Easter 2011

CAM 2011 - Jerusalem Mills

From the Geocaching website: Historic Jerusalem Mill Village is a living history destination that spans the 18th through the early 20th centuries. One of the oldest, most intact mill villages in Maryland, Jerusalem is located in Harford County along the Little Gunpowder Falls, amid the pristine scenery of the Gunpowder Falls State Park.

Our experience: The kids were ready to get out and run after bingeing on candy and soda during the van ride from Hatchery Park to here. When we pulled up to the parking lot, we both had deja vu as the mill building and the park seemed very familiar, but we couldn't quite place it and we're pretty sure we haven't been here before. We did the quick math and with the hope it was correct, we hit the trail. The kids really enjoyed exploring along the waters edge, climbing trees, hopping across the rocks, and skipping stones into the water. At the small footbridge near GZ, we passed 2/4 of 'Terry and Billy' and 'Lori and Amy' who let us know we were close and the stroller could get right to the cache. Joz made the find and we thought it was neat being close to the covered bridge as the cars "thundered" across it. We passed Mr. and Mrs. Brushboy again and got a chance to to stop and chat for a minute. We decided this would be our last CAM cache for the week-end and headed home after 2 successful and enjoyable CAM hides. TFTC!

CAM 2011 - Hatchery Park

From the Geocaching website: The cache is located at a closed state fish hatchery that has been converted to a local park. The Elkton Fish hatchery along the Big Elk River cultured largemouth bass, bluegill and yellow perch that were used in corrective stocking programs and population restoration work. The Hatchery closed about 1990 but the 10 large fish ponds plus a few other ponds still remain.

Our experience: This was our first stop on our second week-end of CAM. We arrived at the parking lot and briefly chatted with Mrs. Geohobs. We loaded up the Geo-Stroller and headed up the trail. We enjoyed the easy hike along the fish ponds and then made the quick climb up the hill to GZ where Rayzor made the find. Signed the log, traded trinkets, and grabbed the bonus cache info. We couldn't find the first one, the GPSr was bouncing all over the side of the hill but we found the other one on the way back to the van. We passed Mr. and Mrs. BrushBoy on the way out. We didn't see any fish in the ponds but we saw a group of almost fully grown tadpoles. It was nice to see this former Hatchery land turned into a nice park. TFTC!