Scrub Poppers Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/4/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cached served as my cache Log and a Pen before I retired it. There aren't many places to hide a cache here so it should not be hard to find. The fun of this cache will be the hike getting here.

No real trail but there's a lot of cow trails that go in all directions. Pick the one you want and follow it until you find one going in the general direction you want to go.

There is a herd of cattle here but they will get away when they see you. The first day I was out here it was very foggy. I got pretty close to the herd without them knowing I was there. All I could see were shapes in the fog. When they spotted me a big bull ran to the front of the herd and got between them and me his head held high. I know they are just cows but it was kind of neat. I decided to stay close to the trees as I hiked in case he wanted to protect the girls.

Being here in the fog made it seem like another world. At one point I came up on a bunch of white birds. They were like ghosts. I tried to get a picture but it didn't come out. Another time a big hog ran by at just the edge of what I could see. The sun was just rising and it was a big red circle barely visible.

Now that I've been back when it's clear I could see how far I had come. Of course I had the GPSr with a track log but it was nothing like seeing the distant tree line.

Scrub poppers was a name for the cowboys that used to round up the wild cattle in Florida in the 1800's. Cracker is the more common term.

This is the Marl Bed flats conservation area and I recieved permission from Pete Henn of the SJRWMD.

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