I have fallen in love with geocaching. My family has fallen in love with geocaching. And I have been wanting to hide one for a while now, so I have taken this opportunity to finally place my first cache. I hope you enjoy it. I've had a lot of fun thinking of and creating this for your caching endeavors.
Parking is limited to roadside, and you'll need to find one of a couple trailheads or come in from a long trek in the forest to get to this location. I recommend taking some time, at some point, and take a nice walk through the forest or at least give the Borrow Pit Loop a try... it's a very beautiful and peaceful place to be.
But for now... On to caching!
Welcome to Borrow Pit
The cache is not at the coordinates given, but what you will find is art and information.
First off let's get some info about the area shall we?
There's lots of information on the history and the goings on here: You can understand how the name of this area came about, you can find out about all the art that is spread throughout, you can read about the roles that King County and island volunteers play in preserving this land, you can see all the trails that spiderweb through Island Center Forest and you can even find out the acreage of the forest! Such good knowledge to have indeed. One never knows when one might have to use such knowledge.
Now that we've read up on the area, let's explore all of the lovely art around here.
Lots of animals and shapes to see: Snakes and zebras, rats and dancing dogs, and even a little tornado... all up for your interpretation. I mean it is art! You can even see how the art itself percieves the world! Pick an animal and go look through their eyes... What does the world look like with their perception? This can be a fun excercise to do with your kids or grand kids. Have fun. Make up stories and have converstions from what the art sees. Maybe that little dolphin sees a lone tree on a mound of earth and thinks... "Hmm, Bob Ross really needs to give that tree a little friend!" Maybe the blue herring can spot the opening trail into the forest? Go and explore.
While you're exploring, a couple of animals in particular might see something that might interest you!
Go find an animal that might hail from across our northern border, eh? (or at least fly from there) Go look through its eye... What does he see? A couple of trees blocking our view? That's not what we want. Hmm... maybe try his striped friend to his left. What does he see... A cat? Maybe a skull? Sure! It's all art. Totally up for interpretation. But beyond those artful shapes, maybe he sees an object where he can go and act like the lion king? But in reality the goose would probably just go and poop on it, like he would anywhere else he'd go.
And just beyond THAT object is where your searching endevours will end.
Go... seek and ye shall find.
Please be gentle when trying to retrieve the cache from the container, nothing should need to be forced.
And please return the cache and set the conainer back up as you found it.
Thank you and remember... Have fun!!
....not all who wander are lost.
A brand new travel bug will go to the first to find. Please log it and pass it on. I'll love watching it travel around.
Congrats to leadweed and his gang, for the first to find! 2/14/22 Thank you for the "favorite" point.