This is one of the fourteen caches that comprise the Shore to
Shore Geochallenge. Finding and logging it will represent the
culmination of your efforts. The Code for the Shore to Shore
Chanllenge is located on the inside cover of the log book.
Find and copy the number codes contained in all of the
containers in this 14 cache series. They will allow you to find and
unlock the Hopkins Creek cache and complete the Geochallenge.
The Michigan Shore-To-Shore Trail begins at Lake Michigan in
Empire and ends more than 200 miles east at Lake Huron near
Oscoda.The trail was created and is maintained by the Michigan
Trail Riders Association in cooperation with the DNR. Closed to
motorized traffic, it passes through meadows and forests where
possible and uses roadside shoulders where necessary.
Commemorative high quality S2S T shirts have been created and will
be presented to ten members of the first teams to complete the
challenge. To be eligible, the members receiving shirts must
all have participated in the quest and must all be
present and listed when logging finds. After the complimentary T
shirts have been awarded, shirts will be available for purchase by
additional challenge finishers for their cost plus shipping.
This Cache is near the Cross State Riding and Hiking Trail and the
Gabions campground along the AuSable River. The cache is easily
accessable from the river also. Gabions is the name of an erosion
control system you can see it near the canoe launch. It consists of
rocks along the bank and into the river bed. A parking permit is
required, but available where you come in. Day passes are $3. Be
sure to look at the river it's a beautiful area. You can park
within 300 feet of the cache. The cache is a 1 1/2 qt jar covered
in camo tape. The original S2S Gabions was muggled and this is a
replacement container with new log book. Links to the other Caches
in this series are listed below.
The fourteen caches in the S2S Geo-challenge are;
Empire,
Garey Lake,
Lake Dubonnet,
Sheck's
Place,
Rapid River,
Goose
Creek,
4
Mile,
Luzerne,
McKinley,
Gabions,
South
Branch,
River
Road,
Oscoda,
And the final at
Hopkins Creek