We've had a bit of a family crisis to deal with.... all is well in the end. But as a result, I never posted my pictures from our recent MGA 2014 adventure. Members of Team Free Range Lobsters (Myself, SnakeyLicks, WikidKriket, Fiona-the-wonder-geo-pup and 3inaTree) explored Lower Huron, Willow and Oakwood Metroparks.
First stop: Lower Huron Metropark
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| Unsuspecting fools.... |
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... because the skeeters were waiting! Rained for several days
before and the cache was in a natural marshland. Ugh. |
Willow Metropark:
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Fiona for the find!
Actually, Jeremy was signing as she was looking. |
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| A lot less marshland = happier cachers! |
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In the middle of Willow Metropark is
Huron Township Cemetery.
Fitting to visit on Memorial Day |
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| Lovely old cemetery - stones dating back to the Civil War |
Oakwoods Metropark:
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Time for our hot dog lunch!
Fiona is rewarded for being a good pup-pup |
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| Visiting Hawkeye at the Nature Center |
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Pilgrimage to Squirrel Nutkins GC363
Michigan's 6th oldest active cache |
Cemetery Hopping.
That area of Southeastern Michigan is brimming with historic, well-maintained cemeteries. So, on the way down and back, I stopped off at a few.
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| SQ - Happy Hunting Grounds GCRFTC |
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| Near SQ-Mother's Day Cache GC2VQR1 |
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| Circa 1810 GC1PH79 |
This last stop was quite fascinating. It was my last stop of the day. It's a cemetery (established 1842) that currently resides in the middle of several fenced in parking lots/storage yards and bordered by the highway. The only way to it is to lightly-trespass by parking in a junk lot full of abandoned cars and walk down this blocked off paved road to the cemetery on the hill. Weird! Cool!
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| Down the Lane #21 - Clark Cemetery GC2RWY2 |
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| Blue check is the parking |
Although I missed my partner-in-cache (TaGeez was home sick), it was a beautiful (if stifling hot) day. Totals for the day included:
- 3 MGA14 caches
- 7 cemetery caches
- 1 historic cache with a deceased raccoon hanging nearby
Looking forward to our next excursion!
