48 State Cache Dash #48 IL Traditional Cache
Wis Kid: As there has been no owner action in the last 30 days, I am regrettably forced to archive this listing.
48 State Cache Dash #48 IL
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This series of caches is intended to be a simulation of my 48 state trip, but on a much smaller scale, more or less making a counter-clockwise circuit of Dane county. If done in one trip, it will take several hours, depending on how long each stop is, and will cover somewhere in the neighborhood of 160 miles.
A few notes…
-Look for the state stickers on the beacons.
-They are all park and grabs.
-Most are winter friendly, some are not.
-Almost all caches are on road signs, a few guard rails.
-Look for magnetic key holders, pill bottles, or homemade pvc containers.
-All log times in the trip descriptions are Central Time.
-If using a cell phone for searching, there are some areas where the signal may be weak or lost altogether.
-If traveled in the intended order, most of the caches will be on the right side of the road, others might need a quick u turn.
Cacher’s Log – 5/13/16 – 8:40 pm
Odometer – 162,743
State #48 - IL
TB Honeymoon Suite GC2T58T
This is it! The last puzzle piece if you will. Forty-seven caches for forty-seven states with one remaining. Storms had rolled through earlier before I arrived in the area and had seemingly drenched everything. The cache was located in a grass field along the interstate fence behind a truck stop. I parked along the dead end road behind all the truck parking and trudged my way through the soaked knee high grass to the tree the cache was hidden under. I might of well had waded through a pond. Shoes, socks, and jeans were all soaked. When I got to the cache it was stashed under a tree that was guarding the container with low branches and pricklies. I managed to get the coffee can out of there and extract the log and sign my name for the last time on this trip. The accomplishment was short lived as I realized I needed to cross that wet field again. Oh, well. Home is just about an hour up the interstate.
Departure Time – 9:13 pm
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(Decrypt)
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