Firefly in the Forest 2: The whole 'verse! Traditional Cache
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Firefly in the Forest 2: The whole 'verse!
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This cache is near a beautiful picnic area in the Loud Thunder forest preserve. From the picnic area, it is a short-ish walk down a dirt trail to the cache location. The cache is placed near a bend in the trail at the edge of a drop off, offering a gorgeous view of Lake George and the surrounding forest.
This cache is the 2nd in the "Fireflies in the Forest" series, placed as a tribute to the TV show "Firefly". This micro cache was placed to bring visitors to a specific location. The trail near this cache offers an incredible view of Lake George and it's surroundings. It's well worth the short walk from the hidden hollow picnic area to see. As the crew from firefly might say, "You can see practically the whole 'verse from here!"
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About the show:
In the fall of 2002, a new TV show premiered on the Fox network. Set in outer space over 500 years in the future, "Firefly" successfully blended elements a western with science fiction. Sadly, after Fox aired episodes out of order and repeatedly moved the show to different days and timeslots, Firefly was cancelled after only 11 episodes. averaging 4.7 million viewers each week. The show's dedicated fanbase continued put on a postcard campaign to show support for the show, but met with limited success. Attempts to convince Fox to resurrect the show or to allow the show to be moved to another network failed. Firefly won many awards after it was canceled, including an Emmy award for outstanding special effects in 2003. Ongoing fan support convinced the network to release all 14 episodes (including 3 that were never aired) on DVD the following December. Universal Pictures brought the crew together again to continue the story as a major motion picture, released in 2005.
Every so often, fans put together a new effort to revive the show. In response to comments made by actor Nathan Fillion during an interview, where he said that if he won the lottery he would buy the rights and bring the show back, there was discussion of an effort to fan fund the purchase of rights and production of new episodes. The movement gained momentum, until it became clear that Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion did not support the effort.
Many of the people involved with Firefly have moved on to successful new projects, such as Nathan Fillion starring in "Castle", and Joss Whedon directing the blockbuster movie "The Avengers". As such, it seems unlikely at this point that Firefly will ever return to the airwaves with the original cast.
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This cache was placed with permission from the rangers at Loud Thunder Forest Preserve and the Rock Island County Forest Preserve District.
Congratulations to WB0GAG for FTF!
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