An island cache

[+Dibley68]

Granted, this question has probably been asked in the forum but:

1) I'm lazy

2) I'm exhausted

 

Therefore, I will tempt the forum with my question of how thrilling it would be to place a cache on an island in a freshwater lake. How many of you have placed one? How many of you have found one?

 

Cheers!

Dibs

[+OHail]

I have found several at Lake Martin near Alexander City, Alabama and one near West Point, Georgia.

[+SSO JOAT]

Alaska... unofficially the land of 10 million lakes. There are many caches on islands, both salt and fresh water up this way.

 

I've found the easiest way to get to them is to wait until December and just walk out. ;-)

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Lots are out there. Mackinac Island between Lower and Upper Michigan has 147 caches on it. Grand Island in Lake Superior (larger than Mackinac) has "0" (USFS policy for that island). Nearly uncountable numbers scattered through the Great Lakes.

 

Many hundreds on inland lake islands throughout MI, WI and MN.

[+Spyman00]

Alaska... unofficially the land of 10 million lakes. There are many caches on islands, both salt and fresh water up this way.

 

I've found the easiest way to get to them is to wait until December and just walk out. ;-)

 

 

That almost seems like cheating.

[+The Blorenges]

We did one for our 250th cache milestone. It was in the NW of England, in The Lake District, and the cache owner kindly provided the 'transport' for us to get to it.

 

It was a very enjoyable few hours...

 

St Herbert's Island.

 

MrsB

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Alaska... unofficially the land of 10 million lakes. There are many caches on islands, both salt and fresh water up this way.

 

I've found the easiest way to get to them is to wait until December and just walk out. ;-)

That almost seems like cheating.

 

Didn't you know? A true cacher walks on water!

[+The Cache Checkers]

I've been to Mackinac Island 8 times while growing up, but all before I became a geocacher. I can't wait to get back up there again!

 

There is a small island in a hometown lake I'd love to put a cache in, but I live in Ohio now.

[+StarBrand]

Sometime this Spring I'll be placing a cache on an island in the North Platte River.

[The 2 Dogs]

I placed one on a sort of fresh water island. The point of land where I placed it is guarded on 2 sides by wide rivers and the third involves such a long hike to get to, most finders woiuldn't consider it. They have either carried a canoe to the river bank or used a lilo or swum across to it. One group even stripped naked and swam across in the middle of the night. Snags, frog slime, and reeds and all.

[+J the Goat]

There are two on the little island in our local lake. Heck, they're probably only 528 and an inch or two from each other given the size of the island.

[+briansnat]

I own about a half dozen caches on islands and have found about an equal number. One of my favorites was a multi cache called Island Hopper that took us to every island on the lake for a stage. Lots of paddling, lots of fun.

[+SSO JOAT]

Alaska... unofficially the land of 10 million lakes. There are many caches on islands, both salt and fresh water up this way.

 

I've found the easiest way to get to them is to wait until December and just walk out. ;-)

 

That almost seems like cheating.

 

Hardly. It's called patience and using mother nature to your advantage.

 

Here's one that is in a swamp that people complained about all summer, but it was a park-n-grab when I stopped for it after the water hardened up... GC1QC0J

 

Here's one on an island in the world-famous Kenai river that I actually did while the water was still soft using waders to get there... GC1TRTZ

 

And here's a brand new one that I need to go get next week before the ice starts melting and I have to wait and use a boat... GC22HWE

 

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Ice-crossing is hardly cheating. Many times in northern climes it is the only way to get to a lake! It sure makes it a lot easier to cross the lake, rather than to drag a boat through 3-4 miles of swamp during times other than winter!

[+Dibley68]

Thanks all for your input. I have a sweet spot in mind!

[+Alkhalikoi]

There's one on the single island in Lake Tahoe. GC6E44. I'm hoping to get to it this summer.

Edited March 25, 2010 by Alkhalikoi