Cowvin

This is a really great large cache. A few of the TBs elected to take a picture of it so that you at home could see the awesomeness. It was voted 1 of 8 best Geocaches for beginners to do. It’s marked so brightly that nobody could miss it, unless you don’t know the name of the game.

This was a really fun cache although it gave us a heart attack when we opened the door and found the greeting party was a SNAKE!! I’m not a snake expert, so when Super_Nate and I spotted the snake all curled up and happy in the cache, we figured it was a corn snake, but weren’t about to try out a bite. So we gently attempted to help it out from around the cache without success. The cache owner has since stated it was a corn snake and it has been rehomed.
The snake was very beautiful, but enough about the snake... This cache is absolutely beautiful itself!!!! It is so professional and well kept! I was very impressed and happy to leave TBs here. It was a mailbox encased in a nice wooden structure and did not look run down.
Super_Nate and I have seen so many cool animals on our southern Florida caching trip, let’s see... turtles, grasshoppers, a gazillion types of birds, dolphins, Amarillo, Alligators, dogs, cats, lots of fishies, a click beetle, crabs, otters, raccoons, and a snake. I feel like I am missing some more! Oh... lots of mosquitos!!!! All those animals have been so neat and fun to meet, except for that last one...

Catching counties along Florida. This is a colorful PVC pipe in a tree at a fire house. It is stocked with colorful toy firemen. Very nice cache.

Not far from this cache we stopped by an alligator sanctuary and watched a show with a gator and his guy. The gator, Charlie, was a big guy... about 400 lbs, and he was nice and chill, even when his guy opened his mouth waved hands in the mouth hoping it wouldn’t snap shut. Thankfully it didn’t. After the the gator show, we all got to hold babies gators. They are surprisingly soft and cuddly!!! They loved being scratched right on the back of their necks. Here is a picture of Casper, Super_Nate and I.
After the gator show, we rode an hour long Airboat tour. It took us through the Everglades trees. We got to meet a huge gator and a group of 5 tree raccoons which we fed dog biscuits to. The gator also ate some of the biscuits, but I think he was secretly hoping a raccoon would fall..
Such a fun day!!!

I’m so excited to be making a smiley out of this cache because I’ve always wanted to come to the Everglades for years!! I’ve also always wanted to see a full live alligator and I have high hopes that I will see one today. Previously eyes have been all that I’ve spotted on a night hunt for them. So bring on all the wildlife and the beautiful scenery!!! It’s so cool to be getting a cache at a National Park Visitor Center!