Well, recently El Bastardo published the details of a cacher of old
known as Zama, purportedly a distant relative of mine. Of course I
had to go find that cache, and on the way, WI Robin and I happened
to find the stash of an Indian Brave, known as Robcat, who was a
great, great, great, great, great grandfather of Bobcat.
It turns out, that Robcat taught Zama everything he knows about
cachin and stashin, and he hid em in even tougher spots than Zama
would! WI Robin was lucky and spotted this one, so I decided to
post the waypoint here, so the current generation of cachers could
visit this great historical site, once visited by Robcat and
Zama.
Funny how it turns out that Bobcat, a great friend and amazing
geocacher, is NOT the first one in his family to geocache!!Nope,
Robcat was the first that we know of, and had some great
stashs.
Robcat was a local legend himself back in the days when the Native
Americans roamed the land, well before the loggers visited the
great "Pinery" of Wisconsin. Robcat was a scout and spent a lot of
time in these woods hunting, well before the lake was here.
In researching the Native American archives for this area, I found
this quote by Robcat:
"Where the hills are steep, there is a dry ravine where the rabbits
live. Let the young braves have the rabbits; I hunt for buffalo and
deer. Up the hill from the ravine is where the deer sleep, and
where the big trees grow. I have left a marker of where I hunted
the big buffalo, by an big old tree, with a young birch tree
growing up next to it. Those who find my cache will know where to
hunt the deer and the buffalo."
Here is a photo of Robcat, that may give you a hint on how to get
his cache.
Here's to the man who has been a great friend, a great geocacher,
and a great sport! OH! And is a descendant of the great Robcat!
It turns out that Robcat taught what he knew to Zama, who passed
it on to others who eventually taught the Lil Otter, who passed it
on to Bobcat, who passed it on to Zuma, who passed it on to WI
Robin. May the circle remain unbroken.