Ursa Minor Beta will take us straight toward Alum Creek Lake, for another CentralOHGeocaching hide. A decade of adventure hunting has not aged this geo trail.
Golden ragwort and tiny white daisies nod their blazing radiance. Traffic sounds fade. More trails diverge in the green wood, but CentralOHGeocaching directs us straight west.
Fallen limbs from summer storms crisscross our path. Crouching low, we move each muscle in a living physics problem as we slither through.
Suddenly upon us breaks the sound of waves lapping, known to every child of earth. The water opens in a dazzling vista of sun, splash and sailboats.
Warmth from a recent fire rises above a ring of stones. Others were here before us, irresistibly drawn to cadence of waves on ear and sparkle of water on eye, in dimensions that do not digitize.
Our cache is hidden in a tangled thicket of poison ivy and thorn bushes, each of which strikes when we are within reach. The walk back is fast and silent. For lake, sky and sun, the price was not too high.
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