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The following is based on a true story...somewhat
After a busy morning of yuletide celebrations, we grabbed our brother/brother-in-law Brent and decided to escape the familial madness and head for the tranquility of the forest. After working up a pre-Christmas dinner appetite by grabbing some caches along the Humber Valley Heritage Trail, we were about to make our way back home when it became apparent that we were being followed! Try as we might though, we just could not see who or what was following us...
At first we thought it might just be another hiker (or maybe even another geocacher), but our repeated "hellos" were ignored. There was the concern that it might be a rabid wild animal, but the more we walked, the closer whatever it was seemed to get to us...even as we trekked through water and brush. Finally, we had had enough and decided it was necessary to turn the tables!
Suddenly, we all turned and started running toward where we thought this mysterious thing was hiding...and wouldn't you know, it started running away from us! Then we caught a glimpse of it...it was a real live samsquanch! Up and down and around and around we chased it...and although we even managed to take a picture along the way, we were unable to get too close...this thing was fast! Just as we were about to give up our chase, we noticed something fall from the samsquanch into the bush. Stopping to investigate, we realized it was a complete geocache! Unable to give it back, we figured the next best thing to do was for us to hide it!
And so, when placed, Bella's Bounty (named in honour of the Bolton samsquanch) contained: a geocaching manifesto, logbook, Canada keychain/lanyard, glow-in-the-dark penguins, foam snowflakes, TT assorted shapes, TT wooden nickel, coloured stones, poppy quarter, red diecast car, pewter four-leaf clover, and a definition card for the word brunneous. There is also a FTF Award Ribbon and the "Horse Mountain (WY)" Green Jeep Travel Bug for the first geocacher willing to venture out into the lands of Bolton's samsquanch.
The trail can be a little muddy and wet at times in warmer weather, so be prepared! It is however, possible to traverse most of the potential obstacles with ease. Please make sure that the cache is properly concealed when you are done with it...the last thing we want is a mad samsquanch trying to steal back his loot!
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