Bike With Me: Dakota Rail 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 ninety 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 15.5 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.
This paved trail follows what was once the corridor of the Dakota Rail through the towns of Wayzata, Orono, Minnetonka Beach, Spring Park, Mound, Minnetrista, St. Bonifacius, Mayer, New Germany and Lester Prairie. Wonderful lake views and scenery that changes from urban to rural make it worth a trip.
As for the stages ...
Stage 1 - On the Welcome sign, how many letters are in the last word (starts with P)? Consider this A.
Stage 2 – On the plaque to Leon, what is the first number listed? Consider this B.
Stage 3 – What is the distance from Mound to Saint Boniface (the single digit number in the mileage chart)? Consider this C.
Stage 4 – How many letters are under the farmer? Consider this D.
Stage 5 – On the mileage marker, what is the number after 2? Consider this E.
Stage 6 – In the photo of the old Mayer Depot, how many men are standing there? Consider this F.
Then:
N44 54.BDF W093 44.ACE
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.