Showing posts with label wetlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wetlands. Show all posts

Friday, June 6, 2008

Wet land


The weather is crazy! We woke up to 3.7" of rain in the gauge. If we could get one week between rains, I would be happy.

Today we visited a marsh under the leadership of a county naturalist. We have liked all of the naturalists from the county conservation board. We explored the sand prairie before heading to the adjacent wetland. I had never even thought of staying dry during a visit here. In our previous visits, we headed straight for the water. I like having different programming at the same place. Keeping things new is great for us. This is why I like geocaching -- I can visit the same place and have something new to do each time I visit.

My family has used the WDM Park and Rec wetlands park pack for this area. Polk County Conservation Board has park packs as well. I have considered an earthcache for places like this, but then I always think, "I really do not want a lot of people to visit here. I like to come here and not cache. We like exploring without the urgent agenda of a cache. And I would want other people to appreciate this place and linger. Would people stand here, scratch their heads and wonder why we thought this place was cool enough to place a cache. Will people get it?"