THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. It is placed along the newly opened Albany-Hudson Electric Trail.
The Albany-Hudson Electric Trail follows the path of the electric trolley line that connected Albany to Hudson from 1899 to 1929. It runs from Rensselaer through East Greenbush, Nassau, the village of Nassau and Schodack in Rensselaer County into Columbia County where it traverses Chatham, Kinderhook, the villages of Valatie and Kinderhook, Stuyvesant, Stockport, Greenport and arrives in Hudson. Details are available on the trail website at www.ahettrail.org.
As cursed year 2020 draws to a close, and Halloween in confinement didn't deliver the thrills and chills it normally would, I sprinkled a few spooky caches along the trail to make up for it. Parents and tender hearts never fear, this "Trail of Terror" is very much family friendly.
Electric Facts: Lighting streets at night for public safety has been in practice in antiquity, but electricity made this more effective, affordable and widespread. Which of these municipalities was the first to install incandescent light bulbs in the streets?
A - Los Angeles, 1876 - got to N 42° 25.742' W 73° 39.963'
B - Cleveland, Ohio, 1879 - go to N 42° 25.718' W 73° 39.955'