Many years ago, I met a great uncle, Anatoli
Graham, at a family reunion. Uncle
Ana
was a small, quiet, unassuming man. He reminded me of a mixed up
professor from a Disney movie. He was always showing my cousins and
I simple magic tricks that were amazing to a six year old. Who knew
I kept coins in my ear? It wasn't till after he passed that I found
out he had been 'an ultra' talented magician in his early years and
went by the vaudeville stage name of 'The Gamester'. I was always
in awe of his ability to make things disappear, to vaporize into
thin air. He never did reveal his secrets and I have always thought
it would be a superior regular cache that could disappear like
magic. I have tried to recapture part of Uncle
Ana's
magic with this cache -
I have sketched and schemed for a few years
on how best to do this cache. 'On paper', it seems such a simple
idea to make a cache, but it gets a little trickier when its time
for 'paper no' more and you have to create it. The cache container
is a waterproof metal army surplus case. A little bit of magic has
been applied to make the cache disappear.
This area of the foothills is amazing. As you
walk through this area you can see the hospital with the doctors,
nurses, and 'great EMS' crews, the military reserve cemetery and
boundary 'term, sage' brush growing among the new blooms of the
daises, 'gem aster' and other wildflowers. The dog park, archery
range, and flood control ponds are spread out below you teaming
with energy and people. The retention pond was full of ducks and
geese. The trail to the cache provides some of the best views of
the downtown skyline. This photo was taken early one morning not to
far from the cache.
In honor of on Uncle
Ana,
who never revealed his secrets, keep the secret of this cache after
you find it. Don't give away the secret in your logs, photos, or
coordinates. Please be sure to re-hide the cache properly. Enjoy
and keep on caching