
back another day.
You may want to bring along gloves as the trash along the
shoreline is usually wet and pretty funky. Also bug spray’s a good
idea.