2qwerqE: Gone, gone with the flood waters. I visited the cache Sunday 8/10 and the entire area is absolutely devastated by the floods. Though the forest and the cache has survived at least five floods before this one, it is scrubbed of any undergrowth now, and all the deadfall has been swept down stream, including the cache. Unless it's buried in the deep sloppy silt.
Nothing is growing below the waterline, (at least 8 feet high). The pines in the sky look green and happy, but below the flood line, all is brown, dead, smelly and noxious. Even though the flood was over 2 months ago, there is no hint of regeneration here. No birds in the trees. No wildlife anywhere. Not even cicadas, though they fill the air with noise at the Upper Falls. Nothing alive but millions of flies and mosquitos. The forest is sad and empty and brown and smelly, and does not look likely to get any better this year. Maybe I'll check on it next spring. Seriously bumming.