Over the weekend Seneca County, just south of Sandusky, Ohio opened their Pizza and Geotrail. Pick one or do both. For me it was a nice way to get back into geocaching after a long hiatus.
So what is this? It’s a collection of coaches and restaurants that serve pizza combines to give a “taste” of Seneca County. Official information can be found at their website: https://www.destinationsenecacounty.org/slice-of-seneca-county There are 19 caches of varying types on the Geotrail and the pizza trail has 19 restaurants from the local drive-in to chains. We arrived a little before lunch time on Saturday and were able to do the e
ntire trail and make it back to Indianapolis around midnight. Your time will vary as to your experience and how much pizza you eat.
The CACHES- the biggest thing you need to keep in mind when it comes to planning to do the trail is that some caches are not accessible at all times. One in particular is located in the library so if the library is closed… you are out of luck. Others are located in parks and preserves which have dawn to dusk hours. in the summer that isn’t as difficult as other times of the year, but still something to remember. The majority of the caches do align with a pizza place, but that doesn’t mean these are all park and grabs. a number of locations have just a sticker on the window giving you the actual coordinates for the cache. This means some are miles away and may end up ruining your carefully laid out plan… oh well, get over it.
The PIZZA- The good professor lured me into this with the promise of pizza. She did not disappoint although I would recommend bringing a cooler or a large crew with you in order to actu
So much pizza, so little time (and so little stomach space)
ally meet the Pizza Trail requirements of 6 pizzas. We started at Big C’s Smokehouse and Grill in Green Springs and had the Pulled Pork Pizza which was amazing. Then Fat Head’s Family Restaurant in Republic for a Foldover Pizza which was like a BLT with added ham. Again something I would recommend. We ended the evening with a Mexican Pizza and Garlic Knots at Left Fielding New Riegel before heading in to turn in our passport. Since there were only two of us trying to eat 6 pizzas in one day (even small pizzas) was not in the cards. We were fortunate enough that some locations did not abide by the you must buy pizza to get a sticker. We would have, but we didn’t have a cooler, so we were happy that some places took mercy on us and we could buy sodas, and cookies. This was the first day of the trail, so I can’t guarantee that this will continue to be the case, we did run into a few places that were adamant about the pizza purchase, if we had the time, we would have, but time was not on our side.
What do you get for completion of this quest? If you complete the Geotrail you are handed a lovely geocoin. If you complete the pizza trail, you get a t-shirt suitable for wearing.
Cecil shows off his coin and shirt.
So… was it worth it? Yes, it was a great day to be out and the variety of caches and caliber of the food made it all worthwhile. I could see returning, because of the shear number of caches, & adventure labs in the area.
Suggestion: Seneca County is about an hour away from Waseon, OH home of Midwest Geobash. If I were to actually plan this out and not try to be an early adopter I would plan on taking time while at Bash and split it up over a few days allowing for more pizza and less of a rush. Just remember to check when the library is open.
