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A cache that will take you on a nice walk by the Hudson River in
Croton Point Park.
This is the first (edit: not the first as PT and Team MuMu pointed
out but the others have been gone for a while) permanent cache in
Croton Point park. While the park itself is not as pristine as
other parks or preserves in Westchester (an understatement!) the
park has some spectacular views of the Hudson river. I have kayaked
a number of times along the Croton Point shore and have wanted to
put a cache there for some time. I hope you enjoy the views and the
walk along the river.
There are potentially a number of ways to approach the cache, but I
suggest parking outside the campground (see parking coordinates)
and approaching from a trail that leaves the campground road just
past the tent campground pool. The trail is not in great shape as
the river has undercut the bank along which the trail runs. At one
point I had to go down onto the beach which means that some
bushwhacking MAY be required at high tide. The area around the
cache has many vines, and is rather brushy. The walk along the
Hudson provides a good CITO opportunity -- I encourage you to bring
a bag and help clean up some of the refuse the river deposits along
the shore.
Check out the excellent picture by Heikster of the river in winter
-- it is fabulous!
The container is a medium size lock-and-lock that will hold most
swag, though large items may not fit. At the time of posting the
cache is rather full. A partial list of contents:
A FTF prize: A trinket from the International Spy Museum in
Washington, DC along with an new travel bug.
A "Where's George" Dollar Bill
A Republican Pin (says nothing about out political leanings -- we
left a similar Democrat pin in another cache).
Two MuMu fish
A new "Geocache Spy Satellite" TB
**** Congratulations to Brunswick69 on his first FTF for this
cache! ****
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BAC of team bacmac and Daviddog23 braving the cold
A photo of Dad and Daviddog23 near the cache location shivering due to the cold wind.
Ice on Hudson Shore, Brrrr.
Photo showing ice on the rocks along the Hudson shore and "ice slush" flowing along the shore. It makes me cold just looking at it.
Sunset over Hudson, Jan 1, 2009
The Hudson river near dusk on New Year's day 2009 after the cache was placed.
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