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The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead began their career as the Warlocks in Palo Alto, California in early 1965. The band quickly changed its name after finding out that another band of the same name had signed a recording contract. They chose the name "Grateful Dead" after flipping through a dictionary and landing on grateful dead. The definition of which is "the soul of a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial." On December 4, 1965 they would play their first show as the Grateful Dead and thus beginning the long strange trip that would be.
For the next 30 years the Grateful Dead would be very active. Constant touring would become their trademark, with them playing over 2000 shows during that time and gaining a dedicated following like no other. The fans of the Grateful Dead would get to be known as deadheads with some following the group all over the country to shows for months and years at a time. It would all come to an end with the passing of Jerry Garcia in August 1995 and the remaining members formally deciding to disband shortly after.
Since disbanding in late 1995 there have been a number of reunions by the surviving members involving various combinations of musicians. But they have never again played under the group name the Grateful Dead. That changed last weekend, June 27th and 28th in Santa Clara, California when they played the first two of five "Fare Thee Well" shows. This weekend, July 3rd, 4th and 5th in Chicago, Illinois, they will have their final three "Fare Thee Well" shows and the end of the road for the band will come when they say "Fare Thee Well" as the curtain goes down on that July 5th evening.
For all the geocaching deadheads who can't get enough Dead in your life, geocacher grateful cacher has also placed a Grateful Dead Bonus: Fare Thee Well cache in Oregon. He is a well known geocacher in the western states, caching since 2009 and logging over 4700 finds to go with his nearly 90 hides, in which at least 40 are Grateful Dead themed. So if you ever find yourself out in Oregon, you might want to put some of his caches on your to do list.
About this hide.
First off please do not move or destroy the rail road ties, the cache can be found without moving them or ripping them apart.
The cache is a micro hidden along the Simon Kenton bike trail in the north side of Springfield.
The cache can be found less then 8 foot from the paved bike path.
All the recent rain has led me to discover that gz can get wet and sloppy after a decent rain, so I have bumped the terrain up to a 2, dry times it will be 1.5 conditions so enjoy the extra half point bump if you go during dry time.
Please put cache back exactly how found. Don't work hard to earn a mild difficulty find only to leave the next cacher to get the same find made way easier.
Be stealthy putting the cache back in the spot, especially in the warmer months when the trail is busy and before and after school during the school year as kids use the bike trail as a shortcut.
Finally as with most micro hides there is no room for a writing stick, so bring your own.