Hike With Me: Bloomington Ferry’s Carver Creek Loop
The cache is not at these coordinates But, this is where you should start your journey.
This is the next of Hike/Bike with Me caches that I have started since moving to MN. Since most of my cache finds are done while exercising, I thought I would offer this delight to others. These caches will not necessarily be hard to find, but you will have to put some miles on the legs for them. So lace em up, grab some water, and come join the fun.
Totally, this hike will be about 2 miles and will be an out and back on the Carver Creek Loop. Although none of the stages of this cache will technically bring you around the Carver Creek Loop, there is a loop path here (which branches off the main trail at Stage 2), but it is very overgrown and eventually non-existent. I made my way through it on 10/2/22. The waypoints are all on the main spur trail, which can be accessed all year long. The final coordinates for the cache are placed in a winter friendly place not too far from the starting point.
As for the stages ...
Stage 1 – There is a white sign in this area. Two Questions here: How many fish are a part of this artwork? Consider this A. Then, There is a word that start with a "W". How many letters are in that word? Consider this B.
Stage 2 – There are three poles in this area. Each of them have supporting beams. How many supporting beams do all three of them have in total? Consider this C.
Stage 3 – Here you will find a brown trail marker sign. Take a look at the first word leading down the sign. How many letters are on it? Consider this D.
Then:
N44 44.CDD W093 38.ABA
Hope you had a great hike.
Earn the 75 and 150 mile Pathtag!
So far there have been 37 of these Hike/Bike/Run With Me Multi-caches - if you were to complete them all, you would have travelled more than 210 miles. Currently (August 2023), there are 32 active geocaches totaling 185 miles (This includes three Hike With Me Adventure Labs). I wanted to give something to the geocachers who have "put a big dent" in trying to find these. So I created two pathtags for all cachers who completed at least 75 and 150 miles while trying to get smileys on these caches. On each of the cache pages, I mention how long the travel should be for that cache. They vary from just a couple miles to a 20-mile mountain bike ride.
Here is a bookmark list of all of the caches.
So, take a look at your finds, add up the miles, and if you are more than 75 or 150 miles, let me know. You can either PM me, email me, or just grab me at an event. You do not have to show/prove anything to me about you qualifying. I will give you one if you say you have qualified.