Well guess what everybody? Today and possibly for the next couple weeks or months (insert evil laughter here) you get to take on the role of Wile E. Coyote’s assistant and check all of his traps for the Roadrunner.
The Roadrunner will be a real challenge to catch to, as each puzzle is unique and possibly challenging. So there are no repetitive puzzles here like you may have seen in other large series. In addition at least Half of these caches physical locations will require you leave your vehicle and attempt to chase down the roadrunner on foot, or by bike.
The Acme Corporation seeing your plight has decided to aid you, but you might find their help about as useful as Wile E Coyote has in the past. They’ve guaranteed you two things.
1. Since the Roadrunner is neither a swimming nor a flying bird you will need to neither climb nor use a boat to catch it.
2. Acme Corporation has supplied a hint for the GZ of ALL the locations to aid in your search for the tricky bird, and encourages you to report if something’s gone wrong,.
The puzzle begins below, have fun and good luck.
assume N40 &W84
A. Here The Buckeye Trail enters this section on the Little Miami Scenic State Park bike trail, but leaves it immediately to follow country roads into Caesar Creek State Park. Here you enjoy over 20 miles of off-road, unpaved hiking along the lakeshore, passing the public beach. North of the park, the trail follows a combination of back roads and rail-trail through the college town of Yellow Springs. The BT continues soutwest as it heads for the city of Dayton. Near Fairborn, a brief off road trek takes you through the Cold Springs Reserve, and then eventually on to the Wright Brothers' Memorial Bikeway.
B. the Buckeye Trail (BT) passes through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, including several units of both Cleveland Metroparks and Metroparks Serving Summit County. Included are cliffs, waterfalls and many artifacts from the Ohio & Erie Canal. At the south end of the Cuyahoga Valley between CVNP and Akron, BT visits Cascade Locks Park (CLP) that includes Locks 10 through 16 and is supported by a unique non-profit, the Cascade Locks Park Association, Inc. The trail leaves CLP and enters the City of Akron. You hike on sidewalks through old neighborhoods past the Akron zoo. South of Akron, BT continues primarily on Ohio Erie Canal Towpath Trail through Barberton, Clinton and Canal Fulton, In Canal Fulton, you can ride the St. Helena III canal boat and/or visit the Heritage Society museum
C. Although somewhat below average in off-road trail, this segment lies in very remote, wooded country of high ridges. Some of the roads are so little used that days may pass between vehicles. The trail leaves the Belle Valley Section in Belle Valley and heads east past Caldwell Lake, Fulda, Lamping Homestead and Ring Mill on the way to the Whipple Section
D. This section follows the old Miami-Erie Canal for just about its entire length. The canal was built in the 1830's between the Ohio River and Lake Erie. You will walk past many of the original locks as you start the section in Lockington. Most of the walk will be along the original towpath, though some road walking is used where the towpath is gone. The trail passes through the old canal towns of Minster, New Bremen and St. Marys before ending in the village of Kossuth.
E. This section begins northeast of Logan at SR 664 and Walnut Dawler Road. The trail meanders southwest through Enterprise and skirts the SE side of SR-33 were it enters Lake Logan State Park at the levee. Near here, we honor one of the Buckeye Trail's founders, William (Bill) Miller, by naming a short section after him. Cross Duck Creek on a new narrow foot bridge and continue south on back country roads, through the hemlocks in Hocking State Forest. The trail crosses Big Pine Creek on a large-elevated steel bridge and continues into the Old Man's Cave area. Here you will find primitive and class "A" camping after hiking a steep paved road. The main attractions in this area are: Conkles Hollow, Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls and Ash Cave. Old Man's Cave area offers, parking, tables, toilets, water, and dining lodge. Here too, we honor a famous founder, Grandma Gatewood, by naming a portion of the trail in her name. Stop, rest and view 350 million years of geology and thousands of years of human history. We leave this area at Ash Cave by crossing SR 56 and entering TWP 254. Hiking back country roads and steep hills we leave the Old Man's Cave section and enter the Scioto Trail section at SR 327 and Clark Hollow Road.
