This is a remake of the original "Letterboxing in SGL 161". The cache had to be moved due to logging, but it wasn't moved very far. However, it now has a new starting location, and the cache is much more difficult to get to than the original. For that reason I decided to delete the original and make it a new cache with higher D/T ratings. I'm not sure if I left the old log book in the container. If you see any signatures prior to the publication of this cache it simply means that I used the old log book. The first person to log it after the publication date will be the FTF.
This is an old school letterbox. You will be looking for a plastic ammo can in the woods, but you will not have the final coordinates. It is hidden in an ordinary fashion - nothing devious. Follow the directions below to find the cache. If you follow the directions carefully you shouldn't have any trouble finding it.
Please be sure to rehide the cache at least as good as you found it so that it doesn't get muggled!
This cache is in the Game Lands. Be sure to follow all Game Land rules and regulations, and wear orange during hunting season. Avoid this cache during deer season!!!
- Since this is a letterbox-hybrid there is a stamp. I removed the ink pad because it was in bad shape. You will need your own ink pad to use the stamp. It is NOT swag. Please leave it in the container.
- If you collect letterbox stamps go ahead and stamp your book. The log book is large enough for you to stamp it with your stamp if you have one, but it is not required. There is no ink pad, so you will have to supply your own.
OK, here we go. Follow the directions below and you should end up at the cache
- NOTE: Be aware that during this trip you might encounter wet and/or muddy conditions, so be prepared for that. You might also encounter such things as long grass, ticks, thorns and rough terrain.
- From the posted coordinates follow the logging road out of the parking area. (DO NOT DRIVE ALONG THIS ROAD - YOU WILL NOT MAKE IT VERY FAR BEFORE YOU GET STUCK.
- Walk along the logging road until your GPS reads 0.21 miles from the start. At this point, if you look over to your right you should see an opening into the woods where there are some bird houses.
- Look to the left of the logging road. You should see a field bordered by a wood line along the right side. If you look all the way across the field you should see a trail into the woods. (When I hid this the trail was pretty overgrown but very visible).
- Walk across the field and onto the trail. (NOTE: This trail was very wet and muddy when I hid the cache. I avoided much of it by walking parallel to the trail in the woods on the right).
- Eventually you want to leave the woods and get back on the trail. I saw a pine tree across the trail, and I left the woods at that point. It was still very wet and muddy for a while.
- Continue along this trail.
- At some point you will see dead fallen trees on the right side of the trail. Soon they are on both sides of the trail. It is kind of like walking through a tunnel of dead trees (without the roof).
- Watch along the right side. You will reach a point where there is an obvious break in the tree wall on the right.
- Turn right through this break in the wall, and continue straight toward the tree line in front of you.
- As you are walking toward the tree line you might notice a break in the trees where you can enter the woods. (Don't worry, if you miss this opening you can still enter at any spot as long as it is in a reasonably straight line from the right hand turn you took)
- Walk a short distance straight in or slightly to the right as you go until you can see down the hill.
- Look down hill for a tree stump that is about 5' tall.
- Hike down to the tree stump
- As you near the stump you might notice a downed tree just to the right of the stump. This is where the cache is hidden. Be sure to keep the cache well hidden when you leave.
- GOOD LUCK!