Follow the Red Brick Road Multi-Cache
grossi: I stopped by this morning to retrieve the container. Thanks to the 130+ people who visited this multi-cache over the past five years..
Follow the Red Brick Road
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The initial waypoint and the final cache are located at two different Bothell City parks, where the hours are from 8 a.m. until dusk.
The Bothell-Lake Forest Highway
In the early 1900s, travel from Bothell to Seattle was by steamboat and took four to six hours. Eventually, a wagon road was cut through the forest as a result of early logging along the Sammamish River. Travel along this rutted, muddy wagon route was bone-jarring and lasted all day.
It took about one year and approximately three million bricks to cover the four-mile stretch of road between Bothell and Lake Forest Park. The hand-formed bricks came by train from the Renton brickyards, and then immigrant Greek and Italian craftsmen laid each brick by hand. "Good Road Blowout Day" was celebrated to honor the completion of the road in 1913. After that, traffic increased to the rapid pace of 10 mph with an average volume of ten cars per hour.
The Red Brick Road once served as Bothell’s lifeline toward the Port of Seattle. By 1934, however, the handmade brick highway became outdated and a four-lane asphalt road was laid over the top of the bricks by machine. There is still a .2-mile stretch of the old Bothell-Lake Forest Highway, known today as Bothell Way/SR 522, that has been preserved as part of Bothell’s heritage.
Red Bricks to Red Bricks
The opening coordinates will lead you to a Bothell location featuring some other historically significant red bricks: the Veteran's Memorial at Bothell Landing. The red bricks here are inscribed with the names of men and women of Bothell who have served our country. Please take a few moments to reflect on their service while you seek the following information:
On the memorial plaque:
Dedicated on November AB, CDEF
Scout Troop GHI
At the base of a flagpole:
Sponsored by American Legion Post JKL
The final cache is located at N 47° 45.EF(C+K) W 122° 12.LLH.
Follow the Red Brick Road
Once you've computed the final coordinates, you can either drive along the route of the former Red Brick Road (Bothell Way) or travel along the Sammamish River and Burke-Gilman Trails to the final location. You'll be looking for a medium-sized Lock-n-Lock once you've traveled over those old red bricks. Whatever your mode of transportation, have a safe journey.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[spoiler]: Fvg ba gur orapu snpvat gur 'zrqvgngvir tebir'; haqrearngu frpbaq gerr sebz gur evtug.
Treasures
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