[GeoStL] Re: Titus Hollow RE: Reaching milestone
- From: "Michael Griffin" <mike.griffin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:04:07 -0600
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Important note about Titus Hollow: If it is cold and there is ice, it
can be dangerous. I did it in February with ice all over the ledge. It
was tricky and I fell once. The ice tends to build up on the worse parts
and you could slip all the way down to the river. In some parts, it
would be deadly.
If there is no ice, then it is one of the best caches I have ever done.
I have been there 4 times now. I love it. It is a great milestone cache!
Mike Griffin
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[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Bensman
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:53 PM
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Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Titus Hollow RE: Reaching milestone
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When it is cold, being by the river can be extremely cold with the cold
wind off the river. Titus Hollow should not be bad since the bluffs and
trees break the wind.
It's the river conditions here and up North that determine the quality
of the eagle watching. When it is cold up North, there are more eagles
here.
When the river is frozen, the eagles congregate around open water (dams
and power plants mostly). When there is not ice, the eagles tend to
spread out more. When we were counting them Saturday, they were spread
out. To find most of them, you needed a spotting scope to search trees
on the other side of the river. But there were several up close ones
and I got several full frame photos with my new camera. At the Winfield
Dam, I've seen over 200 eagles on some days and none on others.
Sometimes they will be all over the place and covering the trees.
A good eagle watching caching route starting in Chesterfield, would be
to head for the Winfield Dam. You can usually see Eagles in the parking
lot and then there is a trail to a viewing stand. Then go and cross the
river and do my Eagle Cache GC17C5. You can usually see eagles from the
ferry landing. Then go do my Cave Springs cache, very neat area. Then
go to my Wilson cache for a great view when many times you will see an
eagle flying above you (we saw one Saturday). Then go do Titus Hollow.
After that you could head for my Prairie Lake Cache. Before you get to
the cache there is a parking lot on the right. If you go out to the
lake sometimes you can see them. If you keep on the road to the river,
sometimes you will see them.
Saturday we only saw 9 here and they were all across the river and you
needed a spotting scope to see them.
You could also see some at Cache Hollow. There is nothing at the Swan
Lake cache now, its all dried up but it is a 1/1.
I'd head for my Calhoun Point Confluence Cache which is at the
confluence of the IL and MS rivers. You have to walk a while to it and
it could be very cold. But many times you will see eagles there. When
you navigate to it, you will go right by the Brussels Ferry. Take that
to cross the IL River.
That is one of the best places to see eagles up close. They are usually
in the trees near both sides of the ferry crossing. On the other side
there is an area to the left with a picnic table, many times they are in
trees near there.
After you cross the river, head towards Alton and go down our National
Scenic Byway. You can normally see many eagles along the road. If a
car is stopped, there is likely an eagle. There are some caches along
the road.
Head for the Alton bridge and the Eagle has landed cache. Many times
there are 50 or more eagles there. There are a bunch of trees in the
middle that can be loaded with eagles.
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
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> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Spurr
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:08 PM
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> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Titus Hollow RE: Reaching milestone
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> Cold oh, I don't do cold. Aren't there any indoor caches? LOL.
>
> I forgot about the eagles. If I remember correctly, Jan/Feb is the
> best time to see the eagles. Right? Hmm, it's been years since I've
> seen them and the last time I was there, I didn't know about caching.
> Wish I had remembered to bring my good camera.
>
> Thanks for the Tip Jim.
>
> Cindy J. Spurr
> Freelance Writer
> (757) 432-1423
> Web site: www.creativeace.com
> Alt email: cindys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jim Bensman <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:27:11 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Titus Hollow RE: Reaching milestone
>
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> While my moving cache is a fun one, of all my cache hides, the one
> people tell me they like the best and the one the most people have
> told me it is their all time favorite is Titus Hollow. GC17D1 Many
> people do it for a milestone (the last find was a 4K milestone) and
> many people go back to do it again. Some have come back several
> times.
>
> Its supposed to be cold this weekend. When that happens, the eagles
> tend to congregate around the dams. So the area should be good eagle
> watching too.
> I was up in the area Saturday and we saw about 50 in the vicinity.
> However,
> most were spotted with a spotting scope. When it gets cold, they are
> usually easier to see.
>
> Jim Bensman
> "Nature Bats Last"
> ________________________________________
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Spurr
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:10 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Reaching milestone
>
> Afternoon everyone. I am close to reaching 500. I am going to be
> here over the weekend and am looking for suggestions on which cache to
> go after for #500. I would like something memorable and cool. I'm
> staying in the Chesterfield area, but have no problem driving out of
> the area (to include
> IL) to pick up a cool cache.
>
> Right now the moving cache (GC1D0F) is high on my list because I've
> never seen one of these types of caches before.
>
> Does anyone have any other cool locations? I do like history,
> especially Air Force history, so I'm not opposed to a geocache
> virtual.
>
>
> Cindy J. Spurr
> Freelance Writer
> (757) 432-1423
> Web site: www.creativeace.com
> Alt email: cindys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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