Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL)
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Traditional Cache New Years Surprise by FamilyKOC (2/2.5)
N49° 55.868  W97° 02.332 (WGS84)
UTM  14U   E 640745  N 5532817
Use waypoint: GC251HT
Size: Regular Regular    Hidden on 1/1/2010
In Manitoba, Canada
Difficulty:  2 out of 5   Terrain:  2.5 out of 5
Dogs allowed  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Available at all times  Available during winter  Not Wheelchair accessible  Drinking water nearby  Public restrooms nearby  Telephone nearby 
   



This is our first. Nice place to go.

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Current at 11/6/2011

Found it 8/1/2010 by Kabuthunk
Second cache of the day. I was feeling pretty good about my chances of finding caches today, after my last find managed to resolve a fairly difficult DNF. Thus, riding the wave of confidence, I headed on to the next cache. I had planned to spend a bit of today testing out the bikeability of this park. Since yesterday was the first time I had ever actually been to Kilcona park, I was wanting to get a feel for seeing if this park could become one of my "go-to" parks when I was in the mood to bike around.

Well, the answer for that one I think will end up being "eeehhh, kinda far away from home, but probably sitting in third place of the go-to parks". But that's entirely besides the point. Today I had specifically set out for this park (my SECOND visit ever to this park) to attempt to resolve a DNF, and do more geocaching as a whole. Much like yesterday, my wife came with me for the ride and to enjoy some outdoors, while I left her reading to go geocaching. Thus, bailing on my wife over at the shelter near the 'Don't Tread On Me' cache, I biked on over towards this one.

From this section of the park that I've seen so far, I've got to say it's pretty picturesque. I love the paved trails and the bridges going over the water (although other places in the park could REALLY stand to get a bridge or two), and quite enjoyed my several minutes of bike riding to take me towards ground zero. After following my meandering path, I left the paved trail and headed uphill! Kick it down a few gears, and I made short work of the slope leading up the general vicinity of the geocache. At first I got turned around a bit as to what direction I needed to head (it seems I do that a lot... damn right and left... so confusing!), I eventually got the numbers on the GPS to start counting down again ToungeOut. I headed in general towards the are where I figured the cache would end up being located. When I stopped the bike and turned my head, I was looking directly at what I could only assume was a geocache hiding spot. Since the cache was hidden in the middle of winter, I imagine it had significantly better hiding capabilities at the time of year than now. As of right now, it's preeeeetty unmistakable where its hiding spot is.

Looking around, I was happy to find myself completely alone in the area. Hopping off the bike I made my way to the assumed geocache, and was pleased that I was indeed correct. The geocache in hand, I opened it up and prodded through the contents. Not seeing anything that particularly caught my eye, I dropped in a chainmail ball and signed the logbook. All in all, this ended up being the fastest geocache of the day for me Smile.

Having put everything back in the cache, I re-hid it as best I could with the materials around. I couldn't really improve on its camouflage much, but I did my best to attempt to make it look vaguely natural. Although I've definitely got to mental note this cache for if I have a somewhat larger travelbug that ever needs to be dropped off. Nice size of container for being this close to 'the beaten path' in the park! Thanks for giving me a nice, scenic bike ride through the bridgey area of the park. It was definitely relaxing going after this one Smile.

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball


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GC28H26 Beware Of Dogs (0.65 kms NE)
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Rubber maid container. Wear pants. Watch eyes.