FTOC stands for Florida Trail Ocala Challenge. Itchyfeet2wander and
poosu enjoy hiking and hope that there are other cachers out there
who share the interest. Not a real challenge type cache, the hope
is that this series will result in a nice string of caches on the
Florida Trail as it traverses Ocala National Forest. To help with
this we hope to identify the access points where a standard 2wd car
can reach the trail for a nice day hike in the 3 to 7 mile range.
To this end we have developed a cache naming system that may
assist. All the cache names will have the format: FTOC ANNN. A is a
letter, either P or T. P means it is a place to park where a road
drivable in a car crosses the trail. T means it is a cache on the
trail. NNN is the number of the cache which will start with 001 at
the southern end of the ONF near Paisley. In our initial stretch we
placed caches roughly every quarter mile so they are consecutive.
Our future caches will be approximately a mile apart and we'll
skip numbers. Here’s where the challenge comes in. We are hoping
there are some hiking cachers out there who will place caches in
the gaps and maybe use the naming system so you can look on a
geocaching map and see the path of the trail.
Keep in mind that no vehicles, even bicycles, are allowed on the
trail.
The "P" is for parking nearby, the cache is just off the Florida
Scenic Trail
This particular cache is a small unextruded bottle, sometimes
called a preform. It should be an easy find for you.....we are not
trying to make these caches a huge challenge. The challenge is to
attract more hikers to the FT. Good luck and happy hiking!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUT ON BAIL AND THE DELANDDUO FOR
FTF!!!!!!!!!