[GeoStL] Re: Rend Lake
- From: Jim Greene <jimsgreene@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:58:26 -0500
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Jim,
You bring up some good points, but excuse me, I feel that the woods are
very interesting and very beautiful. We will consider what you say of
course, and anybody else's opinions.
Jim
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Jim Bensman <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> -
> I cannot answer your question, but I can tell you more about Rend Lake.
>
> The Corps of Engineers manages lots of land. There is also a State Park
> and
> a State Fish and Wildlife Area.
>
> Real easy access-right off of I-57.
>
> The land is mostly flat (there are some hills). It is MUCH flatter than
> Mark Twain Lake.
>
> Some places have a really bad invasive problem (Russian Olive) which is
> like
> the problems we have with honeysuckle around here. So some woods can be a
> nightmare to get through. In other places they burn and control the
> invassives and you have a nice open woods. Another issue is lots of the
> woods flood.
>
> The Corps have two really nice bike trails. One is about 4 miles long and
> the other is about 7.5 miles. They are concrete trails with many access
> points and plenty of parking. There is also a 6 mile pea gravel (not well
> done-very hard to bike on!) bike trail in the State Park and Rend Lake
> College.
>
> There are also numerous parking lots for hunter access or boat ramps.
>
> I think it would make an outstanding caching experience if the caches were
> placed within about 50 feet of the ACOE bike trails and the various parking
> lots. This would allow driving caches to be placed in areas with safe
> parking instead of pulling off on the shoulder. Since there are many
> access
> points to the bike trials, there would be plenty of nice walking/biking to
> find caches. Most parts of the trails are reasonably close to parking.
> People could also shuttle vehicles from the beginning of the trails to the
> end to eliminate back tracking.
>
> I could never understand why the MOGA caches tend to be just another ammo
> box in the middle of the woods requiring a bushwhack through brush. I've
> never heard anyone say they prefer that to a cache that is a nice walk not
> requiring extensive bushwhacking. Bushwhacking to a neat spot like the
> Narrows or something like the Monolith once in a while would be no big deal
> to me. I think a nice walk or a neat spot is much more fun than just
> another ammo box in the middle of the woods. Maybe someone could clear it
> up, but my understanding has been it is done for the competition. But that
> does not make sense since the competitors find punches not caches. So why
> not place the caches where they are a nice walk or a neat spot?
>
> Since the area is much flatter, it would also be possible to make the
> competition more about one's ability to geocache instead of one's ability
> to
> run 7 or 8 miles cross country through brush and up and down hills. The
> courses could be set up so its mostly how fast you can find the punch
> instead of how fast you can get from one punch to the other.
>
> Anyway those are my thoughts on how a great event could be improved.
>
> Jim Bensman
> "Nature Bats Last"
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-
> > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Libby Morehead
> > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 11:35 AM
> > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [GeoStL] Rend Lake
> >
> > -
> > Just wondering around which part of the lake we will be centered. Looks
> > like a fun area.
> >
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