Welcome to the Elizabeth River Trail. You will pass cyclists, joggers, dogs and their walkers. Stealth is a must! The ERT spans parks, residential sections and business sectors. Please respect daylight caching only. Most of the hides are magnetic nanos--really nano nanos. Look closely! You will need a pen. Please use group/abbreviated names. You may need a retrieval tool. The majority of the hides may be reached without leaving the trail, but are too low or too high to be considered T=1. The few off the trail are still within sight of it in public areas and right of ways. Please place the cache back where you found it. I have replaced a few that weren't missing; turns out they were just misplaced. There are no decoys. Enjoy the hunt!
***This series will be archived after 9/4/2018***
A special thank you to the Virginia reviewers, Honeychile and Offlinecacher for their help with this. And an extra BIG thank you to SNAP!!! for his assistance over many months while this was taking shape.
In 1999, Bess Decker traveled to Chicago where they had Cows on Parade. Mrs. Decker was a patron of the arts in this area. When she returned home, she told her husband, Peter G. Decker. Mr. Decker was a philanthropist, lawyer, judge, and important part of the community. At a business breakfast, he proposed the idea of Mermaids on Parade for Norfolk. Artist Kevin Gallup mass produced 130 mermaids for artists to decorate. At first, all the mermaids were on display in Norfolk. They were auctioned off at $2000 each. Many remain throughout Norfolk. Who knows you might even see some on the trail today!
Who came up with the idea for Mermaids on Parade?
a. Bess Decker N 36 52.803 W 076 18.729
b. Ariel N 36 53.159 W 076 18.515
Congrats to PALadi & cjhbundr for FTF!