Un Pirate's Challenge: U.S. Counties Mystery Cache

You are about to enter A Pirate's Challenge Trail.  All caches are challenge related.  Some one way, some another.  You will see.   Depending on the time of year, you could be almost waist high in water,  other times lower, or even none at all.  You pick your poison.

Cache is at posted coords

                                                           _{Welcome to the Picayune Strand State Forest}

     The Picayune Strand State Forest (commonly known as the "Picayune") is in the heart of the Big Cypress ecosystem.  The strand is comprised of 78,000 acres and designated as a forest conservation area. 

     Once slated to be a residential town, that ultimately failed, the area was purchased by the state of Florida and with the help of federal funds is being returned to its natural environment.  As of this publication, the Merritt Canal has been filled in and many roads have been stripped of its old pavement.  Much of the land in that area has been leveled.  New vegetation is, or will, grow and the area will soon be back to the prior natural state.

     The Florida Forest Service manages the Picayune and is very Geocaching minded.  They and the forest ranger graciously approve all cache hides and the welcoming of cachers to come and see the best of Florida's natural habitat while chasing that elusive Geocache.  Come early, stay late, and go home tired.

     Enter the Picayune via Sabal Palm Rd. from Collier Blvd (Rt 951).

     There is a small $2 fee required.  An envelope for your fee can be obtained at the "Iron Ranger" in the parking area.  Please place the receipt on the dashboard of your vehicle where it can be seen.

     Please obey all forest guidelines so that you (and all others) will be able to enjoy these lands forever.  Most of all......... be safe.

     Keep a good eye out ahead as all of Florida's wild creatures inhabit the Picayune.

                                                                     Now for the challenge

To qualify and to post a "Found It" log for this challenge, you must have found a cache in at least 350 of the U.S. counties.  Not too hard if you travel, but this will take many miles of traveling.

As always, you can show your qualifications many ways by either placing a photo of your GSAK macro, Profile Statistics, projectgc, or the llloooooong way and write all your state and county names with GC numbers and names with "Found It" dates.

Cache D/T rating is based upon the challenge itself and the challenge final

All "Found It" logs that do not qualify will be deleted.

Happy Caching