Dale N Barb started a series of "Welcome to" caches along the
Space Coast. I've added one that brings you into a little know gem
of a sanctuary with the wonderfully playful name of The Enchanted
Forest. Park hours are Tuesday through Sunday 9:00am to 5:00pm;
closed on Mondays. There are over 4 miles of hiking trails on this
471 acre sanctuary. The Visitor Center includes an education center
with a hands-on exhibit room, a discovery room, gift shop,
reference library and bathrooms. Just outside is a huge screened
porch. Behind the visitor center is a butterfly garden and a little
to the west is the Ancient Oak Amphitheater.
The Enchanted Forest preserves important scrub habitat along the
Atlantic Coastal Ridge. Florida scrub vegetation is a rare and
vanishing ecosystem. It supports a number of animals that have
become threatened or endangered including the Gopher Tortoise,
Florida Scrub Lizard, Eastern Indigo Snake, Florida Scrub Jay and
the Florida Mouse. It’s truly an enchanting place where you
almost expect to turn a corner and find dragons or elves, gnomes,
unicorns or other such whimsical creatures step right out of a
storybook and greet you. In such a magical place, ammo cans might
grow to an enormous size. The coordinates for this Unknown Cache
bring you to a map of these Enchanted Lands, the rest of the
adventure is up to you.
To locate this cache, you will need to study the map at these
coordinates. Count the number of single Bobcat tracks on the sign
and look for the anonymous quote. Follow the advice given in the
quote and take one step for every Bobcat track you counted. From
this new position, look around for the nearest dead tree. The cache
is tethered to a branch behind the dead tree. I left several
pathtags for trades.