Channel Your Thoughts Traditional Cache
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The cache is located in a small park along the channel from Lake Michigan to Pentwater Lake. If you properly Channel Your Thoughts you may be able to visualize the hide and walk right to it, but bring your GPSr just in case.
To help you achieve this Enlightened State of Mind I offer you a bit of history about the Pentwater Cannel.
In 1868, the Federal Government began a 20-year project to provide a wider, deeper channel than lumber baron, Charles Mears, had been able to achieve since he built his "river" in 1855. A lighthouse was built on the south pier with a catwalk leading to it so that the keeper could tend the oil lamp. A life saving station was built on the north pier in 1887. Visitors could watch the crew's weekly drills. Many rescues are credited to the station. In 1915 the Coast Guard took over. Operations continued at various levels until 1958 when the station site was cleared. This park, appropriately named Channel Park, was the station site. Only the flag tower, on which flags and lights warned vessels on the lake of dangerous weather, remains.
You may have to be stealthy at times.
Congratulations to RW and VJ for FTF!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Qvq V zragvba gur raYVTUGrarq fgngr bs zvaq.
Cyrnfr qba'g FXVEG gur vffhr.