Hemlock: Since the cache was in a closed area, it has been removed and is in the care of stormchaser13. They will hide it somewhere else nearby soon.
From an email to me:[quote]We found the cache this afternoon and had just opened it up and were signing the log book, when a California State Park policeman approached us and asked us what we were doing. He was very nice, having known about Geocaching, but told us to remove the cache since it was in a "closed area" not open to the public. Not only was the cache buried directly in front of a sign which says "closed", but sometime since the cache was buried, a rope cable has been placed around a large area surrounding the cache site, clearly indicating that it was an area where people are not supposed to walk since the dunes are being restored.[/quote]