Lake Jacomo is located between Lees Summit and Blue Springs in Jackson County Missouri. Over the years it has grown from a place to go fishing and sailing to having several walking trails and a wildlife reservation for Elk and Buffalo. The part of the Jackson County Missouri Parks Department has become the home to numerous Geocaches, and the Crew and I decided that we would take off one Sunday afternoon and go after four of them. 

 

The first two were on the Tcha-To-Ga Nature Trail, and they were an easy walk along the trail with some very light bushwacking over a rock ledge to get to number two. We had planned on doing all four in this area, but looking at the distance that had already been walked and the changes in terrain, we elected to change plans and go up the road after a couple that were a little closer to our parking area ... we thought that they might be a little easier to wrap up the day with. So we worked our way out of the nature trail, and headed up the road to the Hooved Animal enclosure area after caches #3 and #4.

 

Number 3 was fairly easy. A simple walk down from the parking area to a picnic table, and then from there, a short hunt. Number 4 ... that one led into some bushwacking, and while the terrain was easy, there were a lot of thorn bushes and scrub that we had to navigate around. Sadly enough, we could have gone in a lot easier way, but we cut two of the crew members loose to blaze the way and they took us through the scrub.

 

This will eventually be the first of many trips to Lake Jacomo as a fun activity for the Venturing Crew, and maybe even a few Cub and Boy Scouts who may be interested.

 

Geocaches Found: (by OdessaCrew)