well,I know that anything that requires crossing more than an inch deep of water I won't be able to do. Hopefully it doesn't. :) On Dec 27, 2007 2:38 PM, Jim Bensman <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > - > Sounds like it may be possible to get to it if you can get across the > creek. > They have the public use ends signs further than the creek. I wish I > would > have know this when I tried. But there still could be issues crossing the > creek and staying on the South side of the creek until you get to the > valley > to head up. With this info maybe someone could go check it out and see if > the water is low enough to cross the creek and follow it to the valley. I > would volunteer but I am going on the caching trip tomorrow. (Quad Cities > could get 8 inches of snow tomorrow so I suspect we will be going to > Evansville.) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Porath [mailto:Joel.Porath@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:23 PM > To: jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx; Ken Drenon > Cc: John Vogel > Subject: Re: MDC WEB COMMENT - General > > Mr. Bensman, > > In order to access the area, you will need to go south from the parking > lot > across the creek, then follow the south side of the creek upstream until > you > get to a valley or another location to go up the hill. You are correct in > that there is a small strip of land from the parking lot south, and > although > the map might be a little misleading, the property line is actually the > south side of LaBarque Creek, therefore the actuall creek is in private > ownership. We are working on building a trail on the area this winter, > perhaps with a foot bridge across the creek. Once this trail is complete, > access will be made easier. Hope you get a chance soon to get out to this > area again and enjoy it because you are correct, it is a neat place. If > you > have further questions, feel free to contact either myself or the Area > Manager, John Vogel, at 636-441-4554. Thanks. joel > > Joel W. Porath > Wildlife Regional Supervisor > Missouri Department of Conservation > St. Louis Regional Office > 2360 Highway D > St. Charles MO 63304 > phone (636) 300-1953 ext. 226 > fax (636) 926-9125 > joel.porath@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >>> <jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 12/23/2007 11:28 PM >>> > > > Topic: General > > LaBarque Creek CA > > Sounded like a really neat place. I found the parking lot. The map shows > everything south of the road as public property. But there were signs > saying end of public use area on both sides of a 50 foot wide stip. The > strip went up the steep hill/cliff. I was wanting to follow the LaBarque > Creek to the first valley and then head up it. The map shows you can do > this, but the signs said end of public use area. So I gave up. What's > the > deal and how to you access the area? Thanks. > > -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP RESPOND TO THIS PERSON'S > QUESTION > -- > [This information is used only as an aid for responding to email] > > Jim Bensman > 1802 Main > Alton, IL 62002 - US > 618-463-0714 > > > Person lives in: > Madison county > Southeast region > Mississippi River unit > To aid in diagnosing comments or questions about the MDC web site: > Browser used: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET > CLR > 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) > MDC Web Page Visited: <!-- > > > > > > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this > list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw >