No More Serenity Traditional Cache
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Near the Panthers Den Wilderness Area of the Shawnee National Forest just off a well-marked trail.
Parking and the trailhead is at N 37º 34.796 W 089º 05.290.
This cache is dedicated to my adopted daughter, who is often my caching partner. At four she has more personality in a minute than most people can muster up in an hour. Life with her is funny and exciting, but seldom serene.
The cache is located not far from the trailhead, but I would encourage you to follow the trail further and explore the area. It will tee with the River-to-River Trail, and if you follow the trail to the left at the intersection, you can loop around and eventually end up back where you started, about a 2 ½ mile loop.
Following the trail toward N37º 35.402, W089º 04.872 will bring you into some of the rock formations like you see in nearby Giant City. My Boy Scouts really like coming down here to camp, and I use this area to teach the Troop the principles of Leave No Trace camping. Not everyone who camps down here practices Leave No Trace, so it’s also a great place to CITO. I would have hid the cache down here, but this is designated as a wilderness area, so no caches allowed.
The trail drops down in to the bottom of the watershed, and if you follow the streams you’ll come to the tip of one of the “fingers” of Devil’s Kitchen Lake. You can follow the River-to-River Trail blazes (a white diamond nailed to the trees) to find your way back out.
The cache you are looking for an ammo can (the funnest to find), and waiting for the FTF is an unactivated Kids and Caching Geocoin. Keep it, or activate it and send it out.
Pictures of the finders would be greatly appreciated by my daughter.
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