Smith Crossing
When I was growing up in SW Edmonton in the early ‘70s, we used to ride our bikes down here often and we called this area Twin Bridges. Later on we came here for other reasons which I can’t mention. Anyway, the area has changed quite a bit since then. 23 Avenue was a country gravel road back then and the bridge along 23 Avenue was quite a bit different. The blue metal bridge lasted a long long time until it was replaced just recently. A portion of one of the beams was kept on display beside the path leading to the new bridge.
I thought this place would be a good spot to hide a cache due to its history and because it is the starting point for a lot of hiking trails in the area. It wasn’t until I started geocaching that I found out this spot is called Smith Crossing but I will always remember it as Twin Bridges. Actually it appeared to be a running joke amongst local cachers about Smith Crossing being a good place to park (even if it wasn’t). For this cache, you definitely want to park at the parking lot at Smith Crossing and it is only a short walk away.
The original cache was a fake rock in the rocks beside the bridge but it was lost during the new construction so I decided to hide a new cache here and this is it. Enjoy!!!
You are looking for a micro. It shouldn’t be too tough to find but it might take you a few minutes to search around. Make sure to bring your own pen and please put it back exactly where you found it so it doesn’t get lost or muggled.