Winton Rock
July 19-22, 2002
I am not what you'd call a veteran geochacher - at least not yet. But this one was unusual and delightful in a number of respects.
Read on and enjoy.
This is what is known as a two-stage cache hunt. That simply means
that you use the usual techniques to complete stage one, at which point,
you learn, somehow, how to complete stage two and find the cache.
It was rated easy for terrain and difficulty, and not far from work...
The perfect lunch-hour diversion!
One would not expect that a cache hunt could be attractively arranged in the
odd little towns of the Lackawanna Valley. The River is, after all,
a rather nondescript step-child of the Susquehanna, which it joins a
dozen miles downstream. And yet, when one reaches the recommended parking
area, a walking/biking path along the river is discovered. If one takes
one's time (as one always should while geocaching or otherwise walking
for enjoyment), one begins to ignore the remmnants of struggling industry
and commerce, and finds some rewards. The day was HOT! The river refreshing
merely to walk beside.
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The cache site refers, in the form of a clue, to "four trees," and I thought perhaps...
But alas, nothing. |
And I'm talking too much! Why don't I just let you enjoy the sights?
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 In a month, if you throw these at your sister, they'll stick to her clothes. Right now they look like little thistles! |
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 Two orange butterflies - dancing! |
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 A one-holer - just in case! |
Queen Anne, and all her purple princesses.
© Frank Burnside Jr. 2002