8 Seconds to Glory Traditional Cache

This cache is placed with the permission of the Grand Valley Park Association.  It should be accessible to everyone, year round.  There is plenty of parking in the immediate area and a public park with picnic tables and restrooms nearby.  While visiting this cache, if someone ask you to try some "Cowboy Dessert", just say NO THANK YOU!  Horse Apples and Cow Pies should be left where found and not picked up and eaten.....

Grand Valley Day (s) has been part of the Parachutes history for over 100 years.  According to the book “Lest We Forget”, Grand Valley Day celebrations were started in the fall of 1909.  The first celebration included a fruits and vegetable contest, an afternoon baseball game and community dance later in the evening.    Other highlights of the first Grand Valley Day were the “Most Beautiful Baby Contest” and the chance to ride in some of the earliest automobiles in Garfield County.  A one mile trip up Parachute Creek and back could be had for 25 cents, if you were brave enough to travel the life-threatening speed of 15 miles per hour.  The Grand Valley Day parade has always been part of the traditional activities. 

The Grand Valley Days Rodeo was added in 1969 in order to involve the younger members of the community.  The rodeo created a two day event, thus the move from Grand Valley Day to Grand Valley Days.  The Grand Valley Parks Association now runs the weekend’s events and is dedicated to “Keeping the West Alive”.  Grand Valley Days is usually held around the last full weekend in July. 

Cachers will need to know the answers to the following rodeo questions in order to open the cache:

                How long is a full-ride in bull riding?

                How many barrels are used in barrel racing?

                How many cowboys/cowgirls are required for team roping?

  How many legs are on a Brahma bull?