THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. It is placed along the newly opened Albany-Hudson Electric Trail.
The Albany-Hudson Electric Trail follows the path of the electric trolley line that connected Albany to Hudson from 1899 to 1929. It runs from Rensselaer through East Greenbush, Nassau, the village of Nassau and Schodack in Rensselaer County into Columbia County where it traverses Chatham, Kinderhook, the villages of Valatie and Kinderhook, Stuyvesant, Stockport, Greenport and arrives in Hudson. Details are available on the trail website at www.ahettrail.org.
As cursed year 2020 draws to a close, and Halloween in confinement didn't deliver the thrills and chills it normally would, I sprinkled a few spooky caches along the trail to make up for it. Parents and tender hearts never fear, this "Trail of Terror" is very much family friendly.
Electric Fact: Despite not having wings, or a body shaped for gliding, some species of spiders can take to the skies by detecting, and exploiting, differences in electric charge between the plants they stand on and the surrounding air. Under the right conditions, they will stand on tiptoes, extrude a short strand of silk and take off, a behavior called "ballooning", even in the complete absence of wind. This is made possible by the fact that...
A - Plants hold a negative charge but the surrounding air is positively charged - go to N 42° 25.725' W 73° 40.283'
B - Plants hold a positive charge but the surrounding air is negatively charged - go to N 42° 25.752' W 73° 40.238'