TRUROKR welcomed us to Simi Valley; Gold Star welcomed us to
Fillmore; now it’s our turn to welcome you to our town.
But you have to bring your own
pencil; sorry about that
NOTE: This is no longer a multi-cache! It is now an
offset.
BTW: you can ignore the "No Trespassing" signs. While this is
technically true, walkers have never been prohibited from walking
in the open area, as long as they don't leave any trash. The signs
refer to vehicles, specifically dirt-bikes, which heavily (and
illegally) use this area on the weekends. Weekday searching might
be better, but if you have no choice, be aware of the little
monsters. And their children .
The co-ordinates given are on a paved street in the Industrial
Park in the Mission Oaks area. It’s legal to park on the streets,
and there is an empty office-type building which parking lot you
can use. Once safely parked, proceed to the obvious obelisk; the
cache’s name should confirm your choice. Around it are numerous
plantings of Camarillo’s official flower, which is also portrayed
on the western face of the sign. Get a good, solid reading while
standing or sitting on the north-facing edge of the sign. Ignore
all the traffic whizzing by on the 101 freeway; they aren’t paying
you any mind, either
The cache that you are searching for is about twice the diameter
of a 35mm film can, and about half-again as high. It is made of
semi-translucent plastic, painted in camouflage colors. It is big
enough for small things - small polished stones, geocoins, smaller
shells, rings, small balls, georged dollars, jeep T-Bugs - but
nothing much larger (no matchbox cars, no screwdriver sets, no GPS
food, no elephants, no refrigerators ), and not too many of the small
things, for that matter.
To find it, you need to go .068’ east (that's "minutes of
angle", not feet), and .028’ south, from the sign; that's why we
told you to take a reading here. It shouldn't much matter what you
get; it won't be too far off the given co-ordinates, but those
don't really matter. Whatever you do get, make the adjustments
required and head on out. This will put you along the fence that is
the border of CalTrans property. NB: the freeway is not quite
running due east-and-west along here. Once you are in the general
area, if you are observant, you’ll see one spot that pretty-much
sings, “Here I am!” Please be sure to rehide the cache well.
Thanks, and good luck!