Tracy's Cache Traditional Cache
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Tracy’s Cache is placed in loving memory of Tracy F. McDannell, my brother and eternal friend. Tracy loved nature in all her glory, and although we had talked about the possibility many times, he had never been able to make it out to southern California to take in awesome places like the Anza-Borrego desert with me. While you’re here, please take a moment to think about someone you love dearly as you survey the incredible beauty of the world around you. If you haven’t done so lately, tell that person how you feel - sometimes the people we love are gone far, far too soon.
Your closest approach to the cache will be from Calcite Mine Road off S22 in the Anza-Borrego. If you have a 2WD without much ground clearance, you’ll need to park just off S22 and are looking at a 2 mile hike one way. If you have decent ground clearance, you can get up Calcite Mine Road to within about .7 miles of the cache - I wouldn’t try to get any closer than that in my ol’ mountain goat of a Chevy van, and I’m crazy. There’s a good parking spot at that point. A 4WD with good ground clearance will get you all the way up Calcite Mine Road, but you’ll still have about a quarter mile hike to the cache. The trip is worth it just to see Locomotive Rock, which looks like a diesel streamliner blazing its way heavenward. It’s been doing so for about three million years now, however, and doesn’t seem to be making too much progress. The views from the cache site are some of the most outstanding vistas in the Anza-Borrego desert. You can see the Salton Sea to the east, and to the south - well - just about the entire Anza-Borrego is laid out beneath you.
The cache container is a well hidden (I hope) one gallon container placed where you will have a fantastic view. I tried to do a good job of concealment, so please conceal it at least as well as when you found it. I checked and re-checked the coordinates, so they should be right on. I hope you’ll find the cache and the view well worth the hike.
Initial cache contents include:
For the First Finder (if he or she wants) - A Diamond Rio PMP 300 MP3 player, complete with headphones and the cable for connection to your computer. The manual and software are not included, but can be downloaded free of charge from Diamond Rio’s website. Enjoy, and don’t worry about trading even.
Scenic Cache Cards #1 through #11 (the entire current set)
2 Bungee watches
A PDA (get in touch with Duscwe! For operating instructions)
A World time/calculator
A Babe Ruth baseball card
A pewter dolphin keychain
A small tape measure
A Sacagewea dollar
A deck of cards
A mini FM radio
A couple of quartz crystal points
A piece of petrified wood
A frog keychain
A squishy ball on a tether thingee
An official Geocaching keychain
Please be careful - there are numerous sheer dropoffs on the way to the cache, not to mention hazards such as desert residents of the fanged persuasion. Take plenty of water and plan your trip for daylight hours. It is not a kid-friendly place.
Peace,
Radical Geezer
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