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Blue Socks Letterbox Hybrid

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Keystone: As the owner has not responded to my prior note, I am archiving this cache page.

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Hidden : 2/10/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A letterbox hybrid in Pelton Park, complete with rubber stamp and written directions to the cache. The coordinates will get you there, but, for a challenge, try finding the cache using the letterbox instructions alone! The two star terrain is mostly because of a seasonal creek of varying depth that you may have to ford to get to the nature trails.

Nestled behind the Sandusky Mall, amid a sea of recent commercial and residential development, Pelton Park contains several distinct ecological zones including forest, meadow and stream bottom. Over 150 plant species and dozens of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians call this park home.

To locate this letterbox, find the parking lot at the end of Pelton Park Drive. Leave your car there, and head past the picnic meadow to the nature trailhead. A stream runs across the entry to the nature area, and the flow rate varies with the season. You might get your feet wet! Two trails start here, and you will take the one that goes to the right. Continue to veer to the right as side trails branch off. In the wintertime, you will see that you are quite near to a neighborhood of houses.

When a side trail to the right goes toward the stream, maintain your course along the main trail. You may be able to see a blue house beyond the park boundary. As you come near the end, you will see a shattered giant to the right of the trail. The cache lies at his base and under his body.

As for the blue socks, i hid this letterbox hybrid on a cold day, when i was wearing a pair of toe socks and a pair of soccer socks over them. And the soccer socks came from bennet, who has a cache called Yellow Socks. I had a rubber stamp with socks, but no yellow stamp pad, so my cache is Blue Socks. But my socks are still yellow socks.

Hidden with permission of the Erie MetroParks in honor of their 40th anniversary.
Happy 40th, Erie MetroParks!!

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