Near a memorial park and sculpture honoring
Floridians who died in the Korean War. Cache can hold geocoins but
nothing that needs to stay dry.
This cache replaces the popular
GCH728 (War memorial cache) and is hidden in the same place.
Even earlier, GC1A7B
(Memorial Cache) was a few feet away.
Please visit the memorial sculpture at
the Korean War
Memorial. The cache name is from the "duty, honor, country"
speech of General Douglas MacArthur, part of which is inscribed on
the sculpture. The design both combines and separates "life" from
the other elements effectively (and affectively). Of interest to
the GPS user, coordinates of places in Korea are engraved on the
floor.
Please do not follow a direct
bearing from the sculpture to the cache, as this will cause you
to climb fences and trample landscaping. Follow sidewalks and open
grassy areas, circling either north or south of the
memorial.
The cache is fairly well hidden, and
there are numerous hiding spots nearby. Please search carefully or
consult the spoiler
photos (1,2,3) The main
difficulty will be the usual Florida problem, overhead vegetation
blocking the GPS signals. There may be considerable numbers of
muggles at lunch time when the weather is pleasant. You may get
your hands a bit dirty.
SAFETY NOTE: the footing is uneven, and slippery when wet.
The nearby ditch is dangerous when the water is high -- some
kids drowned a mile or so upstream from here in 1974. AVOID WHEN
FLOODED. Here's a summary of that incident published in the
Tallahassee Democrat on 20 Sept 2010:
Some have even lost their
lives. On May 17, 1974, two 13-year-old boys — Roger
“Bucky” Elliott and Joey Kirvin — died after they
were sucked into an unseen whirlpool and swept into the ditch
during a downpour.
The container is a decon box. The log
is protected by a matchsafe inside the decon. Decons are not
waterproof in Florida! You can leave geocoins or other VERY small
items, but they WILL get moist.
The location is the important thing
here. One or two logs on the predecessor caches suggested this spot
as a virtual cache.