My dad just became a Merit Badge Counselor for Geocaching Merit
Badge so...guess which badge I'm working on?
This fulfills requirement 8c: "Set up and hide a public
geocache, following the guidelines in the Geocaching merit badge
pamphlet. Before doing so, share with your counselor a six-month
maintenance plan for the geocache where you are personally
responsible for the first three months. After setting up the
geocache, with your parent’s permission, follow the logs
online for 30 days and share them with your counselor."
My dad and I won this cache container in the silent auction at
the Geocachers of Northeast Illinois (GONIL) 2010 annual picnic.
Lots of people asked if they were going to see the container pop up
here in Oak Brook, but the cache density here has increased
recently so it's becoming more difficult to find
interesting/challenging hiding spots. But then we stumbled across
this interesting spot. It is just off the Oak Brook bike path
(here's a link to the bike path map:
www.obparks.org/pdf/bike_paths.pdf ) and is easily accessible by
bike or on foot. By car, you can park at the library off 31st; at
the South end of the Oak Brook Bath and Tennis Club lot (which is
like any other town's park district) or; in the McDonald's campus
lot which you enter off of Jorie.
The cache is on public land that serves as a flood plain. The
hiding spot is quite a bit higher than the surrounding terrain so
the cache will be high and dry. There might be times that getting
to the cache will be challenging. Plan accordingly. There is no
need to go through the Bath and Tennis Club directly! A SW or NE
approach is best.
I have provided an additional waypoint which is a nearby field
that is a very cool deer bedding site. Please be aware that you are
in THEIR bedroom! Thanks!
Thanks to Team MysticAngel for donating the container to
GONIL!