The birth of this cache is also election night of major
historical significance in our country. It is somewhat the birth of
a whole new era in US government and politics. Time will tell if
our new president was born to greatness, or merely ambitious when
he decided to seek the office.
Do you ever wonder what drives men (& women) to be the
leaders, explorers, and great thinkers? What is it they are
seeking? Originally this cache was going to be much smaller and
placed at the newest monument to the DeAnza Trail party. We changed
our minds, placing the cache about 110 feet away from the monument
(check it out).
There is another, older monument a very short distance down
the street. I wonder why there is a 2nd monument within such a
short distance from the 1st one. Guess there was money in the
DeAnza Monument budget.
In case you're wondering, yes, there was a cache at the first
monument. Seems that one went away. That's a very busy
intersection, with a couple of businesses right there. Muggle
factor was very intense. This location should be much less
conspicuos. The neighbors might question why the increase in
traffic in their quiet neighborhood.
Anyway, Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto and his party of
seekers went thru this particular area in 1776, which is when the
American Revolution was happening 3000 miles away on the Atlantic
coast. Tom-foolery or bravery...men seeking a better world? Who
knows?
The street name here is DaVinci. Who cannot be in awe of his
ability to multi-task and seek greater knowledge?
So your assignment is to Seek. Let those other seekers have
their day jobs. If DaVinci had invented a GPS device would DeAnza
have felt the need to party from one end of California to the
other? Is their exploration just geocaching by another name? Who
played the role of muggles?
I can see it now…. thousands of little ammo can and
Tupperware monuments in tribute to Signal the Frog and his geocache
party, never ending and forever memorialized! Seek and ye shall
find??????