The BeeGees: Well, It's gone alright. I hiked out there this afternoon. The nature trail that the township made back in 2001 is gone too. It was never maintained and just got overgrown with vegetation. Today I tried to follow the general area of the original path but recent flooding and ice pushed me inland a bit. It also made the drainage crossings a little more challenging. On the bright side - no mosquitoes today!
The area surrounding the cache site looked like an ice skating rink with trees in it. As I got closer I quickly spied the tree that previously held the cache. Surrounding the tree were several boot and paw prints. Based on that, I'd say Jeeeper1 found the cache location but had no log book to sign. I call that a find and he has my permission to change his note to a "found it".
A special note of thanks and appreciation to those who took the time and effort to find this cache in some challenging terrain. This was no cache and dash.