Get Your Kicks on Historic Route 66!
I love finding caches along the good ole "Mother Road" and while out caching today.....I seen this spot and its a picture perfect spot for a cache and mainly because of the awesome Route 66 History here at this very spot.
First off, if you look to the east you will see a still standing large stone building that was from the Route 66 days. (hmmm..wonder what it was back in its heyday?)
I absolutely love old Route 66 relics and ruins like this....and I like to check out books at the library on these old ruins and relics, as well as check out websites about them.
Some were service stations/gas stations, some were General stores and some were Roadside Motels!
Another cool Route 66 reminder is here right where you park....
You will notice 2 round pieces of concrete with a small bit of pipe still stuck in the middle.
There must have been a gas station on this corner...and the concrete circles must have been the supports for a sign, or lights above the gas tanks.
Cool, man!---I dig it!.....haha
Now onto the cache details.
Cache container is a small quart sized plastic jar thats filled with toys for the kiddos (mostly small "action figures")
I had used this container up on the Frisco Highline Trail by my house, but I recently archived it. (thankfully I still had it in my truck)
The logsheet is placed inside ANOTHER container...which is a pill bottle (a sure-fire method of keeping that there logsheet DRY..haha)
I didnt have my Etrex, so I had to use the c:geo app on my smartphone to take coords.
Still, this is a very easy find and not a whole lot of objects to search anyways...haha
I placed a large, cool sandstone rock (GENTLY) on top of the container.
Plenty of roadside parking,--because this semi-circle pull off area used to be the parking lot and location of the corner gas/service station that was here...(again I find that way cool!)
Since there is a house across the street, I wouldnt recommend searching for this cache at night!
Dont forget your pen/pencil (sorry...I forgot to put one in)
Enjoy the cache and the cool history of the Mother Road
Get your kicks on good ole Route 66!
Cache on my friends.....
Scott (phenixcachers)