As with any cache in a cemetery, please be mindful of the "residents" that are eternally resting here.
There is no need to walk on or around graves. The cache is accessible from the side of the cemetery roadway. You can literally park at GZ.
I have lived in the area my whole life, and have always wondered about this cemetery. It's well sheltered by the trees that line the fencing, and you really can't see in. The Cemetery does have visiting hours, and after that, the Gates are locked for the night.
The hours are as follows:
Summer Hours: April 1 - October 31
Sunday - Thursday 8am-5pm
Friday & Saturday 8am-4pm
Winter Hours: November 1 - March 31
Sunday - Friday 9am-4pm
This is one of 3 Cemeteries that are managed by the same temple. The history behind them is quite interesting. This particular Cemetery is #2 of the 3, and has slightly newer burials than the 1st location on Pape Ave. Here you will find monuments that are quite old\. Take a quiet gander while you are here. The well maintained grave sites, have beautiful flowers throughout during the summer. We actually arrived during the time when lawn maintenance was taking place, which made it easy to place the cache as trucks and trailers hid us from view.
Daughter Cub was very interested about why there were stones placed on the grave markers...I was not sure myself, so I did some research, and there are a couple of beliefs I found that were very different, yet interesting.
1. A warning to Kohanim (Jewish Priests)
It is said that Kohanim became ritually impure if they came within 4 feet of a corpse. This is one reason why Jews began marking graves with piles of rocks in order to let a passing Kohanim know that they should stay back, and not get too close.
2. To Keep the Soul in this world
It is said that after a person passes on, their soul remains to dwell for a while in the grave where the person was buried. By putting stones on a grave is said to keep the soul down in this world. For some this is comforting. It also is said to keep demons from getting into the graves.
3. Flowers do not last longer than stones
A stone never dies, however flowers eventually do. Another way to symbolize the permanence of memory and legacy.
4. Symbol of having visited the gravesite
Visitors sometimes bring stones/pebbles that may be from a place that the deceased enjoyed. Or special thought was taken in choosing a stone to place on the grave marker to show that the deceased is missed. A simple way remember.
There is no right or wrong explanation about placing stones on grave markers, it comes down to the specific beliefs of the individual placing it, or the families beliefs.
If anyone has any further meaning to this practice, please write it in your log. Thanks in advance. :)
The only warning I will give about GZ is that there are plenty of black ants around. Big juicy black ants. (Shudders ewww). I hope they don't carry the cache away lol.
The cache should be an easy find regardless.
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