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Another geocaching “hike” on Long Island, the first one since our return from Slovakia.  This time, I was joined by Richard who quite suddenly started geocaching himself. The weather was very nice, sunny but relatively cool and breezy and we even had Curie the dog with us for the day. I have geocached in the area before, in the Maple Swamp County Park to be exact. That time, we also ventured a bit into Hubbard County to pick up a few caches. That was I believe in May, during one of Francis’ visit. There were, however, enough caches left to warrant another visit. Here are the tracks:

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The weather on both occasions was quite nice, especially this past weekend. Beautiful secluded beach, no one around … pretty much perfect. The geocaches were mostly traditionals, pretty straightforward and can all be combined into nice long walks on a flat terrain. There is one multicache (Hubbard Walk) that we couldn’t find the first part of, but later on, acting on a hunch we managed to find the final anyway. As far as I know, dogs are allowed in the park, and Curie certainly did take advantage of that.  Here are some pictures.

Penny Pond (Hubbard County Park, Long Island)

Peconic Bay Panorama in Hubbard County Park (Long Island)

Hubbard County Park (Long Island)

View of the Peconic Bay from Hubbard County Park (Long Island)