Night Hunt! Let’s Go!
The above listed coordinates are for suggested limited parking. For more stealth and less traffic at night consider also the Long Valley Road parking area, just off of Brass Eagle Loop on the western end of Bald Eagle Trail: N36° 08.488 W079° 54.749. This provides a short warm-up hike to the trail head after which the cache will guide you back towards your vehicle.
This cache will be set up as a night cache. It may be findable in the daylight — maybe — but hey, who can resist a night hunt? Keep in mind that, due to increasing tree cover, it may be a little harder to find these stages, especially if you dare try to find them in the daytime.
Instructions
When you enter the trail head, you will see two trails: one to the left and one to the right. Use your light to look for markers—reflective tags—to indicate which trail to follow. From here, this will be your first point of interest: N 36° 08.984 W 079° 54.251
Stay on the trail until you get close to the first waypoint; you will need to bushwhack a bit and use your light there to find the first stage. Back on the trail to the next stage. Close to the second stage there is more bushwhacking and looking for markers. Looking for Stage 3? This is more fun than pay day on Friday night! The third clue cache is in a small bison tube: look for more markers and there you will get your final bearings to find the cache.
Remember! As all the locals know, this is the South, and there are things out there that bite, sting, and stick especially at night — so be careful! Keep an eye out for rotted stump holes to avoid twisting an ankle. And yes, the trail will be muddy after hard or prolonged rain.
A list of the cache “goodies” from the original cache:
- Log book and pens (with a container for the FTF prize)
- Two first placements of new travel bugs
- Two WG$ to start the journey
- A couple of “neat” cache “stuffers”
- And last but not least, six (6) Cache Buttons that fit this “theme” perfectly. Please, one only to each finder. You may miss out on the FTF prize, but I think you will enjoy the Next to Find.
Enjoy the adventure and in the spirit of a good hunt. Thanks! Be safe, and have fun!