Spent a couple days hiding some caches along this trail. There
used to be 3 multi caches out here. Sabal Begal 1, 2 and 3. The
only one left is Sabal Begal 2. It is still in fine shape. Sabal
Begal 1 and 2 were some of the first caches we ever did.
If you walk far enough down the trail after this cache you might
see this Ent waving at you as you walk by.
This cache was placed a short way along the trail as a warm up.
It is here just to get you into the geocaching mind set. The better
caches are further out along the trail. This one is a plastic
camo'd floating(?) tube. Coordinates were spotty because of the
forest canopy. They were checked several times on two different
days. The best ones are posted here. It also seems to matter which
way you approach this one. The last time they were checked, my GPSr
said 1 foot. You do NOT have to get
off the trail to find this one. I almost called this cache Bird
House. Look around and you will see why.
Note: this note will serve for
all the caches on this trail, since this is the first one you come
to. This is a wild area of Florida, so keep your eyes peeled.
Things you might see out here are, deer, wild pigs, bear, gators,
snakes of all kinds, birds, and of course poisonous plants
(possibly even some Atlantic Poison Oak --- it's not supposed to be
here --- but that is what it looked like to me --- I've seen plenty
of PO in California). I tried to avoid areas where I saw poison ivy
and poison oak, but I could have missed some. The animals move so I
have no control over them. Don't forget those pesky little
creatures like mosquitoes, tics, chiggers, spiders, flies, and
ants. However the cold weather seemed to keep the little creatures
away. Two days on the trail, for a total of 6 hours, one mosquito.
Wilma knocked several trees down, but there was already someone out
there clearing the trail. Take a camera there are several photo
ops. Plus you never know when you might see one of the animals. For
sure be on the lookout for Tabanus Nomadus.