Aug 5/2010 |
Geocache Activity 796 |
FIND 733 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 1; Terrain 1; size regular; Creator: -GIZMO- Date First Hidden: 10/19/2002 Date Last Found: 7/03/2010 Description A shork hike along a marked trail in Dinosaur Provincial Park. A UNESCO world heritage site. . http://www2.parkscanada.gc.ca/unesco/DINO/Dino_e.htm http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/featured/dinosaur/intro.asp WARNING! Be careful were you put your hands when looking for this cache. This area has rattle snakes, black widow spiders and scorpions. There is also cactus all over the ground that could be bad news for pets, although I had my dog along and with no problems. Just be careful! Park here: N 50 45.946 W111 30.357 This cache should be pretty easy to find. Please be careful not to damage any of the sensitive landscape and vegitation in this area. Let’s keep it beautiful for all to see. Hint A stone's throw from the big tree (east) Comments
PLANNING
I created a set of 6 searches in two Provincial Parks. I then added another 8 searches for backup in the event that I finished searching for the first six and still had time on my hands. The goal was to add 2 more provincial parks to my total for Alberta. Eventually I will have searched in almost all of the parks in the province that have caches. This promises to be a full day, with lots of driving to and from the search areas.
OUTCOME
1:40 PM. I parked at another pullput on the loop road through the park. This was a short walk along level ground. The area near the cache was underwater but the cache was located just above the water line.
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
I was surprised at the amount of water on the ground, but the cache was above the water line. TNLNSL. TFTC. Here are a few photos:
a 200 year old Cottonwood
another one
cache site
container that was under the pieces of bark (bands are 5 cm, or 2")
I am now 6/6 for today.
