Bike With Me: Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail #1
The cache is not at these coordinates. But, this is where you should start your journey. This bike ride will take about two hours or so.
This is the next of the 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 not too far from the starting point of the ride (although in the case, it is a little further than normal).
The Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail stretches over 15 miles between Hopkins and Carver Park Reserve, offering scenic views of Lake Minnetonka along the way. This aggregate trail passes through the communities of Minnetonka, Deephaven, Greenwood, Excelsior, Shorewood and Victoria.
As for the stages ...
Bench Memorial – Chris Niesen was born in the year 197?. Consider this A.
Signs in the Sky – How many miles is it to Excelsior? Consider this B.
Telephone number - There are three numbers on this telephone pole. Add the bottom two to come up with C.
Burton Park – How many birds are on one side of this sign? Consider this D.
Loving Memory – Dorothy was born in what month. Consider this E.
Then: N44 55.BAD W093 24.EC1
Hope you had a great ride.
Earn the 75 and 150 mile Pathtag!
So far there have been 46 of these Hike/Bike/Run With Me Multi-caches - if you were to complete them all, you would have travelled more than 285 miles. Currently (November 2024), there are 39 active geocaches totaling 251+ miles (This includes four 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 cachers who completed at least 75 and/or 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 25+ mile bike ride.
Here is a bookmark list of all of the caches.