A Crack In Time EarthCache
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When you arrive you will find you are at Horse Pens Forty. This is a privately owned area. The park is opened from 9am to Sunset, seven days a week. There is a five dollar entrance fee and children 10 and under are free with an adult paid admission
Horse Pens Forty is a historical area that dates back thousands of years. There is a campground and they also practice bouldering here. I suggest you go to www.HP40.com to learn more about the historical information. There are no pets allowed, and we should remember to take only photographs and leave only footprints.
This area has many sandstone outcroppings. As you explore the area to the target coordinates you will be viewing some excellent examples of weathering. This is the slow process of rocks being transformed by water and wind. Weathering has transformed many of the rocks here. You’ll pass rocks that have been named for the shapes they have now taken. Such as mushroom rock, elephant rock, and the headless hen just to name a few. The cache sight was chosen because it demonstrates two types of weathering. Mechanical weathering is the breaking down of rock by physical force alone. Chemical weathering is the breaking down of rock by a chemical process that is normally worse when there is plenty of water, or rainfall available.
To log this cache:
1. Take a picture of yourself and your GPS in the crack of the rocks, and post it along with your found it log to this page.
2. Send me a message via my user page and answer the following questions.
A. Do you feel these rocks used to be one rock or have they always been separate?
B. Describe as best you can the patterns you see on the sides and the top of these rocks.
C. In your opinion why did these patterns form on these rocks?
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