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Damon a Nomad Traditional Geocache

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CurmudgeonlyGal: I adopted this cache from fooshfoosh last year after finding it myself.

The area here is one of my absolute favorites. The ocean crashes onto the shore on a stormy day. It gently receeds as the sun goes down and the tide is heading out.

The long walk on a windy, overcast day can be daunting. The beautiful views of Mt. Rainier, and the Olympics on a cold, crisp December afternoon are beyond compare. From the sea to the mountains - dramatic.

My kids and I have walked out here to see the pelicans. We've watched the sea lions. Our binoculars always at the ready.

We've picked up water smoothed bits of wood and always go home with our pockets full of shells.

Friends and I have walked out here to do nothing more than enjoy the day. Calm. Serene.

It's a beautiful spot.

There are only so many things we can control with our cache placement... We hope everything holds together long enough for everyone the enjoy the fruits of our labors. In this case, it was fooshfoosh who found the spot, and in an effort to keep the cache going, I replaced the old container.

Late last year, mother nature saw fit to change the landscape at the end of Damon Point, and the new container disappeared. I'm sure it's still there, actually... if you want to dig.

There's a new cache here now.

Come find it.

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Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Damon a Nomad is located in Ocean Shores at the very tip of Damon Point State Park. The RT hike is 3 miles so strap on your hiking boots, hip waders, tennies, or flip flops and enjoy yourself! (Just kidding about the waders!)

While located in Damon Point State Park, which requires either a $5 day use fee or a Washington State Parks parking permit to park within the park boundaries, there is plenty of free parking just outside the park boundaries. It will not add an appreciable difference to your hike.

The secret here is finding the right route to the cache. My route has often been to hit the old, paved, road grade and walk until you ALMOST can't walk any more. There is a tiny footpath about a half mile down the road that heads off to the right and stretches across the little marshy bits and open sand. This will take you to the park's other shore.

If you miss this path, DO walk all the way down to the wash out. From there you can see the remaining bits of the Catala imbedded in the sand, and then start picking your way across the somewhat marshy marsh to the south.

As I've never been here at high tide, I'm not sure how wet the land gets, but the key is to get over the the south coast of this point and head east. You can get this cache at high tide. It may be a bit harder walking as the sand will be dry, but it's quite do-able.

The walk is long: it is three miles round trip and it can be quite hard: soft sand is no picnic to walk on. However, it is absolutely beautiful.

I often just sit at the cache site and listen to the waves crashing on the beach. If the weather is in your favor, you will be able to see the Olympics and have a beautiful view of Mt. Rainier.

The cache is the standard camouflaged ammo can with assorted beach-like trinkets.

Please use some caution in keeping the inside of the cache dry when you're opening/closing the container. Anything that may potentially be harmed by water should be put inside the largest baggie. The log book is inside it's own baggie, but please also put it inside the largest one as well, to keep it safe!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)