 Coffee Pot Cache
A cache by shel and wavydave Hidden: 8/10/2003
Size:  (Regular) Difficulty:  Terrain:  (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Located in Island Park along the Henry's Fork. Drive about 2.5
miles north of Pond's Lodge and turn west on the Kilgore-Yale Road.
Turn north onto FR 130 and look for the signs to Coffee Pot
Campground. Park in the fisherman's overflow parking.
According to hiking lore expert Jerry Painter, a trapper, rancher
and military scout by the name of George Rea was paddling his canoe
along the calm waters of the Henry's Fork. But around a bend in the
river, a section of nasty rapids filled with boulders awaited him.
His canoe overturned, and all he managed to save was his coffee
pot. (But Jerry said it better -- it's in his book, "Hiking &
Biking Trails near Idaho Falls, Vol. II.")
This is a fairly mellow and shaded hike along a well-established
fishing trail. Round-trip to the cache is about 4.5 miles, which my
8-year-old did with ease. There are also a few spots on the way to
wade out in the water -- with parental supervision, of course!
The cache is in a coffee can (what else?) and contains a log
book and pencil, a new paperback copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream,
a travel pack of Kleenex, a couple 2-cent Euros from Ireland, a
dream catcher necklace, a keychain from Canada, and an unopened
Happy Meal toy or two.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
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 August 7, 2009 by motardmom (126 found)
Set out to find the cache and picnic. Got partway up the trail and noticed a huckleberry... 2... 3... more... Guzzled all the water from a water bottle and took a 2 hour break from hiking to fill the waterbottle with huckleberries. Found the geocache. Loved the huckleberries. Incidentally, my dad tells me - after the fact - that there's a bridge a little further down the trail to cross over (so you can get GCWAKC maybe?) No worries, we'll be back up next year to, ahem, pick huckleberries... I'll have to check it out. :) TNLN TFTHuckleberries!
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July 16, 2009 by Hokyboys (351 found)
Had a nice hike found the cache, My Brother stepped on a water snake in the river barefoot and screamed like a little girl, well worth the trip. Thanks
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August 13, 2008 by arctrack (85 found)
Hauled the in-laws on this one everyone wanted an adventure and thanks to your cache we had one. Beautiful area, we have fished this river for many years but never traveled this far down, thanks
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July 3, 2008 by 4Wheelers and Co. (30 found)
Third time into Coffee Pot Cache, kids love the hike. Moose in the river about half way in. Too early for the huckleberries.
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July 2, 2008 by fastback67 (116 found)
This was one of many on our long weekend at Island Park. TFTC.
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 4:35:29 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (12:35 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 8/9/2009 8:11:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time (3:11 AM GMT)
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