False Starts Make for Nice Sights
If you haven't ventured up to Sullivan County, PA, in early autumn, you've missed one of life's pleasures. There is a cache on the Loyalsock (Creek) Trail that was calling me. Out Route 118, split right through Central City, on up through the Game Lands, past all the hunting cabins, over the hill to Nordmont and the land of beautiful views.
| Autumn colors arrive early in Sullivan County, especially in the tops of the trees. Must be the altitude... or perhaps the attitude! | ||
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My instincts (and the
no trespassing signs) told me that the right way was not
down this road, but the GPS said otherwise. |
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I should have trusted my instincts. Nonetheless,
I did see some nice sights along the road, before turning back after
about 1/2 mile. So then I tried this nice railroad right-of-way. I
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 They're easy! Alas, this was wrong as well, and I had to bushwack down a steep bank through the woods, much like this little stream. It seemed as though it were trying to split the world in two, and then head on over the edge into nowhere. So I followed its lead.
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Well, it didn't take long to find the cache, once I finally got into the general area - it was a nice one - full of goodies! (Not the eating kind - that's a no-no... the animals get at it.) And slogging through the woods, I came across examples of nature's remarkable beauty... |
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...and of her remarkable harshness - a deer that must once have been beautiful. |
| Sure enough, a few yards beyond the cache I came across the trail I should have been on from the beginning, and on the other side of the trail - the elusive Loyalsock Creek. |  |
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Which is worth stepping back for
a nice panorama!
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And a closer look (my favorite picture
from this hunt).
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| But it's getting late... |
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 If you're this close to Dushore, stop by on your way home at the little store for a snack, and admire the great church on the hill - and perhaps give thanks for the wonders of a day in Sullivan County. |
With thanks to TEAM JackQuest for making a long-awaited hunt worthwhile.
Visit the cache page at www.geocaching.com
© Frank Burnside Jr. 2003