Cormorants at the lake park near Caspersen Beach

[log] Found on ground but still tight and dry. TFTH.

[log] 2nd cache found on the ground and replaced.TFTH.

Frogwarts & Bearfr on Prehistoric Shark Fossils Earthcache.
1) The sand is gray black due to a high content of fossils.
2) 24000
3) Fossils were deposited on land that was underwater then, exposed now as beach area, so the coastal area retained a high % of the fossilized material.
4) Unfortunately we sieved for about an hour by hand with no luck on shark teeth or fossils, although we had handfuls of tiny kitten paws shells to show for it. The day was brightened by a siting of a playful manatee right off the shore of Casey Key on the way down to Caspersen Beach. Tks for an interesting trip down.

[log] Had a nice time on the beach. Answers to follow.

[log] Grabbed thus in our way to Alderman Ford.

[log] Frog played he-man to get this one since it was jammed. We left it properly.

The Decoy

[log] Cute container and decoy

[log] Wow a real regular! Thanks for a good one. We love the trail scenery

[log] Beautiful cool trail walk to reach this scenic cache. TFTC and s nice hide.

[log] This one gave us quite a satellite chase but we stock it out to the find. TFTH

[log] Found easily but terrain should be a 2.0 according to regs. 1.0 is handicap accessible

[log] Nice find off the launch site

The Muggle

[log] Good hint. Nice side trail while exploring Alderman Ford. TFTH.

[log] Circled the wagons and finally looked down. Don't know exactly where it should be. TFTH

[log] Quick grab while waiting for Dolphin Racer.TFTH

Kingnonna's Tribute to Hawkhaven - Forkwing Shoveltail with 22 Favorite Points

[log] Saved the souvenir in honor of one of our favorite cache-hiders Hawkhaven who, sadly, has moved out of the area. His caches were some of the best and funniest we've encountered and we miss him and his hides. So here's to Hawk. Thanks Kingnonna for a cache that makes us remember him.

[log] Road was extremely busy today but we made the grab. Tfth.

[log] Typical per the name. Road parking was very dangerous today.

[log] Easier parking here. Beautiful fragrance if herbs in the air on a Dewey morning.

[log] Caution- Muggle farmers nearby. Great location for a cute little guy

[log] Haven't seen one if these for awhile. Tf a nice hide.

[log] QPG ON A SUNNY DAY

[log] QPG in a very busy road. TFTS

[log] Pill bottle on guardrail

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[log] Easy once the muggles cleared. TFTC A fun one

[log] Nice hide for #2 today. Tks for the search. Exchanged bugs

[log] Easy find from the left trail. TFTH

[log] Almost walked by this one due to cord shift. TFTH.

[log] Good cords and nice hide. Easy for a 95 degree day

[log] Last for the trail. Now for cool seawater feet. TFTH.

[log] #1 for the day to get June 30th

[log] #2 for June 30. Watch the wasps

[log] Cords took us on a tour but ended up spot on. TFTH

[log] #4 for today.TFTC.

[log] Clever decoy but we got it

[log] Log soaked. It STOPPED us from signing. TFTH

[log] Found but unloggable -ants back.

Retrieval with a STICK!

The decoy cup!

[log] Great fun especially since it was not the obvious solution! TFAGREATONE

Picked up a travel bug dog tag, 3 geocoins and a Pathtag, and discovered another coin and OUR HOST!

We had a marvelous time meeting cachers Pupator and JoBiJoKa, our hosts from Germany, and other local cachers from Florida. As a special treet, all of us - to the Delight of the kids - got treated to a dolphin show so close to shore that the kids in the water at one point were only feet from one of the dolphins; of course, we missed that part in the filming!

[log] Had a great time meeting everyone and even got to see a pod of dolphins close to shore.

[log] Intriguing container.TFTH

[log] Tough to spot in bright sun. TFTH

[log] We walked the plank in hot sun to capture this one today. THTC.

The decoy cigar butt - a cache-look-alike!

[log] Number 6 for us today on a trip back from Sanibel. Two more and we'all have 2300. TFTH

[log] Headlines featured 4th of July and a find. TFTH.

