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Did you know that to celebrate Michigan State Parks 100th anniversary, they developed an elaborate geocaching game where they hid 100 geocaches in state parks around the state. These geocaches have become my tour guide as I’ve explored the parks, some of them wildly creative… others hidden in unexpected corners of the park, encouraging me to explore and seek. One of them has a xylophone where you have to play “twinkle twinkle little star” to get a code that enables you to unlock the cache. It’s a pure delight. Within these caches - you take something, you leave something. I’ve left postcards with stamps asking people to write a love letter to the park they are in. I’m not sure how this will go but I try to be creative in the way I do my photographic work - hoping that others with an explorer’s mindset will be game to participate in something a little off beat. So it’s not just me doing the work, it’s a community project. Whatever the end result, I’ve expanded my mind to new pathways within our beautiful parks. I encourage you to look up the State Park’s geocache project and do it yourself. Here are some gems I found in Negwegon State Park, Hoeft State Park and Otsego State Park.