WSQ Petrified Almond Tree Multi-Cache

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Wis Kid: No response from owner. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Hidden : 10/31/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Our first WSQ hide in honor of the Sadowskifamily and the petrified tree #4, our first find. We borrowed the info from that cache. Its very informative on the subject of our favorite kind of grave markers, seems like we check every cemetery we see for them. When we found this one we knew it would make a great Halloween Hide.

Tree Stump Gravestones are unique funerary monuments found in cemeteries throughout the United States and Europe. These gravestones were prevalent during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A tree stump gravestone is rustic in nature and puts emphasis on representing the gravestone as a tree or a portion of a tree in its natural state. Most tree stump gravestones are carved out of limestone or marble, with a few carved out of granite and sandstone.

You need to use the tree to obtain the information needed.

Cache Location:

N44 AB.CDE
W089 FG.HIJ

AB= Mary's month dead + Alex's day dead - Asa month born
CD= Years that Alex was alive
E= Number of years old Asa was at death
FG= Number of ivy leaves on main stump - the number of headstones(not the main stump) + the number of mushrooms
HIJ= Alex's year born + Mary's year dead - Asa year born -1550

HAPPY CACHING

The "SQ" in the cache name above signifies Spirit Quest, a project started in Indiana ( GCHRFJ ) to distinguish caches that are set in cemeteries. The idea has since spread throughout the Midwest and elsewhere.

Wisconsin cache owners are joining in as of 2007, with the designation WSQ prefixing their cache names. As elsewhere, this is a voluntary effort to help designate and highlight these special areas.

Please be respectful of the area, and observe their rules and posted hours which are typically sunrise to sunset

The cache is not located on,or adjacent to, any grave markers or memorials.

Final is a camo covered plastic container with a log and small trade goodies... oh yeah and a unactivated TB for the FTF! Good Luck

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