Cache is located on SWFWMD lands just south of the nearby
Hillsborough River State Park property.
Cache is small but easy to see. Look at the notch. Loggers cut a
notch in cypress trees to place a spring board elevating the faller
above the swelled base of the cypress. I wonder if this was a
logging notch, or if it is a notch cut to define the nearby section
line originally surveyed in the mid 1800’s. This tree
probably had enough damage to keep loggers from cutting it
down.
If you keep heading west (N80°W) for about 900 feet you will
intersect the Hillsborough River as it flows through 17 runs. At
this place you can see the arrow pointing paddlers west, designed
to keep them heading the right direction to Sargeant Park. I first
saw the arrow about 20 years ago. The day of the cache placement
was the first time that I walked to it.
This area can be wet. I crossed a few places that were ankle
deep while placing the cache. It will be deeper during the rainy
season. Bring a pen to sign the log. Enjoy, be safe.
MEFF goes to Zogstarlene