I don't know how long this preserve, Sleeping Turtles Preserve South, has been open, but as soon as I discovered it, I had to get a cache out there. There are already caches in a couple related preserves to the North, "GC11QZ8 - Let Sleeping Turtles Lie" and GC18Q80 - me and my boys, which I highly recommend. This preserve is just northwest of Snook Haven, if you're familiar with this area.
Sarasota county bought up these lands on both sides of the Myakka River years ago and has since fulfilled it's promise to make them accessible to the public. There is information on the web about this park here, including a nice map in PDF. But beware -- not all the trails shown on this map are easily found, nor have they all been maintained very well, so some bushwhacking may be required, and some trails can't be found at all.
This cache is a large plastic jar painted camo with the usual assortment of kids' toys & the like. I was originally going to put this cache close to the Myakka, but this section of the river is pretty much total swampland when you get close to the banks, so I decided to put the cache in an area that wouldn't flood over at the first rains and also avoid the sections of indistinct trails. You'll go south around a lake in the middle of the preserve, which is a great place for canoeing (easy access to the shore at N27.10523 W82.34449). The cache is only about 1/2 mile in from the north entrance to the preserve (N27.10614 W82.34627). Since I just happened to get this cache planted on 12/7, in honor of the brave men who fought on the Day of Infamy, I named this cache Pearl Harbor Day.
Enjoy!