 Super Staple
A cache by Kurious Kate and Lady Lamont Hidden: 5/25/2005
Size:  (Small) Difficulty:  Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Six geocaches have been placed in Dayton Cyn by Kurious Kate and
Lady Lamont to supplement your hiking and geocachig pleasure with
some knowledge about the early local native Americans. Fire in Sept
2005 ravaged this area but don't despair! Some caches survived and
the others have been replaced. Look for CHUMASH CAVE, ROCKY ROAD,
SAVORY SAGE, SEARED SUMAC, SUPER STAPLE, and SYCAMORE SANCTUARY.
Notice they are listed alphabetically; you determine their order
for seeking.
Development in the lower end of the canyon complicates access, so
begin your search by parking on Woolsey Cyn Rd at N 34°14.092 W
118°39.546. If you are reluctant to retrace your path, team up
with a geobuddy, park a vehicle near Roscoe and Valley Circle
Blvds, and shuttle to the top. When you finish your hike, leave the
area by way of a bulldozed road just above the chain link fence
that runs west from Valley Circle Blvd. The road exits opposite the
Deerlick Rd sign which you will see on the east side of Valley
Circle Blvd.
SUPER STAPLE (not an office supply store) refers to a staple food
of the Chumash: acorns. Produced by the plentiful Coast Live Oaks,
Valley Oaks, and Scrub Oaks of the Santa Monica Mountains, acorns
were gathered in the fall and stored dry and bug-free in tightly
woven baskets to provide sustenance through the winter into
spring.
Acorns contain tannins wich are bitter to the taste. These tannins
were leached out by washing the ground acorn meal in a flowing
stream or soaking the meal repeatedly in fresh water. Once the
bitter substance was gone the meal could be cooked like gruel by
placing hot rocks in a watertight basket or shaped into "pancakes"
and cooked on a hot flat rock.
SUPER STAPLE is a very small camouflaged plastic box hidden near
one source of acorns. It survived the Sept fire with no damage
whatsoever. Think about why it was unharmed and log your ideas.
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 5:05:18 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (1:05 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/24/2010 11:01:54 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (7:01 PM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
