Cape Fear Adventure - Crazy Dolphin Party Island Traditional Cache
fraygirls: Hate to do this, but we can verify after a recent survey that this cache has been claimed by the mighty Cape Fear! Thank you to everyone who made the journey throughout the years.
Cape Fear Adventure - Crazy Dolphin Party Island
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An old-school ammo can hide on another deserted island in the
middle of the Cape Fear River. Once again, you will need your
kayak/canoe/submarine/swim fins, etc! Start your adventure at River
Road Park, and it’s just a short journey up the river.
Just about very time we go exploring in our kayaks, we always end
up on some interesting island and regret not having a cache to hide
there. This time we were prepared – although we did not have a plan
or a set destination, we DID have a fully-stocked (yet-unnamed)
cache stashed in the kayak. And boy, were we glad that we did…
The frayguy and the head fraygirl had a pleasant but uneventful
trip to the area near this island. Pelicans were flying overhead,
little fish were jumping out of the water, and egrets were lurking
in the grasses – very nice. We were starting to head back to "Rebel
Island" when we spotted something over there in the shipping
channel. We paused to get a better look at the area and within a
few seconds, YES! There it is again – definitely a dolphin! And
then another…and then another…and then another! Four dolphins, all
jumping and frolicking in the water right before our very eyes! We
sat in the water and watched their antics for nearly an hour and
then made the decision to return to this particular island and hide
this cache in their honor.
The island itself is small, but fraught with mystery and risk.
When you make your approach, you will find that the water becomes
very shallow very quickly. It also gets very rocky under the water,
as though the island wants you to stay away. When you land your
boat you will have the option of walking through very tall, thick
grasses (and who knows *what* could be living in there), or you
could take your chances and use the less direct route along the
shore. We chose this option, and quickly found ourselves being
pursued by an army of clicking fiddler crabs! We managed to escape
unharmed, but soon realized that we would need to do some
rock-climbing if we were to offer the cache a worthy sanctuary. We
avoided the scary witch-circle of rocks near the center of the
forest and kept to the safety of the perimeter. Then we had to do
all of that stuff in reverse to get back to our boats, all the
while gawking out into the water as the dolphins continued their
festivities!
We wish you luck with your journey and the cache. We can’t
guarantee that the dolphins will return to this area, but we do
know that you’ll have a great adventure here. We can’t wait to hear
about it!
!!FTF!!wez2real!!FTF!!Dr. Cool!!FTF!!
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