GCJKG9 Decker Canyon Overlook (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by Firehouse16

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GCJKG9 ▼

A cache by Firehouse16 Message this owner

Hidden : 6/1/2004

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Located along the Ortega Highway (California's Wildland Firefighters Memorial Highway) between Lake Elsinore and San Juan Capistrano.

"California Wildland Firefighters Memorial Highway". On August 8, 1959, the Decker Canyon fire was ignited on when a car drove off a Route 74 embankment, crashing through brush to the canyon floor, some 200 feet below. The vehicle burst into flames, and winds whipped the flames into a firestorm racing uphill toward firefighters battling the blaze from above. Six firefighters made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting and serving the people of California by battling the Decker Canyon fire; twenty-seven other firefighters were injured in the fire. California experiences hundreds of wildland fires every year, and thousands of firefighters from local, state, and federal agencies fight these fires to protect lives and property. These men and women of the wildland firefighting services are dedicated in their efforts to save lives and property from destruction, and nearly every year wildland firefighters are injured and killed fighting wildland fires across the State of California.

You are looking for a 7"x2" chip tube that has been camouflaged. The cache is less than 20' off the parking area. Across the highway is the famous Ortega Falls, take a hike down and enjoy the cascading falls.

Make sure when visiting our National Forests you stop and get an Adventure Pass for the day, available at the local USFS Fire Station or the Lookout Restaurant.

Contents:
Log and Pen
Some good stuff
Buck - Bambi's Dad TB