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Collier County, CREW Cypress Dome Trails, Florida, Florida Parks and Preserves, Mobile Blogging, Southwest Florida

A fair exchange



A fair exchange, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*.

I did not bring anything to leave in the boxes, because I had no intention of taking anything… that is, until I saw the Mickey Mouse camera toy in one of them! I quickly rifled through my field bag and decided a bug bite stick would be a fair and useful thing to leave it it’s place.

Collier County, CREW Cypress Dome Trails, Florida, Florida Parks and Preserves, Mobile Blogging, Southwest Florida

First cache! First to find!



First cache! First to find!, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*.

I was teamed up with an experienced cacher "Lorriebird" – she has a Garmin, but was familiar with how the iPhone app works. My VERY first cache was also a "first to find" – mine is the first entry on the log. Exciting, and I guess a memo from the Universe that I was in the right place, doing what I am supposed to be doing.

Collier County, Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, CREW Cypress Dome Trails, Florida, Florida Parks and Preserves, Mobile Blogging, Southwest Florida

Geocaching at CREW: the crowd gathers

I got there a bit early and was able to chit-chat with a few folks prior to starting out, letting them know why I was there and what I hoped to learn. Everyone was super welcoming and friendly. The infamous "Jungle Pete", Kenny Jenkins, and CREW’s executive director Brenda Brooks were just a few of the folks who were generous with their time and knowledge.

Collier County, Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, CREW Cypress Dome Trails, Florida, Florida Parks and Preserves, Mobile Blogging, Southwest Florida

Today’s adventure: Geocaching at CREW’s Cypress dome Trails

Yes, we were just here a couple of weeks ago for the Wildflower Festival. Now we’re going geocaching! Was conferring on Thursday with some classmates in the Florida Master Naturalist Program about final projects, and the subject of safe and ethical geocaching in the uplands was floated as a possible candidate. Since this event was coming up, I thought I would try my hand at it. I did some last spring when my niece was here, so I was not a complete novice but now I have "an app for that", so watch out! Here we go…