We live within a few blocks of the cache site, and have been
wanting to hide a cache in this spot for several months. A few
mutual hours opened up in our schedule last week after Jonster's
school let out for the summer.
Depending on satellite conditions, you may find GPSR reception
to be a bit spotty from time to time. We grabbed our coordinates on
a good satellite day, and they should be fairly decent.
Bring your binoculars, camera and a picnic basket. Find the
cache, eat some tasty things and enjoy one of Seattle's many fine
views.
When searching for this cache, please remember that you are in
an geologically unstable area -- you should not have to leave the
path to reach this cache. Magnolia Bluff is basically a pile of
sand on a sloping mound of clay left over after the Vashon glacier
receded from the Puget Sound area at the end of the most recent Ice
Age. This pile of sand continues to work rather hard to tumble down
on Perkins Lane below, and then rejoin the sea. Please don't help
this erosion in action by scrambling around or digging away from
the path.
If you have the time, take a 1/2 mile stroll down to the
southwest terminus of Perkins Lane, where there are still several
sobering reminders of what a little sudden and catastrophic erosion
can do to streets and houses, courtesy of the Great Storm of
December 1996.
