Sometimes a Cache Multi-Cache

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Prime Reviewer: As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Hidden : 5/26/2004
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A tour of Lake Travis by small boat

As of May 2006, all waypoint and cache are out there waitng to be found!

Are you ready for a little exercise? Are you ready to work a little in order to find an ammo box full of silly garage sale items? Do you want to see if your GPS unit really is waterproof? There are four legs to the entire ‘Sometimes a Cache’ trip. If you are short on time, or do not want to put in 2 to 3 hours of paddling on beautiful Lake Travis, you can reach the first two waypoints by car. Waypoints One and Two are located in parks along the edge of the lake. After you pay to enter the first park, you can enter the others without paying anything more. Waypoint Number Three is only easily accessible when the lake level is lower than 675’. If the lake level is higher than 675’ you will have to get wet. You will need a mask to be able to read the tag. The nice park employees can tell you the lake elevation when you enter Bob Wentz Park. For detailed information about Lake Travis, including lake level and water temperature, visit: (visit link)

I recommend starting this trip from Bob Wentz Park at Windy Point, although you could also start from Mansfield Park. Even if you use your car to reach the first two waypoints, you will still need to get wet and Windy Point is the best place to do it.At the very least, you will need the following items:

•Kayak. You can bring your own, or rent one from one several canoe/kayak rental places in town, or from the concession stand in Bob Wentz Park. You cannot get to the first two waypoints with a motorboat or personal watercraft. You cannot reach Waypoint Number Three without a boat. (Yes, strictly speaking, you could use your car to get to the first two waypoints and a motor boat to get to the third waypoint. You cannot, however, launch a power boat from Bob Wentz. Anyway, you will not build muscle by taking the easy way)
•PFD (lifejacket) Actually wear it!
•Water
•GPS unit
•Map with GPS grid (If you decide to drive to the second waypoint)
•Mask and snorkel (If lake level is higher than 675’)
•Sunblock

The waypoints are small dog collar tags that provide the coordinates to the next waypoint. The three waypoint tags are attached to an old metal pole, a fence, and a concrete block. The final cache point is an Ammo box filled with the following items: a logbook, mini tool set, Texas pin, bike reflector, and a plastic dinosaur. In the near future, I will add new items that relate to the theme of 'surviving on a deserted island'. Anything you would like to add along these lines would be appreciated by future survivors of this geocaching adventure.

Do not attempt to swim to the waypoints. Do not expect the motor boats to yield the right-of-way.

Important Note! The problem mentioned by 'lowracer' has now been corrected. You do not need to make any adjustments to the coordinates.

If you don't find the cache, just remember, a bad day at the lake still beats a good day at work!

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