If ya lived in Taft... II Traditional Cache
elrojo14: I finally got the pictures moved over so this bad boy is done. RIP the If ya lived in Taft signs. May their memories last forever on GC.com.
If ya lived in Taft... II
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This is a replant of the elrojo14 classic
If ya lived in Taft... that was planted back in 2006 and was
semi-muggled in February 2009.
Here is the story from the first cache...
Ok, anyone from Taft knows this one. If you have no idea
where Taft is, then we need some back ground.
Taft is a small town on the western edge of Kern County. Taft is
known as a backwards kind of place that is full of hicks and even
Oildaleans (Bakersfield’s redneck neighborhood) make fun of
Taft.
The good news about Taft is the housing market is about half of
what it is in Bakersfield and it is actually kind of a nice place
to live, in some parts. So the Chamber of Commerce came up with a
plan to advertise living in Taft. They put up these signs that say,
“If ya lived in Taft…you’d be home
NOW!”
These signs quickly became a point of contention in Taft. Many
people thought the spelling of you as “ya” didn’t
help our “hickish” image and some people even resorted
to spray painting the signs to imply people in Taft use illicit
drugs! (gasp) In general I find them amusing as I do live in Taft
and every time I drive to work in the morning and afternoon, I have
an issue with the signs because I do live in Taft and I am never
home “NOW!”.
So this cache is in tribute to the Taft Chamber of Commerce and
their unique signs. Someday these signs might be a distant memory,
but thanks to Geocaching, their memory will never
die!
In February 2009, the Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers developed the land
where the cache was located. I noticed there were some surveying
stakes out in the field at the old location, but I ignored them. A
few days later, I drove by the cache location to find it had been
scrapped over by a grader! What heartache!
Luckily, I found the cache in the grader on the far side of the
field and was able to recover the travel bugs and contents. I would
publicly like to thank the worker that was so kind to save my cache
and not take it home with him. However, the infamous sign was
gone.
Despite the great location of the original cache as a TB hotel for
I-5 cachers, I just can't justify replacing the original container
without an original sign. So the new cache is now located here and
in a smaller container. If you are looking for a good TB hotel, I
have made the
Taft Highway Travel Bug Hotel to fill the void.
The old cache still sits in my garage, but the signs live on. So
enjoy this find Geocachers and remember, if ya lived in Taft...you
would still be out looking for this Geocache and not home
now.
Sadly the Chamber of Commerce must have decided these signs had
made their run and they are now all gone. I can't justify having a
mediocre cache container in the middle of no where for no reason,
so this one is getting archived. The good news is the memory will
live on and thanks to the Internet, the signs will be imortalized
forever!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Qba'g cnex ba gur uvtujnl! Or fzneg, or fnsr.
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