[log] Loggable just- time for a dry out. TFTH

[log] Figured out the hiking vs biking trails and scored our first find. Left a German TB.

Can you see the cache?

Pleated Inkcap Mushroom

[log] Enjoyed the multi-use trail walk. Left a German geocoin..

[log] Look up young man. What a great hiking trail , just like in our old home of Montana.TFTH

	Baby Alligator - about 1' long

[log] What a great hike! Seven foot gator and two babies seen in the water on the way to the cache.

Our fourth and final alligator of the day swam across Alafia Lake for us way in the distance.

[log] #5 for the day. Saw a large gator in the lake on the way.TFTC.

The Alafia River at the South Entrance

[log] Clever hide and we could obey the sign. Thanks for our last Alafia cache of the day

[log] Easy start to a beautiful sunny caching morning

[log] Description led us right to it- thank goodness because the cords today were bouncing

	The D5 Cache
	The river and Rope Swing
	Mushroom Knee (left) and Troll Tree (above, right and below)
Canoe Landing	The Troll Tree "Ceiling"	Lithia Springs thermal pool

[log] Found it easier than we expected

[log] Found after bushwhacking. Left TB; took bug.

[log] Dropped a bug in our way to do the Earthcache. Very clever Letterbox. Tks for a great start to the morning

Geo Road Trip Challenge #4 - High Five for the Earth
Do an Earthcache or attend a CITO Event
#2312 TFGT: Flooded Flight by Manatee_County_NRD
Hint: Earthcache

[log] We hiked in and reached the GZ at 8:41 AM on 7/31/15. The low tide was predicted at 6:55 AM at 1.16 feet, so the tide was barely coming in. Photo of the tide line at the tower is attached. Birds were very scarce at the site this morning; we saw three white ibis and 2 black ducks swimming and feeding in the salt marsh. Photo attached. Numerous fiddler crabs were scurrying around trying not to be a food source on the salt mud flats. It was very evident that permanent sea level rise would wipe out a large area of salt marsh flats as a feeding area for the birds.

Tiny tree crabs, unlike the Fiddler's which have one large claw.	A complete kitten's paw shell.

[log] Thank heavens for "Frog" geo-sense on this one. Bear was upside down looking at roots!

		This boardwalk was starting to flood over when we returned 1/2 hour later.
	White Ibis
Black Vulture		Tri-color Heron (closeup at left)

[log] Frog climbed to get it; just out of Bear's reach. Took bug. TF a nice hide and trail.

[log] Found with some friends we were introducing to geocaching; this was a great hide for them as beginners. TFTC

[log] Spotted something on the 2nd time that we don't know how we missed the first time

Gunsmore ran for 635 episodes between 1955-1975.

Look for the gray jar in the middle of the photo, underneath the branch to the right.

We earned a special reward for getting all the 5 Geo Road Trip souvenirs.

[log] On our way to Bradenton so stopped to log the solve. Not sure if Hint's meaning but found it easily. Left a TB

[log] Great find for the Bear. We had to break out the Garmin since the phone seemed loopy but in the end they agreed on the cords. Thanks for a fantastic hide and a 5\1.

[log] Nice multi after visiting the Fort. Log sopping wet.
Took picture of log and site.

[log] Quick score. Will have to avoid muggles when replacing.

Home of the curious waitress - a new Geo convert??

[log] Log is fine - totally dry. Baggie only is wet on Outside

[log] Great hide to start our morning. T4TC

[log] Wasn't hard today. Look up young man

[log] Wet feet but we scored. Great camo hide.

[log] Unique hiding place. Used a tool TF a great series.

[log] Easy peasey except for wet feet. So we live in FL right. TFTH

[log] Yup right where it should be. TFTH

[log] A Bearfr find. Only hard if you don't know where to look. Thanks for a good one

[log] This one was grounded. We raised it up a bit. No cache attachment left. TFTH

[log] Easy find. Coil cache location. Log damaged and wet.

[log] Nice cache on this narrow road.TFTH

[log] Dropped in to drop a coin.

[log] Cords were about 50' off but we found it on this gorgeous sunshine Sunday morning. TF a unique hidden park.

