We have always wondered how some cachers find some of the places they hide caches. This series of caches explains our reasoning for the location of the hides.
This cache was placed to celebrate our centroid after finding 13,000 caches. We are placing a total of seven of these caches at this time for seven of the nine centroids for each 1000 caches we found after placing the original eight in 2010.
Contents of the ammo box cache at the beginning are:
Defiant 150 lumen LED Flashlight
Carbiner
Stretch Keyring
Flat blade screwdriver
Phillips screwdriver
Since all of these are placed in the desert area of central/eastern Oregon, please make sure you have plenty of gas, food & water when seeking these caches. Where appropriate, I have provided additional waypoints in your quest for these caches. I am not interested in a fellow cacher getting lost out here. Need high clearance 4X4 with good tires to access this cache which is the primary reason for the 4.5 terrain rating. The parking coordinates are 24.2 miles from the highway and the driving conditions are thus:
1. First 13.8 miles are on good gravel road.
2. Next 6.1 miles are one good dirt/gravel roads but have some growth in the center.
3. Last 4.3 miles are rockier and the first .4 miles after passing the reservoir headed back up to the plateau are very rocky and slow driving. Here is a YouTube link I have for the last 4.3 miles (19 minutes) of the 24.2 mile drive into the parking coordinates. (visit link)
Happy Caching
The caches in the series are:
Bubblegummer’s #1000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 8-17-2010 ARCHIVED 2-10-22
Bubblegummer’s #2000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 7-20-2018
Bubblegummer’s #3000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 8-2-2010
Bubblegummer’s #4000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 8-16-2010
Bubblegummer’s #5000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 8-18-2010
Bubblegummer’s #6000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 8-17-2010
Bubblegummer’s #7000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 8-17-2010
Bubblegummer’s #8000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 8-17-2010
Bubblegummer’s #9000 Centroid Cannot place due to being surrounded by private property
Bubblegummer's #10,000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 7-22-2018
Bubblegummer's #11,000 Centroid cannot be placed as location is in the Alvord Desert Wilderness Study Area
Bubblegummer's #12,000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 7-21-2018
Bubblegummer's #13,000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 7-22-2018
Bubblegummer's #14,000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 7-21-2018
Bubblegummer's #15,000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 7-21-2018
Bubblegummer's #16,000 Centroid (visit link) Placed 7-22-2018
Bubblegummer's #17,000 Centroid cannot be placed as location is in the Upper West Little Owyhee Wilderness Study Area
Bubblegummer's #18,000 Centroid cannot be placed as location is on Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation
Bubblegummer's #19,000 Centroid Not placed due to severe access road issues
Bubblegummer's #20,000 Centroid cannot be placed as location is in the Upper West Little Owyhee Wilderness Study Area
Bubblegummer's #21,000 Centroid cannot be placed as location is in the Upper West Little Owyhee Wilderness Study Area