This geocache is part of the Gold Country Geocaching Event Time to Explore. Check goldtrail.com for more details. Explore Gold Country and view stunning scenery, walk along parts of the Old Cariboo Wagon Trail, and wander around the friendly Gold Rush communities and discover tales of early day pioneers, settlers and First Nation culture.
It was Robert Frost who used the phrase "Good fences make good neighbours" in his poem Mending Wall. That statement can be true but it isn't always the case. In my near 50 year career as a Land Surveyor, I have seen all too many property disputes and it didn't matter what type of fence it was: good, bad, or otherwise. If the fence wasn't right on the property line, there could be a major dispute between the neighbours. Some fences are meant to keep people and animals out, while others are meant to keep them in, while yet others are meant to keep them in or on a trail or road.
As noted above, jaccar2 also has a snake fence cache so while this isn’t a new type of fence in our fence series, there aren’t many snake fences left or used any more so I thought this would be a good one to highlight. tjguy98 found my “Bob, Bobbed, Barb, Barbed Wire Fence CFG 2015” geocache and wrote in his log: “Was searching the GPS for the next cache down the road - thought it might be called "Cache, Cacher, Cached, Cached Out". I thought that was a cute comment and decided to use it for the name of this cache.
As jaccar2 noted, a fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary and a snake fence is no exception to this rule. Because there are no post holes to dig, this type of fence can be quickly built and repaired, if need be. The bottom logs are placed on the ground and the next logs are placed in notches on top of the first logs and because the fence zig-zags along its route, it will hold itself up without falling over.
The snake fence connected with this cache is across the Highway and is visible from the cache location. There is plenty of safe parking across the Mamit Lake Road from the cache. Please do not go over, through, or under any of the fences in the area.