Every time I think about Hokkaido - LVT Series, tears come to my
eyes. It just keeps reappearing over and over!
Just after I GPS'd this cache, I met up with Gord from the Lynn
Valley Trail Association making a new bench. We had a good
discussion about caching and the placement of caches along the
trail. Luckily he had heard about geocaching and knew a little bit
about it. I explained about our CITO motto and how that would help
the LVT keep clean and stay cleaner.
His concerns were caches placed beyond any of the fencing off of
the trails. Some of the adjacent land owners did have concerns
about muggles wandering off the trails in the past. I addressed
this with him and told him that all caches were within the fenced
off areas. So a reminder to you as you cache, that all of the LVT
Series are within the fenced area and are not on any private
property. So if your GPS is leading you into a field, or past a
fence, then wait for it to settle. No caches are on private
property.
All caches just off the trail will have either a clearing or an
unmaintained foot path leading to it, or very close. Not much need
to blaze new trails here. If you don't see a trail leading off the
path, then do a little searching to find one.
So let us remember to be kind to our trails and practice CITO
when you can. You will see many garbage cans along the way to
dispose of anything you find. Look for rest benches and trailheads
to dispose of garbage. The LVT checks the conditions and empties
the garbage cans regularly.
Gord was quite pleased with what WE as GC'rs do and welcomed all
visitors from where ever they came from.
Lets ensure that we help preserve this trail for our kids and
generations to come.
