Bike With Me: MN River Bluffs Regional Trail #2
The cache is not at these coordinates. But, this is where you should start your journey. This bike ride will probably take a little more than an hour or so.
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 bike ride will be about 13 miles. The bike ride will be an out and back ride, returning to the starting point from the way you came. The waypoints are all on trails, which can be accessed all year long. The final coordinates for the cache are placed in a winter friendly place near the starting point of the ride.
The Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail is an aggregate (as well as a paved portion) trail that follows an old railroad route from Hopkins to Chanhassen and Chaska. Currently, it is managed by the Three Rivers District under a permit by the Hennepin County Railroad Authority.
As for the stages ...
Stage 2 – On the blue sign, how many letters are on lower word? Consider this A.
Stage 3 – This is Bridge 27r3__. What is the last number on first line? Consider this B.
Stage 4 – What is the first number of the maximum grade of this trail is? Consider this C.
Stage 5 – Above, the Bluff Creek Dr Trailhead is 5._ miles away? Consider this D.
Stage 6 – If you added the two numbers on the Tower sign, you would get what? Consider this E.
Stage 7 – How many pentagon words are completely in brown writing? Consider this F.
Then:
N44 AB.CBE W093 FB.EDF
Hope you had a great ride.
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.