Note: As of fall, 2008, the model plane club has lost its lease
and moved elsewhere. The owner seems to be parking rusting
agricultural machinery on the spot. We're leaving the cache in
place in its memory - the vintage RR remains are still there.
Toy Planes: On the far side of the old cutting is a busy
airport - if you like your planes in modest sizes. This is the
flight area for the Peninsula Channel Commanders remote
control model plane and glider club. Best time to see them flying
is a clear weekend day. If club members are present, you are
invited to enter through the gate and visit the field.
Trains: As you face West, look for the odd, inexplicable
sideways cutting through the hill. This was once the route of the
Ocean Shore Railroad, built from 1906 onward to run down the Coast
from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. It never made it there, but ended
not far south of here at
The End of The Line. The railroad went bankrupt in 1920, and
the tracks were soon torn up, leaving odd remains such as this
scattered down the San Mateo coast. See
this bookmark list for more Ocean Shore Railroad caches.
Automobiles: Well, it's a good place to pull off Hiway 1 and
watch the traffic go by. There's a call box and a nice view of the
wide Pacific. Look for fishing boats inshore and container ships on
the horizon.
You are looking for a small ammo can. You don't need to go
crunching through the bushes to find it.