[log] Beautiful location and nice hide. Been to Siesta Key many times and never came down to Turtle Beach. TF bringing us here..

[log] 2nd to find. Great puzzle for 2 math majors! We left a log made from waterproof dive manual paper for easy logging in wet conditions. TF a good one Chaperbook. Penny & James. PS took the trackable.

Celebrating Internations Earthcache Day with a special find!

This was a great Earthcache concerning a limestone building constructed on the Fibonacci number sequence. Below is our Facebook post: Yesterday we had the perfect blend of fun & games, mathematics and science. First, our geocaching hobby lead us to Rivergate Tower, scoring us an Earthcache find ( a cache were you learn about geology of the Earth) and earning us the International Earthcache Day souvenir for 2015. This round tower was designed based on the Fibonacci number sequence from mathematics and constructed in 1988 completely from limestone, which glows yellow-gold at sunset. It is the 6th tallest building in Tampa and one of the tallest limestone structures in the world. Then on to a virtual cache find ( a cache where you have to answer a question to score the find); nearby was a small amphitheater constructed on the riverbank in the shape of a parabola. When I stood at the focal point of the parabola, marked by a small square in the concrete floor, and spoke normally,my voice was amplified by the parabolic shape to be heard loudly in all rows of the theater. This uses the principle I used to talk about in 8th grade math where headlight beam's parabolic shape directs all the light coming from the bulb at the focal point directly forward to shine as one beam. We love this game that gets us out of the house, brings us to new places we were unaware of us, and teaches us about the world around us at the same time. We finished out the day caching along the causeway to Clearwater, scoring several more caches, including a cache that hadn't been found for 8 months. The day was a glorious 75 degrees, with a cool breeze off the Gulf, and birds flying everywhere overhead. Who can beat the rewards of going Geocaching. And of course, once we were in Clearwater, we had to hit the mega-Christmas store, Robert's Christmas Wonderland, for a new Santa for my collection!

[log] Visited on a Sunday when parking was better but unfortunately building inside was closed

Penny (Bearfr) at the focal point of the parabolic amphitheatre where sound is amplified throughout the theatre.

[log] Sang to record our presence.

[log] Cache sopping and log saturated. TFTH.

[log] Sitting and contemplation worked for us! Great hide; definitely signed the log in this one!

[log] Cache companion is away visiting friends but cache still there and loggable. TFTH.

In the left hand picture, you are looking through the edges of the three-sided triangular shaped side enclosure to see the cache hidden inside.

[log] Simply loved the hint. Used the tool left behind. TF A Great hide!

	The lake shore abounded in large white and brown butterflies flitting everywhere.

[log] Found on first look this time. Thanks for replacing. Beautiful pond walk.

[log] Easy cache find to grab the day. Thanks for placing one so close to home for us. Dropping trackable

Types of Lagoons

A Choked Lagoon

[log] Sending answers to owner. We enjoyed the lagoon and some great shelling finds on Turtle Beach.

[log] Easy find even with no parking available in Sunday. TFTH

[log] Nice hide. Looked three times, spotted once. Great location.

[log] Our score to log this geo day

	THE BOYD HILL NATURE PARK HOME TO INJURED BIRDS

[log] Came for a hike and the wildlife; caches are a plus. TFTH

[log] Thanks for an easy fund to grab a missing geo day.

GIFF - Geocaching International Film Festival Souvenir 2015

#2350 Trek Ten Trails 8th Annual Celebration 
by FSUDad and Friends of the Parks
Hint: A GIFF event

We loved the 15 best geocaching films, especially the one about Kato, the geocaching dog.

[log] Great to have a GIFF event so close to home.

[log] Took the scenic route instead of the trail. Nice hide. Beautiful location.

[log] Dodged numerous large spiderwebs to make to the GZ. TFTH.

[log] Funny that this cache had No webs. TFTSeries.

	We could not figure out the code on this object found in the cache; is it some kind of a Travel Bug?

[log] Quick pic in beautiful location.

[log] Saw no gators but the trail itself was beautiful. Really gave we made the hike.