Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches The Middle of the Park by missionMode (1.5/1.5) N49° 56.117  W97° 01.798 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 641371  N 5533296 Use waypoint: GC286DP Size: Regular    Hidden on 5/8/2010 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:             Welcome to the Middle of the Park! Recommended approach is from the west, I've seen a lot of logs from people who approached from the lower path and found it quite wet to get there. I don't think I have ever had wet feet approaching from the upper path. Oh doggie doggie doggie! and it went wherever I did goooooooooo... (http://www.youtube.ca/watch?v=Nb8mtnWKb2U) I have been using this dog park for 4 years now, and since I started caching I look at this spot every time and think I'd like to have a cache there. So in keeping with my love of Monty Python a cache was born. Cache is a camo'ed large jar. It contains a bunch of swag I had used during a private caching event for kids. Balloons, a bracelet, a mcGame, and some stickers. Also present is a pen. Congratulations to PelikanKru on the FTF. Logging Etiquette: Geocache hiders sometimes go through a great deal of planning to place their caches. As a result, they'd like to hear your feedback on whether you liked or disliked any aspect of the hide, or if you feel that some cache maintenance is required. Single word, acronym, or emoticon logs may be easier when you have a lot of caches to log, but it doesn't tell the hider or other finders anything about your adventure (or lack thereof) in finding the cache. Please keep this in mind when entering your log.

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7/31/2010 by Kabuthunk
It seems as though my travels were following bergmannfamily today... several days after they had come through here. Much like them, I as well made the find (in it seems the exact same manner) at the nearby 'Beware of Dogs' cache, and also made a beeline from there over to this cache.

Heading over from the last cache, just like the previous finder I found myself stepping through the water of a mini-lake-swamp-thing at the top of the hill, and eventually found myself heading towards the willows surrounding yet another bog (at least I THINK these are willows... I could easily be mistaken. However, they very much reminded me of one of my favourite caches ever, The Willows. Thus, for the purposes of avoiding confusing myself, I'll refer to them as willows). And man... I've said it before, and I'll say it again. My favourite cache types are the really swampy ones where you're slogging through bog-like water, going where no man should ever be forced to go. It still stands today, and from walking through the mini-bog at the top of the hill to traversing into this bog, I loved every second of it .

Heading across the trail towards the aforementioned willows, I was once again mentally taken away from the city, and felt as though I was miles from civilization. Not a single dog, person, or car could be heard from that area, and I let the complete solitude engulf me. Feeling like the last person left on earth, I began hunting for the cache... which ironically is the only reminder in the area that I'm NOT the only person left on earth .

Although thinking about it, IF I were the last person on earth, I'd probably still spend time looking for geocaches that remained after... whatever... wiped out the rest of our species .

But I digress. Heading through the bog, attempting to find dry footing from one place to another (although I love walking through boggy areas, half the fun is trying to find a dry method of getting through them ), I eventually spotted something that I figured had a good chance of hiding a cache container. Working my way over to what looked like scrap metal, I discovered it was... a culvert of some sort. I imagine it's no longer in user, since it was filled with soil about a foot into it. Alas, no cache. Turning around, I worked my way back towards ground zero. At which point... I spotted something. It wasn't the cache, no... but it was clearly the method by which the cache had once been attached to its hiding spot. Looking down, the unmistakable geocache container was peering up at me from its damp surroundings. Retrieving it, I found the contents completely dry thankfully. I didn't see any geocoin in it, but one of the previous log signers (can't remember who) wrote something about a geocoin... can't remember if it said it left one or retrieved it... but I think it was retrieved.

In either case, I signed the logbook and dropped in a micromail ball due to having run out of regular size ones. But hey... a chainmail ball is a chainmail ball. I attempted to re-attach the container to its original hiding method, but the result was somewhat sketchy at best due to the lack of stick left on the camo tape. The cache owner may want to check on this, and bring a roll of that tape with them. Hopefully it'll stay put, but I'm not too optimistic about it. The next finder may want to look lower than they normally should have to for this one.

In either case, I had an awesome time with this cache. Many thanks for placing it up here .

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and micromail ball