sandlanders: We were finally able to check on the cache this afternoon, and with no one else in the area, we spent quite a bit of time looking for the container here. Bugs were gone, water was nowhere to be seen, most of the leaves have fallen, but the prickly underbrush was thick in spots, so that wasn't much fun! We checked all possible hiding places within 100 feet and then some of GZ, but no sign of the cache. With previous mentions of finding it in the open, this cache may have walked home with someone at some time in the past year or so. (The park is busy at times.)
Eleven years for this cache is a good run, but things aren't what they used to back back in the woods here (the park itself is still a good place to visit), so we're going to archive the cache. Thanks to all who visited and made the search, and a special thanks to the late bugsmasher69 for hiding this one for all of us to find and enjoy.