Interlake Indiana 4x4 Winter Ride Event Cache
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Interlake Indiana 4x4 Winter Ride
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
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Event Coordinates are for the park entrance, we will gather in a
close and convinient spot at 10:00 am, have introductions,
then head out onto the trails.
If you are like me, and many other cachers, you felt the need to
have a 4 wheel drive vehicle available for caching. Perhaps you
like the additional security it gives you knowing that if you are
out on your own, in unfamiliar territory and happen to find
yourself in a situation that might be a little tricky to get back
out of that you can just drop it into 4H and ease your way back out
onto the paved surface.
But have you wanted to use your 4x4 vehicle to actually go after
those caches with the 4x4 attribute? Maybe push it a little further
than the soft grass on the side of the dirt road near the end of
the guard rail.
I decided to run a 4x4 attribute site list, and found either not
many around this area, or ones for which the 4x4 attribute
didn’t really apply. After talking to ARF! about the lack of
4x4 rated caches in this area, he suggested I expand my search a
little bit and take a look at INTERLAKE STATE RECREATION
AREA just outside of Lynnville, IN.
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I was surprised to find that Interlake is a “free to enter /
open sunrise to sunset / off road and equestrian park / open to the
public / with nearly 30 caches”. That got me to looking up
Interlake online, checking out the photos, some YouTube videos etc.
After careful review of the information available I thought to
myself, boy I’d like to give that a shot, but I’m too
chicken to try it alone. Wouldn’t it be fun to get together a
small group of likeminded cachers to all go at the same time? An
event sounded like the optimal means to that end.
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I have never been there before, and ARF! has not been there for
years, but he assures me that parts of the park can be a challenge.
I’m not sure how many of the caches will be accessible to
street stock type vehicles like mine, maybe a half a dozen, maybe
20, I think it will have a lot to do with the weather leading up to
our attempt.
My intent will be to start at the entrance, work our way through
the grasslands, easing our way into the pine forest, and if the
conditions are right, and we are still brave enough, tackle some on
the blue trails to the North of the park. I have also created some
large 11x17 trail maps and have super-imposed the cache locations
on the map to help us navigate our way through the maze of
trails.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE EVENT
Bring Snacks and Drinks
Make sure you have a full tank of fuel.
Take lots of pictures
Rubber boots & warm clothes (and a change of clothes)
Tow straps if you have em, might just come in handy.
Don’t venture off on your own!
CACHERS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRAILS ARE MOST WELCOME 
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