Afternoon fun!
This afternoon, while mommy was working and Anna was at a birthday party, Matthew and I headed out for two hours and combined two of our favorite pastimes: Geocaching and snowshoeing!
We parked at P1 off of Corkstown Road in Kanata, strapped on our snowshoes and headed into the bush.
The first cache we were looking for, called:"ODS - OTTAWA GREEN BELT" was about 800 meters from the parking lot. We could have taken the well used ski trail, but we decided to "bushwhack" it instead, but the terrain was not that rough as you can see in this picture.
We ended up following a deer trail almost right to the cache. On the way we saw lots of deer sign, as well as rabbit tracks, squirrels and were very surprised to see a "Thunder Bird", also know as a Ruffed Grouse. We either saw three of these bird or, more likely, saw the same one three times;-) We also saw what I beleive are wild turkey tracks. There are the distinctive "Arrow" pattern and are spaced out just the right distance for a nice sized bird. Check out the picture:
After trading a Canadian Army Pin for an action figure (Matthew's choice ;-) and signing the log book, we returned the cache container to its hiding place and headed back toward the parking lot.
Here is Matthew holding the cache container:
Nearby this cache was a very interesting, and HUGE vine wrapped around a tree limb.. check it out, looks like a snake!
As we had a bit more time to spare, we quickly went off to find a second cache called "WHISTLE BLOWER". It was an easy find as well.
After a quick rest, we climbed back in the van and made it just in time to pick up Anna.
What a great afternoon!
Tom
We parked at P1 off of Corkstown Road in Kanata, strapped on our snowshoes and headed into the bush.
The first cache we were looking for, called:"ODS - OTTAWA GREEN BELT" was about 800 meters from the parking lot. We could have taken the well used ski trail, but we decided to "bushwhack" it instead, but the terrain was not that rough as you can see in this picture.
We ended up following a deer trail almost right to the cache. On the way we saw lots of deer sign, as well as rabbit tracks, squirrels and were very surprised to see a "Thunder Bird", also know as a Ruffed Grouse. We either saw three of these bird or, more likely, saw the same one three times;-) We also saw what I beleive are wild turkey tracks. There are the distinctive "Arrow" pattern and are spaced out just the right distance for a nice sized bird. Check out the picture:
After trading a Canadian Army Pin for an action figure (Matthew's choice ;-) and signing the log book, we returned the cache container to its hiding place and headed back toward the parking lot.
Here is Matthew holding the cache container:
Nearby this cache was a very interesting, and HUGE vine wrapped around a tree limb.. check it out, looks like a snake!
As we had a bit more time to spare, we quickly went off to find a second cache called "WHISTLE BLOWER". It was an easy find as well.
After a quick rest, we climbed back in the van and made it just in time to pick up Anna.
What a great afternoon!
Tom
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