TDE #5 -- A Simpleton Critter Letterbox Hybrid

This one is a hike and a climb...follow the directions and find the climb.  It goes to a very interesting part of the park. You will walk about 2 miles there and 2 miles back. You shouldn't need any TOTTs. Bring tweezers to extricate the log and stamp!

Miners preparing to descend into the nearby abyss.

Park at the given coords.  Probably not on a Sunday morning.  Go down to the parking lot entrance but stay on the dirt. walk north next to the road a few steps, and turn left looking for a trailhead on the left, that starts off on the other side of the church fence.  Bikes or walkers are allowed on this path, contrary to one of the signs.

Follow this trail for half a mile or more.  Stay left at the intersections but stay in the park. You will go by some mines.

Eventually you will dump onto a road which will go down to a stream crossing.  The stream crossing will have 4 large pipes for water to flow under the bridge.  There was some erosion in the storms of 2016 that caused some damage.  

Cross the stream, and head up the hill on the left.  You will pass a road on the right.  But you are looking for a path on the left.  
Pass the trail on the left, and come to a mine. Pay close attention to the name, and its whereabouts and continue up the trail. At the top, you will see a trail on the left. This trail will go left, then start circling around the mine. About half way along the trail, it will start circling, be looking for a path that leads to a meadow and small hills in the center of the region that you are circling. Find your way to the meadow, on top of rocks.

Look for a circular sun pattern on the ground made with rocks, a bit faint because its getting overgrown. It is in the middle of the open meadow. If you want, you can add two rocks to make the pattern stand out better. Stand in the center of this circular design and face West. You should be able to see where the road that you just came up, and if you went over to the rocks you would see down on the mine that you passed. From the center of the rocky circle, go 73 feet projecting 172 degrees. You will see an excellent climbing tree.  Go up about half way to the top and you will find the cache.  Most tree climbing geocachers should be able to manage this tree, but climb at your own risk, bring along a monkey if needed.

Congrats to gnows on the FTF!!!!