Thursday, December 07, 2017

Green Man #4

 Head to this new little park which has the added bonus of being a non-hunting area
.  The driveway to the parking area is a little hard to see so when you are driving down the appropriate road, do it slowly.  The trail map on the kiosk is not updated, you can either use the map below or keep your fingers crossed that there is a map in the mapbox.  There HAVE been maps available each time I have been to this park.

 Go behind the gate, starting on the blue trail.
 You will very shortly see the orange trail with very faded blazes breaking off to the right side of the trail.  Take it!
 If you pas this ginormous tree, very quickly, and then the ginormous stump, in another five minutes, you will know you are on the correct trail.
 As you make a right hand turn on the trail, you might notice this large fallen tree touching the left side of the trail.  Don't go that far!!!
 Standing on the curve in the trail, note the double orange blaze behind you and then see the V tree with the fallen tree about ten feet behind it.
You should actually note three V trees although the one on the left is hard to distinguish as a V tree from the trail.  There will be a faint deer trail leading back through them.  You will have a better view of the fallen log when you are standing between the two Vs in the back of this picture.
 View from the V tree that is the furthest to the left. This is the one that is hard to distinguish as a V tree from the trail. 
The fallen tree was once a V tree.  Go to what would be the root end, if there was a root, and check out a little hidey hole about six feet from the end of the tree.

To return to your car, you can continue on the orange blazed trail, passing over the pipeline and then take the purple blazed trail to the left.  This will take you out to the gravel road which leads to the meditation areas and the old buildings in the park.  The day that I placed this box, the pipeline was being worked on and it was not possible to walk over it due to the mud and ditches.  If the pipeline is passable, this would be a good way to return,  It is only a little further to walk and it is a lot more scenic.

Please be very secretive about looking for this box, this is a brand new park and as far as I know, it must be difficult to get permission to place boxes here as there are no geocaches.  There is no smoking allowed in the park and although dogs are allowed, they MUST be leashed.  Please do not abuse any of these.

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