Message in a Bottle (US 6 Chirp) Multi-Cache
Message in a Bottle (US 6 Chirp)
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This is a real easy two stage cache. Easy off and back on the highway in either direction. It takes just about the same time to walk to the final stage as it does to drive and walk to it. The walk is long enough to stretch your legs, but short enough to get back on the road home :-( or your destination up north :-) in no time.
There are two options for obtaining the coordinates for the second and final stage:
1) High Tech - Drive as close as possible to the listed coordinates with your Garmin Chirp compatible GPS and receive a message through the air from your vehicle. Hold your GPS at window level for the best results.
2) Low Tech - Drive and walk to the listed coordinates to obtain the message for the next stage. Please replace as found to protect the message from the sun.
The final road you drove to this cache was once a section of US Route 6, also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway. Between 1936 and 1964 this was the longest transcontinental highway connecting Long Beach, CA with Provincetown, MA. The section between Bishop and Long Beach was replaced by US 395, CA 14, I-5, I-110, and highway 1 in 1964.
Nine Mine Canyon Road just to the north of your location is the first drivable route over the Sierra Nevada range south of highway 120, or Tioga Pass. It is approximately 140 miles between your location and Porterville on the west side of the Sierras. Along this route you will find Kennedy Meadows, South Fork Kern River, Sherman Pass (9200'), the Kern River, and the Trail of 100 Giants (Sequoia trees). The route just west of Kennedy Meadows is closed in the winter. If you decide to travel the entire route be sure to fill your tank locally as there is little to no fuel between here and Porterville except near Lake Isabella.
Have fun and a safe trip.
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