GC53VVM Counting Peas on the County Line (Traditional Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by chartmaker

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chartmaker: Made a return visit today in the daylight to check the true situation concerning this geocache hide. Alas, no sign of the geocache this afternoon nor the natural home in which the geocache had assumed as its home for geocachers to come visit while seeking the hide. I have no option at this location except to archive this hide, one close to my heart; and I hope my fellow geocachers who visited here learned something about the area, the agricultural impact on the region; and of one of the larger vegetable processing/packaging facilities in southwestern Ontario. I liked this little hide and so did many others. Good Bye. I, however, will continue to count peas, corn, carrots, squash and turnips from nearby. Thank you to all who visited this geocache hide. Rest in peace little micro cache. Mr. Farmer took just a little too much land on this latest plowing here and did not zig and zag here as in the past, just took a bee line right on through the little tree so the edge of his field was in a straight line. So long.

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A cache by chartmaker Message this owner

Hidden : 4/30/2014

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

We're forming a line and going to hold it on the county line. Come and take the time to find a simple micro cache hide. We're proud of our farming heritage in Oxford County and agriculture has and will continue to hold an important role now and in the future. The Five Pointers to the south have their small community and watch out for one and all which is an honourable tradition in itself. Geocachers are welcome.

Please feel free to add crop updates and what crop you believe is growing here at the time of your visit.

Putnam may be connected to the world with its interchange noted on signboards on the Great 401 but Five Points almost remnds one of Hooterville where all know each other. Five Points even has its own single track rail line connecting to Ingersoll and St. Thomas and Putnam as well. Ingersoll may have once been the geocaching capital of Ontario for numbers of caches per capita but it looks like Five Points is about to take that title. Come one, come all. On the county line is the place to be. At the site of the cache you will see agriculture at tis best, numerous productive farm fields and a bit to the east a large complex where vegetables are processed and frozen with most of the crops grown within a 60 mile radius with the end result being shipped mainly to outlets in North America. In fact, over 70 millions pounds of frozen vegetables are processed here annually and closer to 100 million pounds are packed. Yes, geocaches here are standing on the county line to preserve the agricultural base of Oxford County but they also welcome non-traditional operations to the region as well. Enjoy your short visit to the area and explore the other locales nearby while geocaching as well.

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