Warning! you don't have to
park on the freeway or dodge traffic to get this cache! A
safe way to approach this cache is described further down.
Please be safe and don't break the law!!!
The Seventies, these were my wonder years. Starwars, The Steve
Millers Band, Disco, cruising, keggers. Gas was still cheap but it
was in short supply. And the road, that was most important to a
young man of 19 was Interstate 80. Why? Because it led to Park City
and skiing? No. Because it led to the national parks like Grand
Tetons and Yellow Stone? No. The reason is was so important can be
summed up in two words: Beer Run! You see, back
then the drinking age in Utah as 21, as it is today. But in Wyoming
the drinking age was 19! Not only that but, the beer was a bit
stronger than the beer in Utah (Not as much as we though, but
that's another matter).
This is the first of a series of geocaches I plan to place along
Interstate 80 to commemorate the Seventies and the feeling of
adventure we felt as we took off on the road to return with a big
carton of Mickie's Big Mouths. This first one, will familiarize you
with the road we used. It's on a trail just off the walk way
portion of the Bonneville Shoreline trail, at the mouth of Parley's
canyon. Doing this cache you will get a lot of close views of I-80
and I-215.
But don't go nuts and try and park along the shoulder of I-80 to
get here. The trail leaves the Bonneville Shoreline walkway at N 40
42.793 W 111 48.190. The big question is where to park! Me? I
didn't have to park anywhere. I live in the Foothill Place
Apartments to the north and walked the whole way. You can either
park in the one of the business lots to the north, or in the lot
off of 33rd south to the south. If you park in a
business lot be sure and not park in any of the employee or
customer only spots during business hours. Either way, your going
to have to walk about .5 mile just to get to the trail head. After
that, it's about another half mile to the cache. But, it's a nice
level walk all the way. For about the last 500 feet you will be
walking along the bottom of a big pile of boulders. Be careful and
choose your path wisely. At no point do you have to climb up the
boulders. So, if your GPS is pointing you up the pile, walk about
another 40 feet and you will see the proper path.
I got this cache in the auction at the recent UTAG meeting in
Delta (see the link below). It came fully stocked with some really
great items. So trade fairly, and be sure and re-hide the cache
well before you leave.
One last thing. The purpose of this cache is to promote
nostalgia, and not the consumption of alcoholic beverages. If you
are a young man of 19, I hope your parents raised you better than
me. Just kidding mom! It was the times.
Caches in this series so far:
