STEGOSAURUS
Its name means "roof lizard" or "covered lizard". It is a HERBIVORE, which means it ate plants. It liked to eat plants that grew close to the ground, for example ferns, conifers and horsetails. It was a large dinosaur, but it only had a small brain the size of a walnut. STEGOSAURUS lived in North America and Portugal about 156 - 144 million years ago.
HEIGHT... 14 feet or 4.3 meters
LENGTH... 28 feet or 8.5 meters or the length of a bus
WEIGHT... 6000 pounds or 2,722 Kilograms
THE CACHE
You are looking for a camo painted 6 x 8 x 3 inch LnL. The container is located along a small rock & gravel covered section of Rail Trail running parallel to Blind Line road. It can be a muddy trail at times. It is close to an off road parking spot, therefore being convenient when geocaching with young children. The cache terrain is suitable for the youngsters. This section of trail, south of Blind Line, is difficult to ride a bicycle on. Keep in mind that this trail is used by ATVs.
SWAG
All swag is dinosaur themed and child friendly. Please stick to the theme when making your trade.
INAPPROPRIATE SWAG: gravel from the trail, liquids, scented items, dirty, old or broken toys.
ATTRACTION: child friendly, close to a parking spot, peaceful section of trail, farm views, cows across the road
This cache is part of the DINOSAUR series: #1 is APATOSAURUS GC47T1W #2 is TRICERATOPS GC54R91 #3 is TYRANNOSAURUS REX GC48D15 #4 is PTERANODON REBIRTH GC87HY1 #5 is PARASAUROLOPHUS GC54RBE #6 is STEGOSAURUS GC90VDG
PARKING: there is a listed parking spot off road, but a long section of this road is not plowed between the "no winter maintenance" signs, and therefore the listed parking may not be attainable during deep snow months. If forced to park roadside then put your flashers on!
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PEN: the pencils have been known to grow legs and escape!
PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF WHERE YOU ARE RETRIEVING THE CACHE CONTAINER FROM, AND RETURN IT TO THE EXACT LOCATION TO PREVENT MIGRATION...IN THIS CASE, SUSPENDED IN A CAGE