19 June 2015 Whitlam Woods and King Kone

There was a new Geauga Park district cache in one of our favorite parks so we spent our Friday evening on the trails. It was Lizzie's first visit to the park. She handled the steep stairs leading to the trail well.

Lizzie at the top.

Stairs, streams, and suspension bridges are three real unknowns when a dog joins our family. Lizzie has conquered all three. It was time to celebrate with cones at King Kone and a view of a nice looking 56 Dodge (I think).

14 April 2012 North Chagrin and Whitlam Woods

We had permission for a new hide in North Chagrin Reservation. I drove over to the park and took a wet walk on the trails to place the cache while Ali ran a few other errands. The trail runs along a small ridge and has some nice overlooks. I spotted a salamander while placing the first stage.

In the afternoon we took Gwen and Eva to Whitlam Woods for a long walk on the trail. The day was still grey and wet, but there were some nice violets and a few areas of dwarf ginseng in bloom along the trail.

19 March 2010 A Mild March


The warm weather has finally unearthed just about everything that was covered in a couple feet of snow at the start of the month. For lunch today, one of my staff and I took a walk in Cleveland Metroparks' Bedford Reservation. She is planning to hide a cache in the area around Bridal Falls. A good walk at lunch has amazing powers for healing mental health.







Lately we have been having a lot of people enter our facility's property without permission. They always seem to head to the same area and leave after a few minutes. It's not a place where you would make the mistake of driving thinking a road went through. A railroad track runs the entire length of our property. We've asked the local police force to assist with stopping the visitors, but this afternoon I took a walk around the area to see what might be the attraction. If I didn't know better, I would think someone had stashed a geocache back there. At worst, I am concerned about drug drops. In the end, all I found was a little stand of spring flowers. It's odd they are here since the area was excavated a number of years ago to construct a building. Since they can't be a leftover, someone must have planted them. We'll never win landscaping awards for our property so the flowers are a strange, but pleasant, sight.





In the evening, we took the dogs to Whitlam Woods. We like the park because it has a challenging loop for an evening walk and is really quiet. Years ago, we were at this park when we saw our first woodcock together doing its spring dance. We were hoping to spot our first woodcock of the season this evening, but the sky near the parking area was quiet. Over the years the small meadow at the edge of the parking lot has gotten filled in a bit with woods reclaiming the land. I think our days of hearing woodcocks here may be over.

14 February 2010 Happy Valentines Day


We were trying to decide between a cross-country ski or a walk in the park. Since Gwen and Eva seemed to enjoy Saturday's walk, a walk with the Geodogs won out. We headed for Whitlam Woods and location number six of our planned puzzle series. We found the hiding spot and had a good walk.


Gwen gets playful after rooting in the snow.

2 July 2007 With the dogs at Whitlam Woods






The dogs came home early today. They were frantic. It's the longest they've been away. After work, we decided to let them relax at one of our favorite parks, Whitlam Woods. We found the new park district letterbox and had a great walk. The photo of Eva was taken while we were resting by the overlook.

22 August 2006 Whitlam Woods - Geauga County Ohio