Oct08/2010 |
Geocache Activity 896 |
FIND 827 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 1.5; Terrain 2.5; size micro; Creator: navypeople Date First Hidden: 4/21/2010 Date Last Found: 10/6/2010 Description The Jackalope is a wily creature that haunts the flatlands of Southern Alberta (as well as some other places). One must keep their eyes open to find the creature though. they are very timid and will only usually be seen in pictures taken with a hidden camera, or in local gift shops sitting on shelves. The Jackalopes cousin, Jack Rabbit, has no trouble being seen cavorting around in the flatlands. He has a tendency to leave a number of holes in the ground so building a golf course is an easy task. Jackalope's other cousin, Antelope, really likes hanging out in the grassy area of the flatlands and can usually be found standing around with its brothers and sisters acting as a gallery for the avid golfers/geocachers. Jackalope Flats is a 9 holes golf course built into an open area near one of Medicine Hat's campgrounds. A player doesn't need golf clubs to enjoy the course, but good walking shoes, a walking stick, some water and maybe even some bug spray are a good idea. Bring your own pencil to record the score as well. The number to get into the Clubhouse will be found on the bottom of the lid of 5 of the holes. Be sure you record them as you "play the hole". If you walk the course progressively from 1 to 9 to the Clubhouose, you will cover about 1 1/2 miles or just over 2 kms. The terrain is fairly rough but there is not much level change. Lots of grass, Rabbit and gopher holes and some very deep ruts, because Quad drivers (another creature of the flatlands) really like the area too! This series is more about the adventure rather than the hide and the caches should be farily easy to find. It is a good place for folks overnighting in Medicine Hat to get out and grab some caches as they stretch their legs and give the family pet a run. Keep close to the smaller children. As usual, in the flatlands, watch out for desert critters. Enjoy!
Hint none should be needed Comments
PLANNING
This was my first geocaching trip to Medicine Hat in a long time. I set up a plan for 16 searches, all on the west end of the city. 10 of these caches were set up as a geo-golf course. I decided I would begin with these and then move on to try for a few other urban caches, all in the nearby part of the city. It is about a 2-hour drive from home to the first cache site, so I needed to leave at day break.
OUTCOME
10:08 am. This was my 3rd search of the day. Finally! I found this cache and now have a much better idea of the goal. The containers consist of small green covers over a hole. Much of my searching for the first two caches was in the trees and under the deadfall. Now I see that the caches will be on the ground, and may be simply in the grass, which is still a problem as the grass is long and often dense. Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
Finally, I have a sense of what I am doing out here. Now to find the fourth tee box. Here are a few photos:
cache is in center of photo
golf ball attached to green cover
container in holeI am now 1/3 for today.
