Day 53 Cherry Forks (GCXXOV)

   Cherry Forks, by Gsatlati was a fun little cache. We headed out shortly after I got home from work. Takoda finished up his homework in record time. Big and pleasant surprise there. Niki popped a ham in the oven. Everyone went to the bathroom. Then we were off.  On the way to the cache site I looked over some of the cache logs. It looked like a lot of people made this cache harder for themselves then necesary. There is a trail that leads to the cache. Most everyone bushwhaked in then walked the trail out. Once armed with this information I was bound and determined to find the trail that lead pretty much right up to the cache.
   We found the right back roads. That lead us to a parking place that  was .4 tenths of a mile away from the caches lair. We all got out of the van and geared up in our hunters orange. The GPS indicated we should go in the direction of an old logging road that ran away from our  parking spot. We walked it. . To our right was a feild that traversed along the road. Ahead of us was a big hill to be climed. There were targets in the field off to the right. We spotted empty shot gun shells on the ground as we walked and then  decided not to let KC run free until we got up over the hill. Eventually we were in a safe place I unleashed KC and off he went.
   Along our trek we saw some rusty tanks and other peices of equipment. We even spotted an old oil well or two. Eventually our trail lead us to a lightly wooded copse of cherry trees. The GPS indicated we were within 200 feet of the cache. I handed both the GPS and the Compass too Niki. she delved into the woods like a blood hound. I hung back ensuring the kids made it through this section of wood without getting their feet wet. I put Novalee on my shoulders and held Takodas hand. Eventually Niki and our path met again. We were within 19 feet of the cache. We read the hint. I set Novalee down and liberated the gps from Niki. I toggled over the map feature zooming in. Then walked in a circle to see if it was tracking me well. Then I headed in the direction of the cache. It was like reeling in a fishing line, us to .to the cache location. I spotted the cache. I pointed it out to Niki then we told the kids we were close. Then Takoda spotted the cache container. I signed the log book then we headed back to the Van.