Welcome to my scale model of the Solar System! This series of caches will take you down Highway 14 from Interstate 82 all the way to the east end of Klickitat County. The scale is 1 mile = 1 astronomical unit, which means that the geocache representing the Earth is about one mile from the geocache representing the Sun. The Solar System is a big place. At this scale, the geocache for Pluto is almost 40 miles to the west. At this scale, if I were to place a geocache to represent the Voyager I spacecraft (just to be clear, I didn't) it would be 152 miles west. This is across the river from Cascade Locks.
This cache represents Pluto, which of course once was a planet but is now considered to be a dwarf planet. This geocache does not have a code to help you find the Sun, it's just here to be an extra smiley for those who want it. The shoulder of the highway is wide enough to pull off and find the cache, but be sure to watch for cars. Unlike the other planets and dwarf planets in this series of geocaches, this is a small lock n lock with stuff in it to trade. I figured if you're willing to drive the extra nine miles to get this one after finding Neptune, it would be more fun if it was more than just a micro.
THE SUN (BONUS CACHE)
THE EIGHT MAIN PLANETS
DWARF PLANETS (BONUS CACHES)
Have fun and happy caching!