GC224DR Grateful Dead Series #5: Cold Rain and Snow (Traditional Cache) in Oregon, United States created by ivhs72 & Sparkseekers

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grateful cacher: Drizzle, drazzle, druzzle, drome, time for this one to come home. The long strange trip continues, just not here. Keep on cachin' on.....

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A cache by ivhs72 & Sparkseekers Message this owner

Hidden : 12/24/2009

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36,086 Songs... 2,317 Concerts... 298 Cities... 30 Years... 11 Members... 1 Band
The Grateful Dead

"There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert, period!"

The Grateful Dead were, are, and always will be one of the greatest rock bands of all time. There has been so much written about them, so many books, so many articles, that anything here would just be rehashing what has already been hashed before. Their music transcended every genre, from classical to country to rock to blues, they played it, they wrote it, they lived it. They are a culture unto themselves with a fan base of Deadheads that stretch from judges to doctors, from lawyers to criminals, from students to teachers, from atheletes to armchair quarterbacks. It seems that for years it just wasn't summer if the Dead weren't touring somewhere, selling out everywhere, and parking lots were full of people holding up a finger or two, asking for a miracle.

The Grateful Dead played in many places, but always had special ties to Oregon, from the early days with the kool aid acid tests, to their relationship with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. They always played somewhere in Oregon when there were in the northwest. I've decided to supplement the recent series of Grateful Dead geocaches in our area with a few of my own. What I want to do to set mine apart is to tie them into locations where the band played in the local area, and what they played. I think there will be surprises at just how many different venues they played in the Portland metro area (and if you're a Deadhead, you'll already know what they are, and will know where to start your searches).

This latest cache in my Grateful Dead series is one that highlights a little known spot in Portland rock history. They played there on three times, once in May, 1969, and twice in January 1970, on the 16th, and again on the 18th (with a side trip to Oregon State University on the 17th). It was, at one time, a stopping spot for big name entertainment. Besides the Dead, Country Joe and The Fish, Brewer & Shipley, The Youngbloods, and a group known as CTA (but later changed to Chicago) all played there. The directions here were simple: Drive out SE Powell, and turn right on 190th. Easy then, very hard now, since the entire area has been "developed" and 190th isn't there anymore (at least directly off Powell Blvd.). In fact, Springer's Inn isn't even named that anymore. But the history is still there, and I'll bet on a quiet summer night, you can still hear the music, if you listen hard enough.

The song that cache is named after is on the group covered early in their career, and was a mainstay of their live shows, playing it over 220 times. They played it on when they were there on January 18th. It is great tune that allows them to expand on the basic melody, and to improvise and jam some great sounding music, both in solos and the group as a whole. It also featured Jerry on lead vocal, very sharp sounding, yet soulful.

You are looking for a standard everyday geocache container, hidden in a place and location familiar to all geocachers. It is available day and night, and parking is close but pay attention to the posted signs with regards to towing. It is not wheel chair accessible, parking is available within 200 feet, and can be seen from there. It is a log only, so please BYOP. First to find gets a GeoMarble for a prize.

Congratulations to ScubaSonic for the First To Find, using his.....well, we're not too sure what method he uses, but DANG!! it sure works for him!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh ernyyl fubhyqa'g arrq nal, ohg vs lbh qb, qebc zr na rznvy. V'yy znxr fher lbh qba'g tb onexvat hc gur jebat bar.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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Grateful Dead Series #5: Cold Rain and Snow Traditional Cache

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