The Lake Florida Hills area that lies before you is a part of the Alexandria Glacial Moraine Complex laid down by the Wadena Lobe of the last glacier, 30,000 years ago. At that time, the massive amount of ice, thousands of feet in thickness and loaded with unnumbered tons of rock material, ceased its forward movement and melted. What remained after the ice melted in this area was an accumulation of boulders, stones, gravel, and other debris formerly contained in the ice sheet. Some were formed into Kames, or glacial hills such as you see around you. Also, blocks of ice, buried in the debris, melted to form many of the hundreds of small lakes, dotting the countryside. Straight in front of you is Lake Florida which is one of these ice block lakes. Depressions left behind by the melting glacier also formed Kettles or potholes which are visible here too.
To get credit for this cache, email me the answers to the following questions:
- How many hills do you see from this point?
- Estimate the height of the highest hill.
- Besides clay soil, what other materials make up the composition of these hills?
- How many potholes do you see?
- Explain how these were formed.For verification purposes, as you are travelling south, what is the number of the 911 Address Sign (Blue) that is the first one east of this cache site?