 September 20, 2009 by Kabuthunk (569 found)
The fourth cache find of the day (counting the Earthcache of Narcisse Snake Pits), and the second most Northerly cache I've ever found (ignoring the Conquista cache with zeroed-out coordinates that end up making it look like it's 7km's further North of here, in Riverton). Today, my wife and I were on a day-long road trip up to Red Rose where my Grandma lived. Many a summer was spent up there, and Laura had never seen it, or met my Grandma in person. After visiting her grave up there and showing her around the various sites of the area, we made our way back towards Winnipeg. However, to make the same trip South that we made North more interesting, I saved most of the geocaches along the way for the return trip  .Thus, this was the first cache of the Southbound half of the journey. Ahh, Poplarfield. I love the Buck Stop inn here. Really good food. However, given we were on a timeline, we didn't have time to stop for a snack, and instead just filled up with gas (yay, cheaper than Winnipeg) and went after the cache. Having never really gone further than the aformentioned inn, I've never driven through town and realized how small it was. I think Poplarfield may arguably be smaller than the town where I grew up, Landmark. All of 20 seconds of driving later, and we found ourselves on the other side of Poplarfield, getting close to the coordinates. I pulled off onto the side of the road somewhat near the coordinates, before I spotted that there was an actual vehicular-looking path of sorts actually AT the trailhead. Moving up a little bit, I parked the car on the edge of the road, right at the trail. I didn't particularly want to drive down onto it, since I wasn't sure if that was allowed. I somehow doubt it, anyway. Although, I was very amused by a sign on one of the trees (with the paint partially peeling off the plastic sign... the fact that it's plastic making me think it was put here somewhat as a joke instead of having been there since the trail was first made) which indicated "Fisher Branch - 27km's", or somewhere around that distance. Can't remember exactly how many kilometers, but far, far more than I'd want to take a car down a trail like that  . Anyhoo, jogging down the path a bit, I quickly neared the coordinates and curved off the trail. Instantly, I was filled with the feeling of "Man, I wish I lived out here". Unfortunately, my wife's not one for living out in the country, and this is kinda ridiculously far to travel every day for work . Perhaps when I retire. The scrub bushes and small bits of plantlife trying in vain to hold onto life, despite the rocky, unforgiving land... it reminds me very much of camping trips with the family. Very nostalgic . After basking in the nostalgia for a few minutes, I figured I should continue onwards and locate the cache. I ended up going a bit too far, and had to circle back a little bit in order to find the cache. However, once I was on the 'other' side of it, it was very clear where the cache was hiding. I gotta say, given how bright the container is... especially during a bright, sunny day at about 4:00pm, it's really well hidden from the path! So, a quick signing of the logbook, and I dropped in my signature chainmail ball and closed it up again. Mission accomplished . Back to the car, and back out of town. But fear not... this town is not forgotten by a long shot. I plan to visit my Grandma's place every so often... I'm hoping once a year, and am planning to one day place a geocache out there... and next time, methinks I'll allot some time to grab a bite to eat at the King Buck inn . Thanks for the cache, and the awesome memories and nostalgia . Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball
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