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Traditional Cache Salmon Creeks: Tarboo Creek Estuary
A  cache by Bogey Boys and Astro       Hidden: 11/6/2008  
Size: Size: Micro (Micro)      Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5      Terrain: 4 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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In Washington, United States

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Tarboo creek flows into Dabob bay un-noticed by most

Tarboo Creek: Estuary

looking out at the tarboo creek estuary

looking at the tidal lands in fall

The first or last 100 yards

The WDFW has purchased 80 acres the mouth of Tarboo creek. Lower Tarboo Creek is a rare example of an undeveloped lower river floodplain in Washington. The lower river and adjoining tributaries, side channels, wetlands, Sitka Spruce groves, cedar, and fir forest and Dabob Bay shoreline provide excellent habitat for at-risk salmon stocks and priority wildlife species. According to the WDFW web site the purchase to "protect high quality stream and riparian habitat for salmon and wildlife and to protect the Tarboo-Dabob Bay’s water quality. It includes both conifer and deciduous forests and supports protected species such as bald eagle, northern spotted owl and marbled murrelet".

wood debris tossed up on the shores at the mouth of tarboo creek

The cache has a rating of 4 for terrain only because you need to walk over all this wood debris tossed up by winter storms.

Parking is a small pull out as soon as to get to the bay. There is a slightly larger pull out on the opposite side of the road. Would recommend boots. The logs you need to cross might be slick even in the summer months. Cache is easy to to find. The plug we used to cover it is not only to hopefully keep the muggles from finding it but also to help keep the cache from being washed out during winter storm surges.

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 November 1 by Bigawop (1026 found)
Needed good boots and walking-stick. The terrain was wet and slppery. Calks would have been great. TFTH

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 November 1 by woppawife (1026 found)
We didn't do this one once before when in the area because of the possibility of having to walk across those wobbly, slick logs. We got there, the tide was a ways out and headed across to clot of logs. Both of had walking sticks to stabilize us. Bigawops legs are longer so he made it there first (was I reluctant on purpose??). He made the find and we headed back to the parked vehicle more to the edge of the logs. That worked much better. Very nice job by you and the boys but, wow, I know now where all of the lost tennis shoes go. Very good job guys. TFTC

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 June 22 by tytlers (5 found)
This was our first search and we left stumped. We returned 2 days later and found it. Thanks!

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 June 22 by brewman65 (5334 found)
That is a very impressive collection.

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 June 1 by frisbee'r (9033 found)
The trip in went pretty smooth. One has to wonder how many years and circumstances it's taken to assemble this vast field of bleached logs. It makes sense to place a container out this far as a challenge. Thank you, thank you for spot on coords.

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Current time: 11/22/2009 6:31:46 PM
Last Updated: 11/2/2009 2:36:43 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum

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