Sleeping Bear Dunes in Michigan is named after a Native American legend, where a female bear and her two cubs swam across Lake Michigan to escape a fire on the Wisconsin shore. The mother bear reached the shore and waited for her cubs, but they did not make it across. Two islands mark where the cubs drowned, while the dune marks the spot where the mother bear waited.
This cache is located in Ted Black Woods, which is part of the Meridian Township Parks system. Current park hours are dawn until dusk. Please respect the park hours. The park now has two parking areas (waypoints shown below). The park also now has nice new trail signing.
This is one of our favorite trails in one of our favorite parks. The cache container is a medium sized snap-lock container hidden in a typical way. The cache is not far off of the trail, so please stay on the trail until you are near the cache. If you do not find the cache right away, please use the hint below vs. overly disturbing the area.
We hope that you enjoy your visit to Black Woods!
Congrats to lala4805 and dotdotdash on being First to Find!