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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 November 13, 2008 by T&A Divers (1807 found)
Arrived just before dark, now I need to get moving back up the canyon. Really enjoyed the series, THANKS KK&LL FOR THE CACHES and a good caching afternoon.
[view this log] | September 7, 2008 by w_bovine (3398 found)
I spent waaay too much time finding this one. It's true that the coords are a bit off (you need to go a bit south I believe) but even so, it shouldn't have taken me as long as it did. I was stubborn though, and after a while found it...very near where I had been probably 3 times before. D'oh! 
[view this log] |  April 10, 2008 by Kurious Kate (534 found)
Lady Lamont and I found this one in fine shape, but the cover does make the GPSrs jump around a bit. Be patient and use your geosense. We have placed 6 other geocaches in Dayton Canyon for you to find.
[view this log] | December 2, 2007 by The Ninja-Rogues (184 found)
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[view this log] | December 2, 2007 by cuteamy5 (46 found)
I was a bit off at first because the gps was jumping like crazy...but I went with instinct and sure enough I found it fine :D
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Current time: 11/22/2009 10:23:03 AM
Last Updated: 11/14/2008 4:00:26 AM
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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