WVCachers3's The W080°00.000 Incident (Retold) Traditional Cache
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WVCachers3's The W080°00.000 Incident (Retold)
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When you find this cache you will be standing on the 80th Longitude West Line. A line of historical indifference that runs all the way from the North Pole through Grafton to the South Pole. There is no marker, only this cache, to remind us of this historical spot.
The story of the 80th Longitude West in Grafton covers a torrid tale of love, discovery and a bit of stubborness between a little known explorer and his wife. Corky Meriwether, Lewis' much less known younger brother (of Lewis and Clark fame), set off on an adventure across Rt 50 and settled in this valley.
He chose the 80th Meridian for his stop because it was a lottery number he often played back home in Chantilly, VA at the local Hot Spot. He saw potential in this location with it's proximity to a national highway system. He envisioned the potential for humans to soon build machines that could remove the entire tops of mountains. He saw love sick teenagers being dropped off in large 4 wheeled sport utility vehicles to spend hours upon hours with their boyfriends and girlfriends while they giggled over Black Forest Ham Sandwiches and eating meatballs without the bun, in an effort to lose weight. But I digress.....
The 'Incident at the 80th', as we all have come to know it, was the exact spot a wicked argument ensued between Corky and his wife, Edna. She didn't like this spot and she was arguing that Corky should have stopped and asked for directions at the last watering hole. But he didn't. To prove her wrong, he built the first semblance of our modern Subway franchise system. Being the clever lad that Corky is, Edna now could never say that Corky navigated them to the wrong location.
Edna enjoyed the vast variety of breads, the fresh vegetables and mouth watering deli cuts. She was happy...and Corky ultimately won the argument that has endured through time, that men know where they are going without asking for directions.
However, Corky's wife soon fell in love with this lad named Jared. To this day, if you sign the log and straddle the 80th Meridian West line, at this important memorial cache, you still just might hear old Corky and Edna arguing. The only other skirmish of prosaic longitudinal significance, of course, would be the French surrender at the ZERO Meridian line in a small town overrun by a band of 3 boy scouts that had just earned their air rifle badge. That is a story for another cache....
About her scandalous relationship with Jared...
...let it be a reminder of the importance of guardrails in all areas of our life.
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