Don't Fear the REAPER #47: Family Cemetery Traditional Cache
Don't Fear the REAPER #47: Family Cemetery
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Been eye-balling this spot for a while and finally made it to location to place a cache. Actual name of cemetery that is on the sign is "Family Cemetery", with Gore, Cummings, Nielson, Armstrong, Case written underneath the title. The cemetery is pretty much grouped by family names. I found that interesting.
Hopefully, future visitors that are not familiar with the area will be able to find the cemetery easier than I did. Google maps and vehicular GPSs do not show a road that I traveled on as ending in a farmers field and someones back yard.
If you are not familiar with the area (like me), SUGGEST the following: when traveling north on KS Hwy 7 DO NOT take the 318th Road turn-off east - that quickly ends in a farmers field and someones backyard. Continue north and turn east on Symns Road/330th Road. Follow Symns Road until it intersects with Larkenburg Road (going north)/330th Road (going straight)/Sedgwick Road (going south). Turn south onto Sedgwick Road and follow this curvy road until it intersects with 318th Road. At this intersection there will be a small silo at SE corner. Turn east here onto 318th Road and follow this curvy road - you can see the cemetery off in the distance from this spot.
Cache was placed in early March and there were no signs of critters, P.I., ticks, etc. However, there are plenty of thorny-vines. All this may very well change in warmer weather conditions.
Remember that this is a cemetery and please follow any/all rules/regulations that may be posted and that we have all read on other cemetery page write-ups.
You will be searching for a MATCHSTICK container.
September 29, 2012: UPDATE - seems that original container was baffling visitors on how to open it. Decided to replace with a more user-friendly container - if you cannot figure out how to open this container then you need to find a new hobby. Same coordinates and location just different container.
UPDATE: April 19, 2014 - A new perimeter fence is being placed and container gone. Replaced container & updated coordinates. Should not have to enter cemetery to get to container.
UPDATE: November 01, 2015 - Doing maintenance check and decided to place container where I originally had it positioned before the new fence line was built. Short hike to GZ, nothing to brag about.
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