LIGHTFOOT-RACE AMONG THE RUINS Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/13/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Elevation 241.4 m.

"When you wake up to the promise Of your dream world Coming true With one less friend to call on Was it someone that I knew A way you will go sailing In a race among the ruins If you plan to face to morrow, do it soon" .........

The cache gets its name from Gordon Lightfoot's song "THE RACE AMONG THE RUINS".



The song was on Lightfoots album "Summertime Dream". Summertime Dream is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 12th original album, released on the Reprise Records label in 1976. The album peaked at #12 on the Billboard pop chart.

The album marked Lightfoot's commercial zenith after a remarkable period of popularity which began with the 1970 hit, "If You Could Read My Mind". He would never again achieve the same level of commercial success.

The album shot to popularity on the back of the haunting ballad, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", which told the story of the final hours of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank on Lake Superior in November 1975. The song remains popular to this day and has been credited with making the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the most famous maritime incident in the history of the Great Lakes.

However, the album was not carried by this song. It is generally regarded as one of Lightfoot's better albums, if not his best. He blends slick, country style songs ("Race Among the Ruins") with his traditional folk ballads ("I'm Not Supposed to Care"). This is backed up by some excellent musicianship and production.

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" peaked at #2 on the pop chart and at #50 on the country chart while "Race Among the Ruins" peaked at #65 on the pop chart.

I plan to name all my caches in this series after this great Canadian icon, so long as the area remotely resembles the text of the song. The cache is a lock and lock container covered in camo. I have included a picture of the cache as it looked when first placed. Please log all attempts. Please place cache back as found to make winter friendly. I hope to see many travel bugs pass in and out of this cache.

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