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Airport by the Lake Traditional Cache

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alleslapp: Sadly the construction crews have cleared the tree line that was this cache's home since 2008. See ya old friend.

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Hidden : 1/17/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was placed for the Breakfast in the Blustery Burbs 4 event (GC17JJY). You are searching for a 2.0 QT Lock & Lock container.


In 2003, Meigs Field, Chicago's "airport by the lake", was closed very suddenly.

Since then, air traffic near this location has increased so much that Romeoville closed off the road east of this location to allow the Lewis University Airport (LOT) to build a second runway. Also, the airport's website proudly proclaimed "Welcome Chicago Meigs Traffic!" in October of 2003.

Since then Romeoville has continued to expand, building two new roads near this cache, O'Hare and Midway, to honor Lewis University Airport's big brothers. Following this theme, I've placed this cache in honor of Meigs Field, the airport by the lake.

Someone left the hanger unguarded! You could probably hijack a jet airplane from this cache!

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