Your Favorite Cache Ever! Traditional Cache
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Your Favorite Cache Ever!
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The first in the TeamTadpool series (April 2012)
Homer is quoted as saying, "The journey is its own reward."
This is why we geocache is it not? We aren't looking for gold or treasure, but rather for fun, unique experiences and the thrill of discovering a special place that we might otherwise have never known about.
This cache is all about the experience of geocaching.
My only request is that you will not consider this cache "FOUND" until you have done the following:
• Before eventuring out on this quest, think about your favorite caching experience. What is the GC code and why was it special. Or, was it simply an experience that you have had that illustrates why you geocache? Either way, have this in your mind before you set out.
• Once you arrive and find the cache, take the logbook to a comfortable spot on the rocks, have a seat, listen to the water rushing by and remember why you Geocache.
• Then make your entry, sharing this memory with the others that will follow you and smile knowing that you may be motivating someone else to seek out "Your Favorite Cache Ever!"
There. That wasn't so hard was it? I hope that it was a bit more rewarding than the typical LPC. Only because of you will this become a favorite cache!
I'm think it would also be a great place for a CITO event as well. Let's see what happens.
About the place where you will find this:
In 1874, the Kilgore Mill Bridge was built to span the Appalachee River at this location. This beautiful covered bridge was lost on April 23, 1993 when it was burned by arsonists.
Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge has the distinction of being one of the last destroyed covered bridges in the state. Named for Willis Kilgore Sr., Kilgore Mill was a one span bridge that was not supported with braces in the river, and was built just to replace the 1835 bridge that was ruined. David J. Thompson built this bridge for $281.95 total cost, billed to the Walton County Commissioners.
The land near the bridge was part of the Land Lottery of 1820, with the plot incorporating this bridge going to Josiah Sanders. This lot was sold in 1823 to a Joseph James and then in 1833 deeded to Willis Kilgore Sr., for whom it was later named. Mr. Kilgore Sr. was sheriff of Walton County for two terms and then part of the Georgia House of Representatives. He built a mill on this land and then 40 years later deeded the land over to his son. The land lot was in the Kilgore family up to 1889. There is some speculation that there were up to three different bridges in this same location.
The County Commission had gathered over $300,000 to preserve and protect the area with a 10 acre park that was to be built around the covered bridge area. Sadly, the bridge burned before the plans were in production. It was never rebuilt, although there was a small attempt to gather interest in the rebuilding of it.
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