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Christmas Crueltree Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

Reviewer Revan: Cache Owner (CO) has not responded, so I am regretfully archiving this cache to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking new cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace this cache sometime in the future (not to exceed 10 days from the date of this entry), just contact me (by e-mail), and assuming it still meets the current Guidelines, I will consider unarchiving this cache.

Please be advised this is not a guarantee that this geocache will be unarchived. Many factors will go into my decision. The most important of which is how you responded to geocachers who tried to communicate with you regarding the problem(s) with this geocache hide and how you communicated with me, the Reviewer Revan.

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Hidden : 11/25/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is located in a city park near a historic train station that serves Amtrak's Texas Eagle passengers. BYOP.

The hiding spot is not robust, so be gentle when replacing the container. It may also take some care to be sure it is hidden so as not to be in plain sight.

Amtrak's Longview Station is east of downtown, and is a former Texas & Pacific Railway passenger station.

The Longview station is purportedly the 4th busiest along the Texas Eagle route. Part of the reason is that it serves as a connecting point for motorcoach services to and from Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana, as well as Nacogdoches, Houston, and Galveston, Texas.

One can often observe buses parked adjacent to a play area on the west end of the station parking lot. Please do not park in the over-size spaces designated for use by these motorcoaches.

There is a play and picnic area located beside the entrance to the station parking lot. The play area features a climb-on locomotive along with a few other pieces of play equipment and the geocache that you are seeking. Picnic tables are also scattered about the park. A number of Crepe Myrtle trees line the fence between the park area and the rail yard.

While you are looking for the cache, look at the Crepe Myrtle trees to see something odd about them. It is pretty sad to see what irresponsibility does to living things. On the other hand, it is also pretty neat to see how these trees heal so quickly when they are damaged.

The park area is well lit at night, with many of the Crepe Myrtles having accent lighting placed at their bases, but do please observe the posted park hours of 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Train enthusiasts are periodically seen about. The station is adjacent to a fairly busy switching yard, so this is perfect cover for those occasions when muggles are present up.

The cache is an waterproof match container wrapped in camo tape, and contains only a log sheet. Bring your own pen or pencil.

Once again, when putting the container back where you found it, be gentle, and try to place it out of sight.

Though the park is wheelchair friendly, and a wheelchair could make it to the cache location as long as its okay to navigate on lawn, it is unlikely that a rider would be able to retrieve the cache container.

missionpilot, congratulations on the FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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