This cache was placed during the famous 'Grizzly Bear Hunting Expedition of 2014'.
Our expedition party set afloat in Moab and canoed up the Colorado River to Burns, with our final destination being Bison Lake on the Flat Tops. We had to pull into this boat launch to eat at McDonalds since we had just lost most of our food supplies when our canoes were capsized by a bloat of hippos somewhere around the Una Bridge...just west of Parachute. We ate here then headed back on our trip up river. After paddling for a while we were able to catch some yellow fin tuna and salmon to help replenish our lost food supplies. As we approached Glenwood Springs we encountered some natives. They were a rough looking bunch, riding surfboards right in the middle of the river - they wouldn't yield to our expedition party. We managed to maneuver around them somehow without anyone getting hurt then continued up through the canyon. When we finally arrived at Burns it was late. So, after unloading the pack mules from the canoes, we slept that night on the bank of the river.
The next morning we loaded our meager supplies onto the pack mules and headed up to the basecamp at 11,000ft. The going was a little rough; it was -10 deg. and already had 3ft. of snow on the ground. But we pushed on and arrived at Bison lake only to find a UFO parked at our predetermined basecamp location. We thought we were going to have trouble with these little guys but they turned out to be quite friendly and said that they wouldn't be there long - they had only stopped for a while to stretch their legs on their way from Alpha Centuri to Beta Reticuli.
We gave it our best shot but the rest of the expedition went by without ever seeing a grizzly bear. We did however see a couple of elephants, a herd of raindeer and a pack of dingos...unfortunately we hadn't pulled tags for any of them so we just took some pictures. I would have posted the pictures here but a troop of baboons raided our camp one night and made off with the camera. Luckily we still have the memories.
Ok, so everything above is a big 'Fib'...except for the posted coordinates.
Encouraged but not required:
Instead of the usual 'TFTC' or 'Good Hide', post a big 'Fib' of your own about how you came to find this cache...Geocachers are typically pretty good at this.
Happy Trails! (wet or dry)
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Congratulations to Morgan Fairchild on the FTF!
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