Discovering this cache will take you on a walk/bike/roller blade of
nearly 2 miles along the Traverse City waterfront. From its
inception until the construction of the Parkway in the 1950’s, the
city’s bay front was an industrial area of sawmills, factories and
railroad tracks interrupted by three small beach parks. The four
cherry canneries each dumped their waste water containing stems,
leaves, pulp, and pits into the bay or the river which carried them
into the bay. When there was a wind from the north, the waves
brought this material, as well as decayed sawdust stirred up by the
waves, onshore so that for swimmers the first 10 - 15 yards out
from the beach was a thick organic soup. Traverse City kids learned
the breast stroke at a young age. Finding the answers to the
questions will give you a taste of that and other tales of Traverse
City history. Obviously, the cache is not at the above coordinates.
The container will be found at the following location. N44 A.BCD,
W085 E.FGH. Stroll the TART (Traverse Area Recreational Trail) from
44 46.140, 85 38.000 to 45.900, 85 36.700 and find the answers to a
group of questions.
A ____ Add the number of local kids who were killed in the
Korean War to the maximum width of the bay.
B ____ Count the number of benches on the east breakwater and
add the number located on the green channel marker.
C ____ Enter the final digit in the year that the Mussleman's
store was removed from the waterfront.
D ____ Add the final digit of the year Traverse City’s first
steam powered sawmill began operation to the final digit of the
year in which Hanna and Lay liquidated their lumber operations.
E ____ Add the number of companies for which the Parsons
Corporation produced helicopter parts to the number on the red
channel marker.
F ____ Enter the final digit of the number of the Traverse City
Purple Heart Chapter.
G ____ Add the digits on the Indian Tree Trail Marker.
H ____ Find the “Time to Let Go” plaque, Subtract the first
digit from the last.
As you travel to complete this cache, you will be less than 100
yards from a spur trail under the bridge to
GC1B7QD and further on you will be just across the street from
GC17HZ4 where public restrooms are available.
