Here it is, the much awaited and anticipated 5th edition of my
“Nature Calls” series. This time I would like to focus
on a person that is mistakenly thought to have contributed much
toward a luxury we all have in our homes and really don’t
want to be without. What I’m talking about is the modern
flush toilet. This association has been wrongly attributed to a
gentleman from the 1800’s named Thomas Crapper (1836-1910).
He was born in merry old England and his real claim to fame was not
so much the flush toilet itself but the ballcock mechanism.
Recommended reading about Crapper would be a book written by
Wallace Reyburn in 1969 called “Flushed with Pride: The story
of Thomas Crapper”. Keep in mind though that this story is a
heavily fictionalized, satirical biography. I guess when you have a
name like “Crapper” and you are a plumber, it is only
natural that someone over time would connect the two.
So at this point you are probably wondering what has this got to
do with a geocache dedicated to a “Nature Calls” theme,
well let me explain. In my travels I am always amazed at the names
some roads are given. I happened to be on my way one day to do some
maintenance on one of my caches near Oakland, NY and I saw this one
particular road that had a unique and appropriate name for another
edition of my “Nature Calls” series. The road is named
“Crapsey Road” and this is a perfect name for a road in
this location. It borders along a very large and active dairy farm
and I’m sure at different times throughout the year there is
plenty of “Crapsey” nearby.
Now about the cache; You are searching for a camouflaged
matchstick container. Go to the posted coordinates and look for the
well hidden micro there. There is a “Eurapean tree” in
this area and that should help you to know that you are close and
should make your search a little easier. There, that’s all
you need to do, pretty easy cache if I do say so myself. Please try
to be stealthy in this area as you search for the cache, there is
usually not too much traffic on this road, so park off on the
shoulder.
The first finder may be “Flushed” with Pride and the
bragging rights will be theirs!