The name, and the line above, is just about all you will need to
figure out where to start looking for this. It can be done as a
park-and-grab, but it really is a nicer area than that. The
difficulty is a half-point high mainly because parking is a bit
tough here. There is a lot of available parking on the roadside; it
just isn't all that wide right there. But it is marked as OK
to park, except for the wee hours of the morning. Just be careful
to park completely off the traffic lanes, and be sure that there
are no cars coming when you open your door. If you are coming from
the east, be careful when turning around; there are many good, safe
places to do so. There is a locked gate at the nearest approach to
the cache from the highway; access can be had by going around the
gate where it has obviously been used by countless others. And
there is at least one other way to the area. PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK
THE DRIVEWAY NEARBY!!
The cache was a round mint container, but that vanished
sometime in July of 2004. We replaced that with a small black
plastic tube, which lasted for a couple of years before it was
nibbled it into uselessness. In October of 2006, we replaced the
tube with a black-painted Altoids tin; we shouldn't need to replace
it again. We also did a little lopping of the shrubbery, to allow
slightly-easier access. The cache only has a log sheet inside;
there isn't room for much of anything else, so please bring your
own pencil.
We planted the original while doing caching along the Malibu
Coast while on our way to a Christmas party in Redondo Beach, at
the home of Sharon's boss' boss There is a great place nearby to do
whale and surfer watching, and general ocean-gazing, and there is
access to the beach in Leo Carrillo State Park. The cache is
not on NPS land!
Please replant the cache exactly where you found it. When
you find it, you'll see why this is important. If you need help
(you really oughtn't to), the hint is a True Spoiler, so we
recommend not decrypting it until you are in the field.
Have fun!