Redwood, Too! Traditional Cache
cloversmom: I am archiving this. I am so sorry to hear about the hornet stings endured by snoopdocc and his pup. How awful. I hope you are recovering! I will try to retrieve the remnants of this cache.
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***This cache is up for adoption. If it disappears, I may not replace it. If you would like to take it over, please let me know, thanks!*** This cache is a small ammo can placed in Redwood Park just off the Dunn Trail. It is less than a mile walk to this cache on a trail with little elevation change. It can be also be grabbed on a several mile loop with Monteiro and Golden Spike Trails.
The most notable part of this area is the treasured Serpentine Prairie. Check out the great views of this beautiful landscape on your way to the cache. It is an environment rich with native and rare wildflowers and grasses, since the soil composition is inhospitable to many invaders. It has been damaged greatly by hikers and dogs in the last decade and the park district is trying to increase the protections in this area.
Cloversdad and I were out here looking for a good place to put the cache. We took a side trail up from the Golden Spike Trail since I had always wondered about the connecting trails. I found a nice spot to hide it, but when we left and arrived at the top of the trail, we found a "Keep Out" sign right in the middle of the trail.
I went back and retrieved the cache and decided to place it nearby. There is poison oak on the sides of the trail and in surrounding areas, but not at the cache site. The coordinates have been difficult to pin down over several visits, my signal was not very good at the exact spot, but not bad in places nearby. Using google earth, I think I finally got it, but please have the hint available to help out.
If you do get better readings than I could or find my coordinates are off, please let me know and I will adjust them.
Randy4Fun, the early shift paid off today! Congrats on another FTF.
Additional Hints
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Hcfybcr 10 sg bs genvy ng onfr
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