This cache is the first in an 11-cache walking series placed over a 1.1 mile stretch located between Blue Course Drive and the Penn State Blue Golf Course. The series is designed to be family friendly with easy to find hides placed near an established path or paved walk. Each cache is named after a song with the word "blue" in it. If you happen to be feeling blue, may the walk lift your spirits.
Much of the path goes through gentle woods of maple and oak trees but some sections are in full sun (when the sun shines). From parts of the path you can see Mount Nittany.
Most of the caches have logs that are micros set within small or medium containers for waterproofing and easier finding. I've listed the size as micros since most don't have room for trade items. Please take your own pen or pencil. The hint below is a giveaway.
"Blue Skies" debuted in the 1926 musical "Betsy," with audiences on opening night demanding 24 encores of the piece from star Belle Baker. During the final repetition, Ms. Baker forgot her lyrics, prompting composer Irving Berlin to sing them from his seat in the front row. "Blue Skies" was one of the first songs to be featured in a talking movie when Al Jolson performed it in "The Jazz Singer." Others to record it included Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Willie Nelson.
For the Blue Skies cache, you're looking for a micro. From the cache site you should have a good view of the skies but remember to stay well grounded.
Enjoy your walk.
(Though my husband, JBT, knows nothing about this cache, I have asked him to be disqualified from the FTF lest anyone think he had advance knowledge.)
Congratulations to Stevensons a Searchin and RICK+REESII Dog for the FTF! and to geokids01 for the STF!