I tried to find a cache earlier and bombed out. I waited for something else to pop up. That bombed too. So, I went out and hid one. I'm really hoping the review process doesn't bomb out. (There aren't any hints there. Don't read stuff into things.) It sure was nice of ourfun to leave me a Spot in Art Van Atta Park. (But I hope I'm not being presumptuous.)
I entered the park via the main entrance on Benchwood and took the first right into the parking lot there. Then I took the paved trail to the north. (It turned west after that.) I followed the trail to get far enough away from a cache of Riversurfer's and then headed into the woods. I immediately found some garbage that ended up in a trash can. (It wasn't the pre-published cache that I thought/hoped it might be at first.) Then I found a golf ball. It ended up in the cache. Then the corner of my eye noticed the remains of an RC helicopter hanging in a tree. It's now in my car. (The helicopter, not the tree.) I was trying to get a little ways away from the trail, but just as I found a Spot, pretty much beside the golf ball and helicopter, I realized that I had wandered pretty close to another trail. I was going to go with that Spot anyway but then the corner of my eye noticed The Spot. I changed plans to there. I found a softball there. (It ended up in my car too. It wouldn't fit in the cache.)
Stealth will become even more important when the foliation goes away. The Spot is not all that far from at least one paved path and a playing field of some sort.
If you find a good way to get to the cache from the path, feel free to share it. I have no idea what a good way is. (And now that it's long after I first placed it, I have to say that things have become even worse since then.)
And it may be simpler to ignore that paved path in the parking lot and just walk down along the playing field/woods boundary. That will get you to that other paved trail that I mentioned.
As always, I tested the numbers my electronic adversary came up with and she liked them way better than I expected her to. But I can't guaranty what will happen with other people's devices (or mine) later. That's the primary basis of the difficulty rating. (Woods tend to require people to make like a doctor and get some patience.) I didn't intentionally do anything tricky. I did, however, take some minor steps to keep it out of view of any muggles that might randomly wander in there. Please try not to alter that. (Hey, critters! You paying attention? Don't mess with my coverage! Or the cache! (There. That should do it.)) It should be possible to retrieve and replace it without actually moving anything.
Okay, I'm done rambling. (Oh yeah. I forgot to put a pen in there. You're on your own there. Sorry.) Have fun!
Oops. I forgot something. The park's hours are 0730 to Dark. If the infernal ball of heat isn't up there, you shouldn't be in there.
A Note About Travel Items for People Who May Not Be Familiar With Them
In addition to trade items (commonly known as "swag"), geocaches quite often contain travel bugs or geocoins. These items are not for general trading. They are "travel items." They are the property of other people and their goal is to be taken from one cache by geocachers and then placed in other caches, i.e., to travel from cache to cache. There are two types of travel items, travel bugs and geocoins. These items must be logged separately from logging the find for the geocache. There's a "special process" for that. A travel bug is usually some type of trinket (such as a small stuffed animal) with what looks like a dog tag attached to it. Sometimes it's just the dog tag. Either way, the dog tag will have a string of letters or numbers on it. Geocoins will also have such a string imprinted on or engraved into them. That string is called the "tracking number." It is important for logging the travel item as it's retrieved from and placed in geocaches. Please watch out for such items and do not take them if you don't intend on helping them travel to another geocache or do not wish to learn the logging procedure.