Congrats on the big 17K!
Your milestone find brought back some old memories, as I grew up nearby and spent much of my youth exploring that area in the 50s and 60s. It was a muskrat trapping haven and carp spearing hotspot in those times. Deer, fox and a great variety of waterfowl were abundant in the marsh expanse all the way from the Wisconsin bluffs to the Mississippi, and we played ice hockey on the open areas between the cattail patches. I also remember floods that topped the road back in those days. Later, when trails were built east of the cache area, we spent times as young adults walking the trail with our folks from “Indian Hill” – now the Red Cloud Park neighborhood towards Myrick Park, and had a fun sighting of a group of red fox kits near a den along one of the power line dikes. It’s been a while since I’ve seen much of that area, but I know the essence of the marshland remains intact, though the road there is different. I’ve never seen the four lanes that pass through the area in the present day.
Just thought I’d add some memories of my own to your milestone find.
Congrats again! 8)
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