Mythika 4: Dryads - Tears of Amber Traditional Cache
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Mythika 4: Dryads - Tears of Amber
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A camo'd micro hidden on the boardwalk that connects 8th Ave and 16th Ave in Loblolly Woods Park (Hogtown Creek). There is no need to leave the boardwalk, the cache IS NOT hidden in the woods.To access this cache, park at Westwood Park and walk along 8th to the entrance of the boardwalk.
Hogtown Creek cuts though Loblolly Woods Park nature sanctuary as it winds its way through Gainesville. The City has established a boardwalk between 8th Ave and 16th Ave that crosses Hogtown Creek and the wetland areas where surface water sheet flow creates beautiful patterns of sand and vegetation. This is a camo'd micro cache - just a log, bring your own writing utensil. The cache is hidden on the boardwalk and is wheelchair accessible. No bush-wacking required. Be discrete in retrieving and replacing the cache. Muggle activity is generally not too heavy but can come on you suddenly in the form of a bicyclist. Enjoy the walk and the sights on nature.
The dryads were the beautiful nymphs of the trees, groves, woods and mountain forests. They were the ladies of the oaks and pines, poplar and ash, apple and laurel. The Hamadryades were the nymphs associated with oak trees and other related species, particularly those trees growing alongside rivers and streams and those growing in sacred or protected groves. It was thought that when a Hamadryad was born, an oak tree would spring up from the earth at the very same moment. The two lives then became as one, forever intertwined and dependent on each other. While the tree flourished, so did its resident nymph; but when the tree died, the nymph would pass away with it.
The Heliades were the seven hamadryad daughters of Helios, god of the sun (See Mythika 2: Helios – Bringer of Light). Their brother Phaethon begged their father Helios to let him drive the chariot of the sun. However the boy lost control of his father’s sun-steeds and allowed the chariot to drop too close to the earth scorching everything in its path. In order to save the earth from destruction, Zeus struck the boy from the chariot with a thunderbolt and Phaeton perished in his fall to earth. Distraught with grief, his sisters gathered around his grave on the banks of the River Eridanos and wept bitterly until the gods took pity on them and transformed the sisters into weeping willows and transformed their tears into golden amber.
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