Glimmerglass State Park - Cooperstown, NY

 0611-1325 42.78672, -74.86205

I arrived with plenty of time to set up in campsite 37, a space off by it's self across the road from the main campground, them go see the covered bridge and try to solve the field puzzle cache. Next thing I knew, I was bushwhacking my way to a Letterbox cache in the woods. There was more, but I decided to save them for next day after my visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 

The next morning I took a really nice shower, but on my San Diego Padres gear, packed up and drove the 8 miles south to Cooperstown.  I parked at the trolly ride lot, but found out the trolly does not begin until Saturday. Good opportunity to get some steps in, it was about 3 kilometer walk to the museum. The first thing I noticed is the town was much more humble looking than I expected. I was prepared with MLB influenced hoopla and hype. There was banners for the upcoming inductees, but not a lot of MLB extravagance. The town has been kept small, historic and simple.

The museum is 3 stories of a lot of memorabilia with the plaque room on the first floor. I started on the 2nd floor, watched a 17 minute introduction film, then wandered through the many exhibits, finishing in the plaque room. The plaques are arrayed, grouped by years, so I started at the beginning and took my time, stopping at Tony Gwynn's remembering how he evolved into "Mr. Padre" in which there will never be another like him.  I spent 2 hours in the museum then went to find the various hides. 

There was a real nice Adventure Lab with a puzzle bonus cache. Now this is was I really like about geocaching, it takes to some spots that you might never have a reason to go and see. The bonus took me almost out of town to a really cool stone bridge. The cache was a baseball bat hollowed out at to top. 

That left me on the opposite side of the tow, so I had a nice stroll back to the RAMVAN, where I made a sandwich and a coffee before I went back to the campground. 

I stopped at the park entrance to get the first stage of a 2 stage multi-cache.  The first stage was a small Tupperware painting to blend in with the block wall right in front of the office window. What I found was a laminated written note " go inside and ask for the final." Inside I showed them the note and the reached under the counter and handed me a ammo box.

I signed the log and the ranger gave me a cool coin trackable. Apparently there was a cache challenge in the area and this was the last of the challenge. So you win a coin. 

I had the whole afternoon left to get on Jaguarundi and go after some more hides.  I rode as far around the park as the trails would take me. Returned to camp to plan the next days journey. Not all who wander are lost 😃

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Sterling State Park - Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York

 0608-1035 41.92143, -83.34221

I stopped at the Welcome Center rest stop just across the state line, but could not find the cache. But I did complete the questions about Michigan Rocks and got credit for a Earth Cache to get the Michigan souvenir.  I arrived at the RV Park, which was all open and rows of RVs. Most were trailers with boats.  I did not set up, I took off to find the geocaches on the beach,

which turned out to be a real long walk and I could not find either of the caches. No worries, there are three more on the bike trails, but I later found out that area was closed. I went in through the barricades but was run off by a guy on a earth mover. 

When I got back to the van it was covered with these big mosquitoes looking fly which turned out to be Mayflies.  They were really not a bother, they didn't bite, but there was so many. I put up the mosquito net across the door to keep them out of the van.  I got them off all the bins I took out of the van and got everything inside.  In the morning they were still there, but they were not alive. It's like they just dried up. I was up early and went and took a well needed shower, when I returned most if the dead ones had blown off replaced by new ones. 

 I spent the rest of my time planning my trip east through Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. 

I found a place on the Pennsylvania coast called Presque Isle State Park. There is a monument about the Naval battles in Lake Erie. I Had a good time taking the walk getting all the answers to the Virtual cache questions about Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry. 

Not knowing how far I was going to drive, I continued east into New York through Buffalo andI plan to stay the night for free at a rest stop or another Crackle Barrel.  The first "Service Station" , not really a rest stop, there is a gas station and a Dunkin Donuts but there was a sign saying no overnight parking 4 hour limit. So I headed down the road and found another one. This one was partly under construction, but there was no sign so I decided to stay and see if someone tells me to leave. Soon there was another Van, a truck and camper and semis parked for the night. 

The next day I decided not to pay the turnpike tolls and take the scenic route through the Finger Lakes. I stopped at Canandaigua Lake, Seneca Lake and Skaneateles Lake. Passing Farms and small towns, just enjoying the drive. Before I new it I was pulling into Glimmer Glass State Park (Otsego Lake) - Cooperstown, NY. 

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Miami Whitewater Forest Campground - Harrison, OH 45030

 060725 39.257210, -84.749373

I cached my way through Kentucky, stopping in small towns and earning a new souvenirs. Northwest into Indiana briefly then arriving late into the Miami Whitewater Forest Campground north of Cincinnati OH.

Campground was crowded, being the weekend and the sites, a mix of tents, truck campers and RVs were close to one another. Still it was a nice park with plenty to do and they had geocaches in the park. I was up early in the morning and went on a wonderful rainy hike and found 3 Ohio caches. 

After my coffee, I took off heading into Indiana quickly finding my first cache and then on to a nice graveyard virtual cache about Vivian's Doll house, Sad but well done. It was in small town Connersville IN. To get credit for the cache you have to name at lease one thing inside the doll house. I answered; Coal/wood stove, Tricycle and wagon with Vivian on the side, Bed, Chest/trunk, Baby doll and lady doll, Portrait and Tea set. 

I continued on north back into Ohio en route the shores of Lake Erie in Michigan. 

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