ODS: Calumet Bluff Patio Traditional Geocache

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adam_billy: The patio is gone because the bluff is falling into the lake. This one is done-for.

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Hidden : 8/18/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is at the end of a short hike to an overlook platform above Lewis & Clark Lake.

This cache was hidden as part of the One Degree of Separation Geocaching Project (see below for background). This is a seed that came from: ODS:DYFEN

On August 28th, 1804 the Lewis and Clark expedition held a council with the first tribe of the Sioux Indians they had encountered. The council was held at the bottom of Calumet Bluff on the Missouri River near the present town of Yankton South Dakota. There were speeches, dancing, and smoking of the peace pipe. Now you can hike a beautiful wooded trail on this bluff to an overlook of the present day Gavin's Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake recreation area. You will be walking along the historic path of the famous expedition, and you can find a micro geocache that is part of the One Degree of Separation project.

To get to the overlook, go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Discovery Center located on the Nebraska side of the river near the Gavin's Point dam. You can reach the Discovery Center by taking Highway 52 west from Yankton and then cross the dam going south. The road will go directly by the center. Alternately, take US highway 81 south from Yankton about 1 mile, turn west on highway 121. Go about 2 miles until you can turn south and proceed up the bluff to the Discovery Center. Enjoy the view and the visitor center and then go to the trailhead at the west side of the parking lot (N42 50.892 W97 29.064). The primitive trail will take you to the overlook and the geocache (about 0.8 mile there and the same back). If you are into boating, you can beach your boat on the shore near the bluff and take a short hike up the hill. It's also a short jaunt off of the golf course in the area. Enjoy.

One Degree of Separation Background:
This project was launched to unite the entire geocaching continuum together at one point using the "Small World Theory" as it pertains to geocaching.

If even half of the nearly 13,000 caches originally released on 5/26/2006 get placed as a geocache, no geocacher in the entire world (with even 1 find) should be able to go much beyond 3 degrees of separation from every other geocacher in the world, but the REAL object of this project is to bring that number down to 1 degree for as many geocachers as possible.

One Degree of Separation is a project that has been taking shape and GROWING for nearly 3 years. It's a variation of the "Small World" concept that was proposed in the early 20th century. Many people are familiar with the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, but few know just how far back the idea goes.

For more information on this project and the Small World Theory go to the ODS message board.

To visually see how the project grows over time check the ODS: PRIME! geocaching profile stats. Please email ODS: PRIME! when you plant your seed, so he can add your cache to the ever growing network of caches placed in this project.

Many other goals will be posted as the project grows, but here are a few.

#1 To have an active ODS cache hidden on ALL 7 continents.
#2 To have an ODS cache hidden in all 50 states.
#3 To have an ODS cache hidden in a number of foriegn countries, by milestone, 10 countries at a time. First milestone 10 then 20 and so on.
#4 To have an ODS cache hidden in every county in Texas.

More goals will be posted on the ODS website.

Thank you for participating in what is sure to be a noteworthy point in geocaching history.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fbhgu rnfg pbeare. Ybbx qbja. Lryybj fgevat ba cbfg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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