 Fort Point Cable Crossing
A cache by Loch Cache Hidden: 2/19/2005
Size:  (Small) Difficulty:  Terrain:  (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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AN UNOFFICIAL TRAVEL BUG HOTEL. This little cache has turned
into a regular Travel Bug Bed & Breakfast. (291 to date)
Seems it has a good BOSTON address that makes it good for logging
miles. There are other items in the cache for those who do not wish
to take or leave a TB. No rules or limits, just take what you feel
you can help along, leave what you can’t.
Remember this really is just a regular
cache.
Listen to a recent Podcast on Boston.com
about this cache:
Podcast Listen to the first 1:35 and then from 21:47 to the
end.
Last October (2004) I went looking for a place to hide a cache in
Boston. I found such a place along the Fort Point Channel. I hid
the small cache (4” X 4” Tupperware) and got several
reads over several days. Then I lost my GPS device. I finally got a
new one for Christmas, but forgot I had hidden this cache. I went
down there this week and it was still there. Still, be very careful
when you retrieve it, it is a high traffic area during the week.
Best time to hit it is on the weekend. The Fort Point Channel once
extended to the Roxbury Canal, so I am told. Ships used it to carry
in/out lumber from the Roxbury Lumber Yards. Now the bridges
don’t move and the ships don’t pass through. Cars now
pass under the channel. If you go on the Mass Pike to Logan, or if
you get off the southeast expressway at exit 20 heading towards
Southie, you pass under the channel. Once they open the connector
between 93 south and the airport, you will have one more way to
pass under the channel.
If you are walking, it is only a block from South Station. Head
east on Summer St. and you will cross the channel. No matter how
you get here, you are looking for the spot of the cable crossing.
Because of the buildings, the GPS does not always read right. Just
remember YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LEAN OVER THE WATER TO FIND THE CACHE!
(Don't grab the black box, that is a rat trap.) Please place
back exactly where it was resting when you found it so it stays
safe and dry.
If you like art, there are a lot of small galleries in the Fort
Point Channel area now. (www.fortpointarts.org) There are great
places to eat in the area, too. Hidden Boston recommends Channel
café at 300 Summer St. I agree. It is good food at a great
price. (www.hiddenboston.com/ChannelCafe.html) For good beer there
is both Lucky’s and the Blue Wave on Congress St. If you have
kids check out the Children’s Museum and the Hood Milk
Bottle. In the mix, at 320 Congress Street is the home of
Boston.com (www.Boston.com) which is the site for all the news
about Boston you need.
Attribute notes: This is marked handicap accessible because
wheelchairs could get right up to the cache, but it would be
difficult to reach from the chair. It is marked 24/7, but use
caution anytime you are in the city, day or night. Stealth
required, always and more so during business hours.
One last caution, there is no need to get wet, no need to go on
private property and this area is heavily trafficked during normal
business hours. Please be discrete.
Thank you,
Loch Cache
Caution: There is a black
rat trap near the cache box. Use your eyes before blindly reaching
in to retreive the cache. DON"T GRAB THE BLACK BOX. The cache is a
clear lok-n-lok box.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
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Find...
Shot from across the channel.
If you look closely, you can see a yellow sign that is meaningful.
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Cache find counts are based on the last time the page generated.
 February 9 by Garzilla05 (3 found)
Found it today with some friends. Took two of the TBs with us to send to TX, and left some items as well. Thanks!
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February 6 by str1cken (13 found)
Thanks for the cache! I didn't stick around long because it was so cold, so I didn't sign the log, but dropped off a geocoin!
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February 3 by ethanz (37 found)
Great location for a cache. Cold today, so few muggles. Took World Travel Geocoin, left TB and Diabetes Coin. Thanks for the cache.
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January 31 by Rangermon (199 found)
Tftc
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January 30 by travelrune (80 found)
Found while attending the dental conference. No traffic today. TFTC.
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Current Time: 2/10/2010 12:24:49 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (8:24 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 2/9/2010 5:58:48 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (1:58 AM GMT)
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
