marshallville park Traditional Cache

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caretaker5: sad to see this one go, but GZ has changed enough that I can no longer use it. look for something new in the park soon, and thanks to all who hunted it.

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Hidden : 5/15/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

i've been thinking about some hides in Marshallville for a while now. some of these are hid at points of interest. some are sneaky. some are quick and easy. some are a combination of all those descriptions.

a nice park with a softball field. a little league sized baseball field. a dirt track for truck and tractor pulls. newer playground equipment for the kiddies, and a couple pavilions to have a picnic lunch in, as well as a couple of restrooms. this one was one of my tougher hides. on me that is. i walked around looking at spots, including the memorial to three volunteer marshallville firemen who lost there lives in the line of duty. there is plaque and tree in there memory. on august 25 1985 the call came in for a silo fire. Robert Galehouse, Tommy Ware, and Edward Brillhart were among the responders there that day. these three firefighters were killed while they were attempting to extinguish a fire in an oxygen-limiting silo by spraying water into the silo. they were on the top of the silo directing a water stream when an explosion lifted the concrete roof of the silo approximately four feet in the air throwing the firefighters to the ground and into the silo. by directing water into the top of the silo from the roof, air was entrained from the hose stream into the area of incomplete combustion. this provided oxygen into an atmosphere of high heat and sufficient fuel, which then caused an explosive back draft.

all of this and nothing really spoke to me, there was not a good hiding places that i felt would be undisturbed by the general public. so i walked around the park, again, then i started to hear that clapping and the guitar from the beginning of that old john fogerty song and it came to me. i had my hide. softball field is used friday nights for league play. and sunday mornings when necessary, for make ups from rain outs, as well as being used for practice from teams who show up.

park hours are sunrise to sunset, and since it was tough on me to come up with this hide i'm gonna make it tough on you to find it. at this location you are looking for a bison tube well camoed to it's environment. please bring your own writing implement.

update: after some time watching logged visits this one is found more often than another with a lower difficulty rating. i am lowering it from 3.5 to 2.5

congratulations Bruttus FTF on 5-16-11

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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

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