This cache will bring you to a small gazebo tucked away in the woods overlooking the Tank Creek. Enjoy the informational signs along the way. Be forewarned that there is a letterbox just before the gazebo on the right side. The letterbox is in a square, plastic sandwich container. The inside of the lid clearly says it’s a letterbox. The cache is in a round camouflaged jar.
In front of you is Tank Creek, which forms on the Marguerite Gahagan Nature Preserve from a fen. Tank Creek is part of the headwaters of the Au Sable River, winding through Roscommon and feeding into the South Branch of the Au Sable River. At this point, the top of the water table and the surface of the ground are nearly the same level, and the water begins its long journey to the sea.
Tank Creek got its name from where it crossed the railroad during the steam engine days, the boilers on trains could be filled from a tank along the track, about where the Sunny Spot gas station is now. The tank was filled from the creek.