GCQRX2 Water Skiing Anyone?
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: ertyu @ | Hide Date: 01/10/2005 | Status: Archived
Country: Canada | State: Manitoba
Coordinates: N49° 46.970 W97° 13.715 | Last updated: 10/06/2026 | Fav points: 0
       

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A quick drive up most times, the road can become impassible when wet. Take a look at the nearby water skiing lake carved into the field.

*Special thanks to polarbeardiggers for providing the cache container and initial contents as a prize.

22/07/2007 By Kabutroid
Final cache of the day! With the humidity, it was high +30's or low +40's out today, and I was still geocaching! At least at the time I went after this one, it was down to +36 . But this cache, along with 'the eternal flame' a little to the south, I've been wanting to go after for ages! Since last year, actually. Shortly after starting geocaching, I had wanted to attempt these two geocaches, but it turned out to be too muddy, so I put it off.

But no longer! Today was the day when I planned to tackle this once and for all! After spending the day with relatives, I needed some geocaching to at least get SOME productivity out of the day .

At first, I was very, VERY tempted to just run from 'the eternal flame' directly to this one (despite it being about a 1.2km hike alongside the railroad tracks in +36 degree weather). However... logic prevailed, and I held off on deciding until returning to the car and discovering that THIS cache was actually quite close to a road! Boy, would I have felt stupid if I had gone after the cache, only to find that after sweating like mad and running for a mile that I could have driven right to it .

But AFTER said drive, and arriving at said cache location... I was treated to a ton of cut grass so deep I could have built a fort in it.

And don't think I'm being sarcastic... I've done this as a kid growing up in the country. How we didn't die of blood loss playing in the cutgrass, I'll never know .

But... fun grass-romping aside, I quickly found the cache. And a vole... but he took off when I came near . I've gotta say though... that's probably one of the sturdiest cache containers I've come across in a while. A little interesting to try to get items into or out of it, but I managed to get everything out and check out the contents. At which point, I found a geocoin not previously logged into the cache! I'll just make things easy and 'grab' it from the person who forgot to drop it, re-drop it into THIS cache for the miles, and migrate it on shortly .

But nonetheless... finally got to go after the cache that's been on my mind for about 8 months now. Thanks for the adventure down gravel roads (I grew up on a gravel road... brings back memories ), and a good end to a hot, hot, good day .

Took: Geocoin
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball