So, what is a CITO? A CITO is an event that helps take care of the Earth. CITO stands for Cache In Trash Out. There are many ways to give back to the earth through a CITO. It could be as simple as having a litter clean up in your neighborhood park. It could be joining a group in planting trees. It could also be going out and removing invasive plants that are growing out in a field.
You don’t need to have an event to practice this important part of our game. We want to be known as good stewards to the place we call home. And that could easily be done just by walking to a cache, seeing a piece of litter, and disposing of it properly.
Did you know that the very first CITO ever held was right here in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The event was hosted by The Leprechauns in Raccoon Creek State Park. The event helped the park with a litter clean up around the pond AND they also helped to do some trail maintenance. You can read more about this very successful first CITO by visiting https://coord.info/GCE2F1. You can also learn more about the first CITO from a recent geocaching.com blog.
You can also search the geocaching.com website to see if there are any local CITOs to you if you want to get more involved with them. So, again, How do you CITO?
But in order to get to that cache, you do need to solve this puzzle. CITO Puzzle
This cache is located along the Panhandle Trail in Washington County. The Panhandle Trail is open from sunrise to sunset, so this means ABSOLUTELY no night caching for this challenge cache. The trail is used by walkers, runners, and bike riders, so muggles will be a problem. Please use stealth while searching for this cache. The cache you are seeking is a preform container. There will be a small geocaching.com label on the preform that will easily identify the container as being a geocache. The container is clear with a white cap. Inside you will find a piece of write in rain paper. Please rehide the container as you have found it.