The Road Not Taken is a poem by Robert Frost. Much has been made of this poem from it's being about choices to make to looking back with regret on what might have been. Or like Harry Turtledove's short story (see Related Web Page), not a choice between two roads but a road unseen until a future time.
For the purpose of this cache, it's a Choose Your Own Adventure poem. You may begin your journey at N 45° 47.794 W 123° 27.529 where you will find a sign showing the trail system.
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both…"
If you look at the map, you will see that the diverging trails meet up as a loop and then diverge again to make a second loop through the woods. If you haven't done GC4BEA7, grab the information from the signs before you begin. You may just walk past it...depending upon what road you take! Proceed to N 45° 47.826 W 123° 27.451 by whichever trail you choose to take.
"And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black,…"
Now you've reached an intersection of three trails! Two trails will take you to the cache, which is located on the Dooley Spur Loop, and one will take you back to the bridge. Somewhere along the Dooley Spur Loop you will come across a long section of "stairs." Depending on which "road" you take, the cache will be at either the first landing or the last. It is a sharp corner landing with a tree near the outside corner. The cache is in the roots behind that tree. I've included two spoiler pictures, one from each direction.
"I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood and I - 'I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
What story will you tell about your adventure? I'm looking forward to hearing it!