This geocache was placed in preparation for the Going Caching 2013 Mega-Event at FDR State Park. We hope you enjoy riding the trails and caching in Georgia's largest State Park. Please sign the log book and rehide the container in the same location as you found it. If you take something from the geocache, leave something of equal or greater value.
FDR by Horse ─ Trail Reflections
hidden by: Joebids
A ride on the trail with your horse, can be a time of peaceful Trail Reflection. Time to look back at one’s experiences and thoughts about different moments in ones life.
Prayer Reflections:
When you arise in the morning,
give thanks for the morning light,
for your life and strength,
give thanks for your food
and the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks,
the fault lives in yourself.
-- Tecumseh
Reflections of Others:
There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.
~Winston Churchill
In riding a horse we borrow freedom.
~Helen Thomson
Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway.
~John Wayne
God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses.
~R.B. Cunninghame Graham, letter to Theodore Roosevelt, 1917
He's not going to look back if you don't. They're the most forgiving creatures God ever made.
~Nicholas Evans, in The Horse Whisperer
Cache Description:
Shortly into your ride, you will come to spot where you will need to decide which trail in life to take. Don't worry, the Guides won't 'steer' ya wrong.
Here at this juncture, you will find what it is you seek. Take the time to REFLECT on your experience through all this and enjoy the find. Hopefully you will share a reflective moment in your log of Textual and perhaps Photogenic form.
~ Happy Trails!
The difficulty for the Geocaches in this series have been rated with the consideration of you being on a moving horse.
Please be careful when you retrieve, handle and replace the various containers. If you should drop something to the ground, take direction from your Guide on whom in your group should retrieve the item. Of course this does not apply if you are on your own horse unguided.
This Geocache has been placed with kind permission from FDR State Park Management and is in accordance to agreed standards. It is also on a designated Horse Trail where no hiking on them is allowed. You may bring your own horse or go on a guided ride from Roosevelt Riding Stables. If you do bring your own horse, you still must register at the Stables office.
The Horse Trails are typically open from Tuesday through Sunday. Please see their web page for operating days/hours, guidelines and Guided Trail Ride rates. Roosevelt Riding Stables
NOTE -- There is a $10.00 parking fee per car to enter the State Park. Of course you can purchase an annual pass which will give you unlimited access to all GA State Parks.