Which One?

My partner in "crime" and I solved a puzzle one morning and went for a FTF (which we missed by moments). As we are sitting there deciding what to do next, two new caches pop up within 5 miles. Both by the same CO and very close to each other. The dilemma? One is a 1.5/1.5 and the other is a 4/4. Some discussion ensues. The lesser D/T seems to be just off the road and the 4/4 seems to be in the middle of a swamp. If we go for the easier one first we are pretty much guaranteed two FTFs. We look at each other and the answer was obvious. Let's go to the swamp!
What a journey. The cache was only .25 away from the main road, but we decide to drive around and see if there is easier access. Nope. Back to the highway, we stop at a pull off and gear up. And into the swamp we go. After our first water hazard crossing, we found what looked like a trail and began our journey in. Our trail quickly turned to those evil South Jersey thorns and briars. Then more water. Funny thing about swamp water hazards. They seem really small. The water is never more than a foot or so across. The problem is the mud around the water. If you misstep by an inch or two, you are getting sucked in. So these crossings usually require a large leap to clear all the mud and water. The last water crossing had us having to either leap across into a wall of briars or walk across a small log to another wall of briars. My favorite thing. We took the log route (aaargh!) and made it to the other side. Found the cache in short order, signed in and decided to explore and see if we could find another way back.
Eventually we found what looked like a deer trail and followed it. No briars there (smart deer). The way back out was much more scenic. We found a beaver dam and a birdhouse.....
A great cache all the way around, and we decided to go for the other recent published cache just knowing someone else got the FTF. Opened it up to a blank log sheet! Wow!