Michigan 150 Traditional Cache
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Small lock-n-lock container hidden in a not so well known "sculpture" celebrating Michigan's 150th anniversary. It's my first cache placement and not real difficult!
Congratulations to Team LDK for FTF!
NOTE: There is no need to drive up to the cache! Park along side the two track and make the short hike in (maybe 100 yards) on the easy terrain! Let's remember the Geocachers' code and leave things the way they are!
I thought this would be a great place, since not very many people know this "sculpture" is here! It is a small 4x6 locking box located on state land. You won't really enjoy the real scope of this sculpture unless you fly over in a plane or check the satellite map!
A little history of this area.....
The numbers are huge, but unless you know what you were looking for you would walk right by them. From the ground it's not really very impressive, from the sky it's nothing short of incredible. I called around to find out the story behind it. (Few people even know it exists.) I hit pay dirt when Dave Johnson a DNRE forest technician answered my call. He told me "Once in awhile we do and once in awhile we get the stray phone call, somebody flew in and what is that 150? They are always intrigued by it." It's a pretty well kept secret, but Dave Johnson with the DNRE knows all about it because he and his coworkers planted it on state land. Dave told me "In 1986 the idea came about that everybody was getting ready for the sesquicentennial in January of 87 why not dedicate a little plantation to it."
And if you're going to mark the state's 150th birthday, you want a gift that stands the test of time so according to Dave " we laid out a 150 on the ground and planted it figuring that it will be around for, well might not make 100 years, but it will make 80 years." Of course it's so noticeable from so high because it's so big. Dave says "The 150 and the opening around it are probably 10 to 12 acres. Each number is probably an acre and half to 2 acres and there is probably anywhere from 1200 to 1800 per number depending on the number."
25 years ago, a young Dave Johnson walked a former potato field with a plan and birthday wish for the state. Today, Dave's close to retirement, but his gift will keep on giving. Dave says "It will always pop up and it will be there for quite a long time so we thought that would be kind of a neat idea and so far it's worked out."
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