We finally went to Trumbull County and grabbed this cache. It was worth the wait and the time it took to find it. Goat Haunt had a rare summer weekend off so we loaded up the geomobile and made tracks for a different county. We were all a little concerned about where we parked, but it was okay. The place where Merinelli's 4x4 is located is a little strange. There is a small pond in the area with concrete steps leading into it from a different day. There is also an old Dodge van that has been driven into the pond. The trails are a little rough but only the final has some monster bushwhacking. The cache is really well thought out and works well for the area. It should be a must do for NEOGEO's.
The rest of the day was a mix of some really old caches and a handfull of dnf's. Caching Trumbull, like caching Mahoning, can get really depressing, but just when you've seen some nasty stuff, you get to stop at a nice park and chase a cool cache. We logged more dnf's than usual (one was confirmed missing and one not found in almost a year), and Goat Haunt found the remants of a muggled cache in a stream, but the company was excellant and there were enough nice caches to save the day. Oh and I can't forget, I was able to grab a few new Waymarks for listing. Goat Haunt averted his eyes while I was documenting those. :-)
Trumbull has jumped on the idea of civic decorations with a theme. There's Buffalo in Buffalo. There's guitars in Cleveland. The Trumbull theme is Packard hood ornaments. We saw two of them. They were a different twist on the same theme, but a nice idea.
I also got a bonus of some smashed pennies at the Turnpike Rest Stop. Many thanks to fellow smashed penny addicts Geauga Garmin and Chris K for letting me know there are machines at each rest stop. I'm not so certain Ali is thrilled. ;-)
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