CCRider recently asked for volunteers to take over the annual tradition of hiding the Christmas Tree Cache. I live about two miles away, and I have enjoyed the Christmas Tree caches for over 15 years, so I said I would do it.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
The tradition continues with Christmas Tree 17
2020 has been an unprecedented year, but some traditions must continue. Christmas has always been a favorite time in my household, so I hope this Christmas Tree Cache will give you some joy during this season, and forget about all the craziness that is happening around you.
I have placed a new present in the woods, stocked it with swag and decorated the trees at GZ. This is just a small set of the ornaments that have been collected over the years.
- Feel free to bring your own ornaments and add to the decorations. Consider this a Community Christmas Tree!
- There should be lots of swag for the kiddos. Usually the rule in geocaching is trade up, but since this is Christmas, if you have nothing to trade, just let the kids take a gift. If the swag gets low, just mention it in your log and I will try to get out quickly to restock.
- Please feel free to include one, or more, of your family traditions in your log, so we all can share in each others holiday traditions. I read every log.
It's not easy to find a place in Webster Park that is open and also has an evergreen tree to decorate. I didn't have a whole lot of time to scope out new locations this year, as I wanted to get the cache out in time for people to find it before Christmas. This spot is near where some previous Christmas Tree caches have been. When hiding the Christmas Tree Chache, we strive to get far enough off trails, so to not be noticed by any passersby, but easy enough to find for the average geocacher.
This should be an fairly easy walk back to the cache (depending on the weather) and a great cache for the whole family. The walk back from parking on Lake Road is under a mile. When the gate is open you will be able to park much closer.
