Being a lifelong fan of the Illinois Central Railroad I decided to place my first cache along a former stretch of that railroad. This section of that former railroad was part of the right of way that ran from Princeton, KY to Nashville, TN. The railroad abandoned this section several years ago and the rails were removed. The City of Hopkinsville bought the land and has plans to turn this into a bike and hiking trail. The field adjacent to the old line where the cache is hidden is also owned by City so you will not have to traverse any private land. While the old right of way is wide and graveled you are not allowed to drive on it. There is a great place to park at the head of the trail beside Pardue Lane @ N36.8465 W-87.4996. This will require a walk of approximately 125 - 175 yards to the cache. The hint shown below will take you to a 4” X 6” camoed container that contains hints on how to find the final cache which is only a few feet away.
While this will not be a quick park and grab, I have tried to make it challenging and fun but not too difficult. For those of you that are not very knowledgeable about the great outdoors, I want you to know that the vines you see are not poison ivy or poison oak and if by some very slight chance you see a snake, it probably is not one of those dreaded copperheadedrattlemoccasins you hear so much about.
There is a $1.00 gold coin for the FTF.