This is a Letterbox Hybrid cache. For anyone not familiar with
Letterboxing there is a log in the box for you to sign and stamp
(with your stamp), then you stamp your own log or paper (with stamp
that is in the box). If you do not have your own stamp, then
stickers or handrawn artwork is acceptable. DO NOT TAKE STAMP WITH
YOU; IT IS NOT A TRADE ITEM!!!
After finding the cache, take some time and visit the Cow Camp.
Florida's cowboy heritage comes alive with living history
demonstrations of the early Florida "cow hunters" in an 1876-era
cow camp. As you meander down the trail to the cow camp, you will
travel back in time to 1876. At the end of the trail you will find
a Florida cow hunter in a frontier camp along the route of a cattle
drive. He will cooking, making coffee (not bad), tending to the
cattle or just resting up until the next roundup or cattle drive.
The cow camp is open 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., holidays and every
Saturday and Sunday from October 1 to May 1.
White-tailed deer, bald eagles, sandhill cranes, turkeys, and
bobcats have been seen in the park, located on the shores of lakes
Kissimmee, Tiger, and Rosalie. Visitors enjoy boating, canoeing,
and fishing in the picturesque lakes. Nature students can hike over
13 miles of trails to observe and study the abundant plant and
animal life. An observation tower is located in the picnic area and
provides views of Lake Kissimmee and its marsh lands.
This geocache is a part of the Trek Ten Trails
2010 program. Participation in that program, while a lot of fun, is
not required to log this cache here. Trek Ten Trails 2010
program marks the third year of the Friends of the Parks
Foundation’s call to explore the outdoors in Polk County. Ten
new nature trails and two bonus caches have been added to the
program’s first two years of trail hike locations throughout
Polk County. Each nature trail includes geocaches with a
self-inking stamp for validating your visits to at least ten of the
featured trails. You can choose which ten trails you visit, and of
course you may trek them all!
New game cards, which participants stamp and return to be
entered into the year end prize drawings are available at the
Friends of the Parks website, OUTPOST 27 CACHE and LAKE WALES DEPOT CACHE.
Validated game cards must be mailed by October
15, 2010 to be eligible for prize drawings and a certificate
of completion. Trek Ten Trails 2010 program maps, game cards and
other information about each of the featured nature trails may be
downloaded from the Friends of the
Parks website. Check out our
Profile for more details. The Friends of the Parks Foundation
has formed an alliance with the annual Water Wings & Wild
Things event to host our 2010 Trek Ten Trails program Grand Finale
Celebration at Circle B Bar Reserve in October 2010.
This cache was placed with the assistance of
the
Florida
Geocaching Association