This Virtual geocache is placed at our favorite museum in Decatur. Check it out if you have time, you’ll be pleasantly surprised!
History from their website: The Cook Museum’s humble roots can be traced back to 1968 when John Cook, Sr. opened his professional insect collection to the public by appointment, which at the time had been used primarily for employee training at Cook’s Pest Control. It later grew to include a wide array of mounted wildlife, touring malls throughout Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.
In 1980, additional collections of rocks, minerals, fossils, coral, sea shells, mounted wildlife, and federally protected migratory birds were acquired, and a 5,000 square foot building was constructed to house Cook’s Natural Science Museum. From its opening in 1980 until its closing in 2016, the museum welcomed more than 750,000 visitors . As meaningful as the museum had been for decades, the Cook family decided it was time to reinvent the museum as an even more engaging, exciting, and educational experience for the next generation. The new Cook Museum of Natural Science, now a non-profit 501(c)(3), held its grand opening on June 7, 2019.
To log this cache: (Those that don't complete the task correctly will have their log deleted.)
Go to the coordinates and post a picture in the log of your shoe pointing towards the day of the year you are here. Days that are greater than 360 can point to 360°.
e.g. January 25=25° , February 1=32°
***Congratulations to Turrell2 for being the FTF AND correctly logging the cache on the first try! ***
"Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar." - Bilbo Baggins
Happy Caching!
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.