Saturday In Headlingley
We decided to get out and about early this morning because we were going to cache on the Headingley Grand Trunk Trail and that would be a lot of walking. We got to our destination about 9:30, the sun was shining very nicely but the wind was rather cold! We started off walking at a brisk pace to warm up! Here is some of the scenery along the way. Some of the crop land has been seeded and some has not been worked yet. This series of caches are called the HGGT series as they are along The Headingley Grand Trunk Trail, which is the abandoned CNR rail line that traverses the municipalities of Headingley and Cartier. The railroad bed, originally built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, was used from 1894 to 1972. The trail covers approximately 15 kilometers from the Perimeter Highway to Beaudry Park.
We arrived at the first cache and had it in hand very quickly! By eagle eyes "moi"
This was a shot looking across a field towards a farm, there were a row of grainerys in the distance.
This road certainly looks bad! But it was dry, not something that I would want to drive on!
This was a little bit of fun on the way to our second cache.
This was a little bit of fun on the way to our second cache. 
These bales look bigger when you are up close to them. 
The next cache was a very small bison tube that was disguised very well on a tree branch. It was hard to see but Gerry had it in hand rather quickly. This one will be extremely hard to find with leaves on the trees!
This is what the trail looks like, it is graveled and well kept. I am not sure about this part of the trail but the Harte Trail which is within the Perimeter of Winnipeg seems to be very well maintained summer and winter. This trail is a bikers or a walker or runners dream!
This is the last cache that we got for the morning, we decided to head back to the car and go into Beaudry Park to eat the yummy picnic lunch that we brought along. We had worked up a heffy appetite. The park has several picnic sites with tables and fire pits. I would imagine on a warm summer day we would not be so fortunate to get the nice spot that we did.
This is the scenery from the picnic table. It is a really nice park to have a picnic or a person can hike the many trails in summer or ski in winter.
Our first cache after lunch was Called Deere John this is a fun idea for a cache! Here is the info.
Cache is called Deere John for 3 reasons:
The surrounding farmland and the busy farm equipment (John Deere) that is persistently present throughout the year.- The families of deer that gather in this area to have bush parties throughout the year. Quite beautiful watching deer prance and play on the fields.
- The classic Dear John letters, the TV show from the 80's starring Judd Hirsch and, most importantly, the suggestion for logging this cache below ....
This is your chance. When you log your find, write up a Deere John letter to release some stress and let it out in a healthy way. Have fun with it if you want ... or be totally serious and use it as cathartic relief. Either Way, so long as it is family friendly ;-)
Here was our log
Dear John, oh how I love to write,
Dear John, I must let you know tonite
We have fou.. nnnd the cache
We move on to another stash
Oooohhh.......we thank you, Dear John
This one was by the Pheonix Community Center, easy find but not so easy to get out of its home! This is a very nice Center and well kept. It has several play structures as well as an outdoor ice rink.
This was just behind the Community Center which was our next find! There was garbage and old cars and crap in the forest! I wonder what people think when they dump their garbage like this! We ran into a lot of wood and stuff along the HGTT as well! 
I am so happy, I found it!! The GPS was here and there with this one! But patience and persistance pays off big time.
Another very easy find, we are just moving right along here! For the caches that we found after lunch we were driving and finding! This was all in a residential area. This area was very nice, the homes were all large new homes on big lots and very well looked after. We liked the area a lot. It was quiet but not isolated. It is so nice when the loudest noise you hear is the birds singing, or the train whistle blowing!
This find was our last find! We did look for 1 more, but it eluded us, we looked and looked! Every tree up and down and around and again but we still came up empty! So we decided to call it a day, but it was time! We hopefully are starting to learn to say enough before we are "done for". Next week will be another week and we shall see if we get into the adventurous spirit!
The CPR Rail Line Bridge in Headlingley MB
Taken on our way back into Winnipeg.
Have fun caching
GeoPartnerS Caching since 2011
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