This is a Letterbox Hybrid cache. For anyone not familiar with
Letterboxing there is a log in the box for you to sign and stamp
(with your stamp), then you stamp your own log or paper (with stamp
that is in the box). If you do not have your own stamp, then
stickers or handrawn artwork is acceptable. DO NOT TAKE STAMP WITH
YOU; IT IS NOT A TRADE ITEM!!!
The Gen. James A. Van Fleet State Trail is officially designated
as part of Florida’s Statewide System of Greenways and
Trails. This rail-trail is one of Florida’s most rural. It
runs through the Green Swamp, the headwaters for some of
Florida’s most canoed rivers, the Withlacoochee (South),
Hillsborough, and Peace. Landscapes include the natural
environments associated with the Green Swamp, former citrus lands
and cattle ranches. With only one curve in its 29.2 miles, you can
choose to go slow and view the wildlife or enjoy it at a brisk
pace. The trail has excellent wildlife viewing opportunities
between Green Pond Road and Bay Lake Road.
This geocache is a part of the Trek Ten Trails
2010 program. Participation in that program, while a lot of fun, is
not required to log this cache here. Trek Ten Trails 2010
program marks the third year of the Friends of the Parks
Foundation’s call to explore the outdoors in Polk County. Ten
new nature trails and two bonus caches have been added to the
program’s first two years of trail hike locations throughout
Polk County. Each nature trail includes geocaches with a
self-inking stamp for validating your visits to at least ten of the
featured trails. You can choose which ten trails you visit, and of
course you may trek them all!
New game cards, which participants stamp and return to be
entered into the year end prize drawings are available at the
Friends of the Parks website, OUTPOST 27 CACHE and LAKE WALES DEPOT CACHE.
Validated game cards must be mailed by October
15, 2010 to be eligible for prize drawings and a certificate
of completion. Trek Ten Trails 2010 program maps, game cards and
other information about each of the featured nature trails may be
downloaded from the Friends of the
Parks website. Check out our
Profile for more details. The Friends of the Parks Foundation
has formed an alliance with the annual Water Wings & Wild
Things event to host our 2010 Trek Ten Trails program Grand Finale
Celebration at Circle B Bar Reserve in October 2010.
This cache was placed with the assistance of
the
Florida
Geocaching Association