AAR: Caching the Rain GeoTrail
The Caching the Rain GeoTrail launched in June 2014 with six geocaches in Montgomery County, Maryland. If you found all six geocaches and answered a survey and the questions found on the passport, you would earn a geocoin. The caches had informative "booklets" inside, promoting storm water awareness.
Tom and I decided to go out today and give this GeoTrail a try. The caches were relatively easy to find and there was a nice variety of hides. At this point in time, two of the caches are no longer the original containers, so the informational "booklets" from those caches are no longer available, which was disappointing. Luckily, there are still plenty of educational signs along the GeoTrail, and we were still able to learn a lot. There was also difficulty with one of the passport questions - the signage appears to have changed since 2014. I got the answer with a little trial and error, but if you're reading this, B=7. My favorite cache that we found today would be CTR - White Oak - Paint Branch because of the hide and what I learned about green roofs and porous pavement.
I also liked CTR - Harvest the Heavens. I loved the lessons about RainScapes and I think that if we had visited in the right season, it would have been beautiful.
I've already completed the survey, and am awaiting an answer to my inquiry as to whether or not there are still geocoins available. I'll update this post if, and when, I get the geocoin.
Edit (01/10/20): Guess what showed up in the mail today!
I am so glad that we decided to complete this GeoTrail, and I'm pleased that I followed through with doing what I needed to do to get the geocoin.
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