F. The Buckeye Trail, from it's southern terminus at the upper overlook in the northeast corner of Eden Park in Cincinnati, to the intersection of US 50 and Wooster Lane in Terrace Park is on urban and suburban streets. This section leads you past some wonderful examples of mansions and churches that were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From the intersection of US 50 and Wooster Lane to the end of the this Section the Buckeye Trail follows the Little Miami Scenic State Park, a paved bike path located on abandoned Penn Central railroad right of way along the Little Miami River. Popular on hot summer days, the bike trail follows a rail bed first build in the 1840's as the Little Miami Railroad, named after the nearby river and not the size of the train! As the trail heads north, you pass through Camp Dennison, used as a Civil War camp by the Union Army. North of Loveland, the land gets less urban, though you can often hear the sounds of Kings Island amusement park near Foster. After passing through Morrow, the trail passes under the I-71 bridge and into the Caesar Creek section. The Fort Ancient prehistoric Indian earthworks and museum are adjacent to the trail near SR 350
G. This section begins south of Wellington on State Route 58 at Findley State Park and proceeds on footpath through the park. While much of the trail that follows lies on roads in a relatively flat, rural landscape, the trail crosses Spencer Lake on a causeway within Spencer Lake Wildlife Area, goes by Letha House Park (Medina County Park District), follows Lester Rail-Trail (Medina County Park District), enters the City of Medina and goes around Medina Public Square. Before exiting the city, the trail follows the Champion Creek Trail (City of Medina Park) and crosses Lake Medina Park (Medina County Park District). The trail once again follows rural roads through rolling country-side. The trail leaves roads to cross through both Hinckley Reservation (Cleveland Metroparks), where it passes close by the famous Buzzard’s Roost and climbs through the rugged Whipp’s Ledges, and Richfield Heritage Preserve (formerly Camp Crowell Hilaka, now part of Richfield Joint Recreational District). The trail from the Medina Section ends in the Brecksville Reservation (Cleveland Metroparks)
H. You've reached the flat farm land of Ohio where the major risk to hikers is falling into one of the deep drainage ditches along the road. The land here was shaped during the last ice age, leaving it flat and fertile. This section provides a pleasant, easy walk, ideal for lazy summer days or crisp autumn weekends. While following the many back roads you will experience the midwest country atmosphere close-up. The section begins in the small town of Waterville and passes north of Bowling Green before crossing I-75. From here, the trail turns northeast through farm land and alongside small streams and rivers, through the towns of Pemberville, Woodville and Elmore. From Elmore, the trail turns southeast west of Fremont and ends in the tiny village of Old Fort.
I. This section begins northeast of Logan at SR 664 and Walnut Dawler Road. The trail meanders southwest through Enterprise and skirts the SE side of SR-33 were it enters Lake Logan State Park at the levee. Near here, we honor one of the Buckeye Trail's founders, William (Bill) Miller, by naming a short section after him. Cross Duck Creek on a new narrow foot bridge and continue south on back country roads, through the hemlocks in Hocking State Forest. The trail crosses Big Pine Creek on a large-elevated steel bridge and continues into the Old Man's Cave area. Here you will find primitive and class "A" camping after hiking a steep paved road. The main attractions in this area are: Conkles Hollow, Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls and Ash Cave. Old Man's Cave area offers, parking, tables, toilets, water, and dining lodge. Here too, we honor a famous founder, Grandma Gatewood, by naming a portion of the trail in her name. Stop, rest and view 350 million years of geology and thousands of years of human history. We leave this area at Ash Cave by crossing SR 56 and entering TWP 254. .
J. This section is a mostly hilly, completely rural portion of the BT that runs through Guernsey and Noble Counties in southeast Ohio. The section runs from Winterset to the American Electric Power Recreation Lands. The trail here is mostly on rarely traveled dirt roads, with off-road portions located at Salt Fork Wildlife Area, Seneca Lake (the southernmost of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Lakes), Wolf Run State Park and American Electric Power Recreation Lands. The trail passes through the villages of Old Washington, where the trail crosses I-70, and Belle Valley, where it crosses I-77, and Hoskinsville.
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