Perseids Cache Traditional Cache
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Near this site, there is wonderful camping and other interesting
wildlife.
As comets orbit the sun, they shed an icy, dusty debris along their
orbit. If Earth travels through this stream of debris, we see a
meteor shower. Depending on where Earth and the stream meet,
meteors appear to fall from a particular place in the sky, maybe
within the neighborhood of a constellation. Meteor showers are
named by the constellation from which they appear to fall, a spot
in the sky that astronomers call the radiant. The Perseids meteor
shower is associated with the Swift-Tuttle comet. They are called
the Perseids because their radiant is within the constellation
Perseus. Because of the path of Swift-Tuttle's orbit, the Perseids
are mostly visible in the Northen Hemisphere. The shower is visible
from mid-July each year. The greatest activity is between August
8-14, peaking around August 12. During this peak, the rate of
meteors can reach to more than 100 per hour. A group of cachers got
together to camp and watch the meteor shower here, so the cache is
named after the Perseids. If you are interested, you can obtain
more information on the night sky here. The cache is located near
a Cy Bingham tree. Cyrus James Bingham was a park ranger, whos
assignment was to oversee the Cascade Range Forest Reserve, a vast
area of timber from Crater Lake to the McKenzie Pass. Cy's
responsibilities included timber cruising, fire watch, trail
building and settling disputes between cattlemen and sheepherders.
From 1903 - 1905 Cy patrolled his territory, traveling established
trails, blazing new trails, and frequenting his favorite campsites.
It was at these camps that he took the time to carve as many as 20
different trees with his name and date. Some of the carvings also
included the elevation and names of other people in camp. Many of
these carvings are approaching 100 years old and the trees can
still be found standing in the woods. The Odell Lake tree was
carved in September 1904. It is located at a boater's campground in
Pebble Bay and is surrounded by a fence.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[cache is easy to get to by boat]. Jnqvat jvyy or arprffnel.