So I just traded my touring kayak on Craigslist to a guy in Santa
Cruz for a tandem sit-on-top Ocean Kayak "Cabo" so the lovely
WebMistress can go kayaking with me, either in the Cabo, or with my
other Ocean Kayak, the Scrambler XT. Awesome boats, both of them.
We took a run up the Russian River after putting in down by Jenner
and did an easy paddle to get things progressing at a comfortable
pace (WebMistress hasn't kayaked before). We got a ways upstream on
a beautiful day and went ashore for a little break and to act like
teenagers and found [fanfare........] a perfect place for a cache!
I was going to do one that could only be reached by kayak or canoe
but decided against it. This can also be reached by land, though
I'm not sure where you can park as we didn't leave that way when we
drove back. I think you might be able to stop for a short time by
the entrance to David ranch on 116, I believe it's right above GZ.
But rest assured, it will be an easy walk down to the ravine once
you park and locate the area where the concrete culvert crosses
under the road and heads runoff from the area into the river.
Once found, you'll want to step from the channel over the big log
that, upon placement, was lying in the channel, and seek out a
black micro hanging very close to a tree trunk on one of the trees
branches on the southern side of the channel. Easy peasy! Enjoy.
Funny aside: as we left the beach, we suddenly found ourselves
upside down and in the water. Coolers, dry bag with wallets and
phones and everything else we didn't want wet, all in the water
(though secured to the boat) as well as my Oregon! Totally under
water for a good twenty seconds (it was not in the dry bag: it got
submerged!). No problem whatsoever with any of our items from the
little dunking! Great unit, that Oregon. And now it does waypoint
averaging too! Let me know how the coords are because they were
averaged under fairly dense tree cover.