Short Pole Traditional Cache
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Appears to be at about 6,710 ft above sea level
You’ve decided on a road trip on Interstate 80 and you’re near, depending on direction, either your 1st or last significant California summit at 7,085 feet (Donner Pass – if you're not from the area Google that reference). You’re East of the summit which is only a couple of miles away. Your view south, assuming daylight, is a few 1,000 yards, across a bucolic lake, up a hillside, across some rail road tracks to a ridge. On that ridge is either a tree or the worst job of camouflaging a “cellular tower” you have ever seen.
Well here comes your chance to find out (spoilers excluded). Find an off ramp, park on Donner Pass Rd., unload the mountain bikes and start hunting. Approach from the East and there are reasonable fire roads and single tracks (all legal) that will get you within 1,500 feet (horizontal) of GZ. While it is not “as the crow fly’s", it beats bushwhacking. (Study your maps and Google Earth). The last 1,500 is enjoyable but plan on ditching the bike and walking. Plan on 2-4 hours, after parking the car, (depending on transportation), if you know the area.
The container is a black water-proof, match stick container. No camo, and six feet off the ground. If a high wind comes up, you may find it on the ground. It was placed with the expectation that, if you make the trip, you deserve to find it. (Camo may be added later to foil the Muggles).
Bring a pen and replace it so other cachers can find it.
Enjoy the hunt, exercise and I look forward to your comments.
11/8/08 - Not sure who said this 1st – but the poem was liked, enjoyed and left at GZ by the FTF who never did log in. I see no reason why it should not become part of the narrative. (If anyone knows the author – please send it along and I'll post the credits).
“One day at a time-this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.”
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