Lone Creosote II Traditional Cache
notsosmart: [It was good while it lasted]
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This cache is in a small ammo can at an elevation of 4280 feet. it is not far from the lone creosote bush.
2/6/05 The Lone Creosote cache seems to be maintaining well since it returned from the dead in 2003. There is no reason to have two caches commerating one silly creosote bush. So, I have taken the contents of this cache and placed them in the Lone Creosote cache. This cache is thus archived.
9/27/03 NOTE: I have unarchived the origional Lone Creosote cache, as it has mysteriously reapeared. It is in good condition in it's origional container, and loccation. Disregard the information about the Lone Creosote being stolen, and since you are in the area, using the coordinates below go find it.
Good luck, Notsosmart.
The original Lone Creosote cache, which was stolen, was at N37° 25.339 W118° 24.760 very near a creosote bush that is of intrest. I know of no other creosote bush this far north in California, do you? Stop by, and check this out of place bush. Does the foliage of this evergreen bush smell like creosote???
The South American Creosote Bush is abundant in many of the desert areas of the Southwestern USA. It is also found in Northern Mexico. The name, South American Creosote Bush, is the result of the belief that the plant found in North America somehow came to be established from populations of creosotes found in South America. This transplantation is thought to have taken place during the Pleistocene Era, well over 10,000 years ago.
Another fact that makes the creosote bush of intrest is that some populations of creosotes are reported to be the oldest living things on earth. Even older than the 4,000 year old Bristlecone Pines found in the White Mountains, just to your east. The really old populations of creosotes are found in large rings. For the most part the rings can only be noticed fron the air. It is believed that the rings formed from an origonal creosote which has, over the years, propigated radialy to form large rings of creosotes. The arguement is whether the creosotes that exist today can be considered as the original plant, or more appropiately as clones of the original.
There is a logbook, pencils, and a Geocaching Site Notice in the cache container. The original contents of the cache are:
* Rubber Ducky
* Clip-on reading light
* Milti/nail care tool
* Earth stones earrings
* American Flag decal
* Quartz crystals from nearby Silver Canyon
* ALTIODS
* One Mp drill motor
* Bead necklace
* Miniature tea set
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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