Elbows Off the Table Mabel Traditional Cache
Groundhog & Shadow: I don't think we will have a chance to get out there before winter comes so will archive this one. Sorry.
Elbows Off the Table Mabel
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This small cache is hid in the beautiful Mabel Lake Provincial campground.
Well off the beaten track, nestled in a beautiful mountain setting are the quieter, sandy beaches of Mabel Lake Provincial Park. Lush forests offer a pleasant retreat from the more crowded urban centres. The park's sandy shoreline is backed by a cool forest of hemlock, red cedar and birch, in sharp contrast to the drier ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests to the west. Taylor Creek, alongside the group camping area, tumbles into the lake named after Mabel Charles, daughter of a Hudson’s Bay Company manager during the late nineteenth century.
Take Hwy 6 east from Vernon to Lumby. Follow signs in Lumby turning north onto Mabel Lake Road that follow the Shuswap River for 36 kilometers on paved road through a picturesque landscape of farmland and ranches and 1 kilometer of gravel road to Mabel Lake and the campground. The total distance from Vernon is 60 kilometers.
This park offers 81 vehicle accessible campsites in two campgrounds: Trinity and Monashee. The park is open from April 1 to Oct 31.
As well as a boat ramp, this park has a large day-use/picnic area with open and spacious lawns providing the opportunity for a variety of games, as well being used for the overlow campground. There are picnic tables amongst the cottonwood trees that separate the lawn from the beach and provide some shade. These have a great view of the lake and the adventure playground.
A sani-station/dump is located at the entrance to the park across from the service area and information shelter and costs $2.00 per discharge.
P.S. The cache is not hid anywhere near a table -- just wanted to say it in the title.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Lbh jba'g or fghzcrq jvgu guvf bar.
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