Day 2: Silent Night
On the Second Day of Christmas, mrGreen317 hid for me, a bison in an ornament in an evergreen tree!
Welcome to the Twelve Songs of Christmas (12 SoC). Each cache is a simple traditional cache within the SGL lands of the Glendale Valley and surrounding areas.
For the series final to be published in mid-January 2022, be sure to note (and record somewhere in your records) the green bold text under the GC code included in each cache 'ornament' with this series. For the ornament-type caches, this will be located on the back-side of the printed/laminated circle that features the picture that goes with that Day of Christmas.
While the retailers have pretty much packed away the Christmas wares for 2021, the traditional Christmas season actually runs from December 25 through January 5, the "Twelve Days of Christmas". (After today, you still have ten more days of Christmas left to enjoy!) Here are some geocache-style 'ornaments' hidden for the "Twelve Songs of Christmas" to grab this Christmas season or any other time of the year when geocaching is on the day's agenda.
Song of Day 2
Silent Night
A favorite to sing on Christmas Eve, many times by the light of candles, this beloved Christmas carol was written by Joseph Mohr with music by Franz Gruber, for St Nicholas church in the small town of Oberndorf, Austria.
Silent Night was originally written to be played on a guitar because the church's organ had been damaged and needed repair. On Christmas Eve of 1818, Mohr brought the words to Gruber to see if he could put together a melody for mass that night. The music was written and first performed that evening.
The organ builder who later serviced the church's organ enjoyed the song, and he took it with him back home to another town, where eventually it was shared with two travelling families of folk singers who included it in their shows. By the 1840s the song grew in popularity, and around that time the melody was slightly changed to what is commonly heard today. (information gathered from this Wikipedia article)
Be sure to note some helpful cache information in the section below before you head out.
This cache is a bison inside an ornament host, so please bring a pen or pencil along to sign the log. The log slip is "Rite in the Rain" paper, so it should resist getting wet, however, a pencil will work best if the slip is wet when you go to sign it. If the slip is dry, a standard ball point pen will do fine. Water-based inks may not write on the paper very well and should be avoided if possible.
The outer host should easily separate to access the bison, which will contain the log inside once screwed open. Please be careful with the outer clear plastic container to help this 'ornament' last as long as possible out in the wild. When closing up the cache, the two halves of the outer ornament should stay closed mostly, as there is a notch made near the top to allow the bison attachment wire to go through the outer ornament shell without disrupting the ornament's ability to seal closed.
This cache is located in state game lands, so PLEASE observe all state game land rules and wear orange during hunting seasons. During the primary hunting season, finding this cache is recommended on Sunday only.
Warmer weather could mean ticks are present, so please be watchful. Ticks pose a potential health risk, so please be sure to check that any ticks are removed from one's person after seeking the geocache.
FTF Gifts: This cache will have an FTF gift hanging next to it outside of the cache container. FTF, please detach the FTF gift with its baggie and take with you. Merry Christmas!
A congratulations on FTF goes to beans&franks . Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas from the 3 "E"s!
(mrGreen317, Sage-Hippo, and littleEEE)