The I-275 Bike Trail uses Hines Drive to connect the sections north and south of I-96 / I-275 and M-14. This is one of a set of four caches in the area of Northville Road and Wilcox Lake. Hopefully some day all the various sections will be connected up. As with the other sections, I am naming them after bicycle manufacturers. This cache is named after Gräf & Stift. The Gräf brothers started a bicycle service workshop in Austrai in 1893. They then began manufacturing bicycles. Later they joined with Wilhelm Stift to form Gräf & Stift which manufactured automobiles, trucks, buses and trolleybuses.
The caches along here are a little further off the path as the immediate area has typically been cleared. There is a fair amount of poison ivy along Hines Drive. There are no vines in the area of the cache but it always pays to be on guard. This cache may be more difficult in winter. The cache container is a small camo painted bison tube. You will need a log extractor. Please bring your own pencil or pen.
I have found that a quick and simple log extraction tool can be made from a small paperclip. Straighten one end out. Grab just a small portion (maybe 1/32 of an inch or 1 millimeter) with a long-nose or needle-nose pliers then bend it at a right angle. I have attached one to the cache you can use. Please leave it for the next person.
FTF: geoconsumer, PROBOB
STF: The Frito Bandito