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Thank You, Mrs. McFly! Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

ace-357: With great sadness, I find I must archive this cache. Either it has been stolen or moved well away from its proper location, and I cannot care for it.

My gratitude to MrsMcFly remains, even without the cache. She exemplifies the caring and willingness to help that make caching truly great.

Thank you again, MrsMcFly -- I will never forget your kindness to me!

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Hidden : 9/10/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache honors the generosity of Mrs. McFly, who came to the aid of the cache owner at a time of need.


In the summer of 2011 I was facing major surgery and the prospect of possibly being laid up for many months. I posted a question on the GeoRoc website seeking guidance on what I should do about the caches I owned -- I might be in a nursing home with no email access for weeks and would not know if a cache of mine was in trouble. In a very short time Mrs. McFly, a cacher I had never met, volunteered to maintain my caches until I was well enough to do it myself!

Fortunately things went better than the doctors had expected, and I was on my feet again in a couple of months. But less than a year later disaster struck. While on vacation in Maine I broke my right leg (no, NOT while caching). I would have to stay in Maine until I could walk with a walker (two months) and faced at least a yearlong recovery. I asked Mrs. McFly if she could help me again, and she didn't hesitate in saying she would.

I have still never met this wonderful cacher, but she is an example of what fine people there are in this activity. I'm now almost fully recovered and ready to start putting out caches again. I want my first new cache to honor Mrs. McFly. Don't go running after a FTF on this one -- she had advance notice.

Parking for the cache is near a boat launch on the east side of Hemlock Lake. The only access to East Lake Road is from Rix Hill Road -- if coming from Route 15A turn left as soon as you are on Rix Hill Road and follow the sign to the boat launch. The road shown on the map connecting 15A and East Lake Road south of the cache does not exist, and East Lake Road is closed to vehicles south of the boat launch anyway. East Lake Road is a seasonal road and is not maintained from mid-October until the end of April. The road IS paved all the way to the parking area and wide enough for two-way traffic. Please make sure the cache is covered well so it does not attract muggle attention.

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