No, not an over heard snippet from my daughter’s last cell
phone call.
Inspired by the fun our family had doing the “fossil
Find” virtual cache (GC6B91) This is not a virtual cache but
rather a two-fer. You’ll have a cache to log and if your eyes
are sharp, a few a few fossils to see up close.
No need to split stones, or dig in pits, clean off globs of tar.
With the unique geology of the Santa Monica Mountains, the backbone
trail actually crosses a vein containing fossils from the[insert
scientific fact here] Period. Countless hikers before you have
unearthed and exposed these fossils with their plodding feet, but
only a few have noticed. Now that you know they’re here,
enjoy feeling that cachers everywhere know… the joy of
finding unseen treasures under the Muggles very noses.
The cache is located off the trail so you can enjoy the it
unmolested while the others look at the fossils.
08/26/07 PLEASE BE ADVISED! I have been informed that since this
portion of the Backbone Trail is in the State Park System, the
taking of any fossils is considered illegal!
It was my intention to bring you to an area where the grading of
the motorway, trail use and natural erosion had exposed these small
fossils. It was my hope to give you an opportunity to enjoy the
fossils before they were destroyed, under foot, by normal trail
usage.
As hikers and cachers, I had never thought that any of our
community would ever, purposely, damage trails or the fragile
environment. Nor would I think you consciously do anything that
would bring discredit to those in our geocaching family who invest
so much of their own time and sweat as volunteers on the trail
councils or the Park services. So for now, please enjoy the cache
and the discoveries under your feet, but take only memories or
photos.
Congrats to the Sr. Hikers for the FTF!
