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Tall hills, spring fed streams, beautiful country!
The Renegade’s Perch
This one is a little beyond In the Spirit of the Renegade Cache; you will find the hike over here about the same, strenuous. I planned to title this one a nice place to rest, which it definitely is! If you liked the Red Rock Canyon, your are going to love this one! I had hiked in here from the west years ago, packing a rifle while looking for coyotes; it was a very long hike back!
When approaching from the east, you will be wanting a place to rest, even more so if you came from the west! This is beautiful country; you will want water resistant if not waterproof shoes. There are all sorts of wildlife here, you name it and if it belongs to Kansas, this canyon probably has it. You will not find the copperhead snake here, maybe a few others, but this place is loaded. I got really friendly with a skunk, walked right up on him before I saw movement. The are coyotes tracks, lots of turkeys, deer, badger, horned lizards, and I am sure the elusive Eastern Collared Lizard will be found here too.
The name has a dual meaning for me; this area was really popular with the Native Americans. When the Union Pacific was building north of here, the Indians attacked daily. The Army came out to protect the work crews, if the Army was watching the track layers, the grade builders were getting attacked. This was some of the roughest country for the railroad on the way to Denver. Native Americans attacked the big roundhouse that used to be in Brookville. When they were pursued by the military, they just seemed to disappear into these canyons. When you get here, it will be obvious how easy that is!
When I first started placing caches, KSRENEGADE, came through and hit them with a fury. Who was that guy? What a mysterious name! We started running into his logs everyplace we went caching, man that guy gets around! Soon it was obvious that he had drive that most do not have, I placed some really deep, guess who was first, yep! Curiosity got the best of me and I loaded up the crew and made a trip to Mulvane. After leaving, I had a renewed sense of respect for the guy, open, energetic, and a really nice guy to boot. I am sure that when he gets here, he will spend a few minutes reflecting, I know I did.
We placed John’s Gateway south of here, you owe it to yourself though to hike north and see the huge red boulders in the bottom of this canyon. I’ll get out with another cache one of these days. Like always, bringing a partner out here is a good plan, cell phone service is not available here, keep your wits about you and watch for rattlesnakes in warm weather. Ticks and poison ivy abound in this region. This series of caches are much nicer to find in cold weather! Grab a friend or family member and get out here! You can get here from the west for free; you can pay for a Kansas Park Permit, good in all State Parks at the Park Office or any county clerk’s office. Cache was placed with permission of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. Should you see any sort of trail developing to cache, email me at tyrfryr@cox.net and I will go move it. There is no shortage of beautiful spots to hide here!
N 38 40.731 W 98 00.297 are SASO362's coordinates if you get here and are having trouble.
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