TTD's DINOSAUR GEOCACHE: APATOSAURUS Traditional Cache
TTD's DINOSAUR GEOCACHE: APATOSAURUS
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APATOSAURUS
It's name means "deceptive lizard". It was formerly called a Brontosaurus, before the scientific community changed it to Apatosaurus. It's brain is about the size of a computer mouse. It is a HERBIVORE, which means it ate plants, not meat. It grazed on ferns and low lying plants. APATOSAURUS lived during the late Jurassic Period, 156 - 145 million years ago. It lived in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, California and Oaklahoma USA.
Height... 15 - 20 feet or 4.6 - 6 meters
Length... 70 - 100 feet or 21 - 30.4 meters
Weight... 18 - 40 tons or 16 -35 metric tons
Tail... the tail alone weighed 3000 pounds or 1370 kilograms
Tail length... 35 - 40 feet or 9 - 13.7 meters
THE CACHE
You are looking for a camo painted small nutella jar.
SWAG
All swag is dinosaur themed and child friendly. Please stick to the theme when making your trade.
THE TRAIL
This section of the Bruce County Rail Trail is covered in loose gravel and it is level enough for easy walking and bicycle riding. The trail is well used by ATVs.
PARKING
There is enough space to park off road, on the south side of the road just west of the trail gates. Do not block the trail entrance.
This cache is part of the DINOSAUR series: #1 is APATOSAURUS GC47T1W #2 is TRICERATOPS GC54R91 #3 is TYRANNOSAURUS REX GC48D15 #4 is PTERANODON REBIRTH GC87HY1 #5 is PARASAUROLOPHUS GC54RBE #6 is STEGOSAURUS GC90VDG
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PEN...the pencils have been known to grow legs and escape!
ATTRACTION: child friendly...the next cache south is a fun one for the children called Leap Frog GC3QQF1...peaceful walk on the rail trail
PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF WHERE YOU ARE RETRIEVING THE CACHE CONTAINER FROM, AND RETURN IT TO THE EXACT LOCATION TO PREVENT MIGRATION...IN THIS CASE, OFF THE GROUND AND SUSPENDED IN A CAGE
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
rkvg enzc