There is plenty of parking next to the cache but this is a very busy main road so please take care. Please rehide as found.
The caches are mixed. Half are drive by park and grab and half will require more planning. Containers range from very small to very large and there are a broad range of difficulty and terrain levels to tackle. You attempt this series at your own risk, if in doubt - don't do it.
Please replace the cache as found, bring your own pen and have fun!
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, NASA astronaut, and businessman, who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space. This Mercury flight was designed to enter space, but not to achieve orbit. Ten years later, at age 47 the oldest astronaut in the program, Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 mission, piloting the lander to the most accurate landing of the Apollo missions. He became the fifth person to walk on the Moon, and the only astronaut of the Mercury Seven to walk on the Moon. During the mission he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface.
In January 1961, Shepard was chosen for the first American manned mission into space. On May 5, 1961, Shepard piloted the Freedom 7 mission and became the second person (behind Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin), and the first American, to travel into space.
As the oldest astronaut in the program at age 47, Shepard made his second space flight as commander of Apollo 14 from January 31 – February 9, 1971, America's third successful lunar landing mission. Shepard piloted the Lunar Module Antares to the most accurate landing of the entire Apollo program. This was the first mission to successfully broadcast color television pictures from the surface of the Moon.urned to his position as Chief of the Astronaut Office in June 1971. He was appointed by President Nixon in July 1971 as a delegate to the 26th United Nations General Assembly, serving from September to December 1971. He was promoted to Rear Admiral by Nixon that same year before retiring both from the Navy and NASA on August 1, 1974.