Grand
Canyon
*Cache size was changed from
regular to micro!* This is the first cache in the third series of
four different “Wonders” cache series. These caches
represent the “Natural Wonders of the World.” Please
look at the GC map and plan your route accordingly. These are very
narrow roads. There’s not a lot of traffic but, please
stay safe! If you intend to make the entire series in one trip,
read the description for #1 and #7, it’ll help on the time
and safety! At each of the first six caches in the series, please
take note of the clue left for the final cache which is not at its
listed coordinates.
This series takes place on Salmon
Creek Road, please start from the middle of the town of Bodega. If
you haven’t already cached them, there are some really great
caches in this area! Okay, so the GC map or even the one on your
smart phone will show a road that looks like it connects to Coleman
Valley Road. It might, but it’s POSTED as private road so we
didn’t do it. Plan this as a “One-way and then turn
back around and go back to Bodega” trip! If anyone knows
anything different about this road, please let me know and
I’ll change this up accordingly!
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided
canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the
state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon
National Park, one of the first national parks in the United
States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of
preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous
occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles
(446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of
over a mile. Nearly two billion years of the Earth's
geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its
tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock
while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. Recent evidence
suggests the Colorado River established its course through the
canyon at least 17 million years ago. Since that time, the
Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to the point
we see it at today.
The Grand Canyon is a huge rift
in the Colorado Plateau that exposes uplifted Proterozoic and
Paleozoic strata, and is one of the six distinct physiographic
sections of the Colorado Plateau province. It is not the deepest
canyon in the world (Kali Gandaki Gorge in Nepal is far deeper),
nor the widest (Capertee Valley in Australia is about 0.6 mi/1 km
wider and longer than Grand Canyon); however, the Grand Canyon is
known for its visually overwhelming size and its intricate and
colorful landscape. Geologically it is significant because of the
thick sequence of ancient rocks that are beautifully preserved and
exposed in the walls of the canyon. These rock layers record much
of the early geologic history of the North American
continent.
The floor of the valley is
accessible by foot, muleback, or by boat or raft from upriver.
Hiking down to the river and back up to the rim in one day is
discouraged by park officials because of the distance, steep and
rocky trails, change in elevation, and danger of heat exhaustion
from the much higher temperatures at the bottom.
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