Mosquito Island Traditional Cache
StashSeeker: I visited this cache this weekend and it indeed is missing.
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While on a weekend vacation at our family cabin I chose to place a
few caches.
Winters can be treacherous in this location but once settled in and
weather permitting there is tubing, down hill and cross country
skiing. If summer is your preferred season to visit the mountains
there's lots to do like swimming, bicycling, kayaking, sailing,
rock climbing and hiking.
For animal lovers we have a plethora; geese, duck, squirrel, deer,
bear, and mosquito's (to name a very few). Oh did I mention
mosquito's????
Below is a bit of history about Serene Lakes lakes that are the
front yard of this cabin. What we now use for water sport was once
the producer of San Francisco's ice supply.
"Serene Lakes is at the heart of the most traveled route during the
California Gold Rush. Originally, the two lakes were known as Ice
Lakes and were used by the railroad from 1870-1927, as a source of
ice for the City of San Francisco before the development of
refrigeration techniques. Commercially harvested and transported by
the railroad the ice was central to the community'’s early
prosperity.It has been said, that among the most famous visitors to
Serene Lakes was the American Author, Mark Twain. Enchanted by the
area he was the first to give names to the twin lakes. He called
them "Serena" and "Dulzura," names that they retain to this day.
The twins later became known as "Serene Lakes," which described
their location and atmosphere." Enjoy your search as well as your
surroundings!
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