10/25/07: After years of
dealing with low quality cachers stealing, breaking, plundering,
and misplacing my caches, I'm exhausted. I have tried to provide
quality, creative, and original caches for over six years, costing
me a good amount of time and money. Sometimes the only reward is
yet another cut n' paste log from a numbers-obsessed cacher.
Coupled with the ongoing damage at my caches, it just ain't worth
it and it's not fun. I will continue my normal maintenance visits
but I am now archiving all my caches if they are again ruined by
LQCs (or if the cache is controversial in any way). This process
may be quick or long depending on the cachers that come here. For
the enjoyment of future cachers, please take care of this cache
just as indicated below to help preserve this hide. I do send a BIG
thanks to all the high quality cachers who have helped support me
and my caches through the years. Much appreciated!
-CoolCache
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A favorite location in the Bay area for cyclists, joggers, bird
watchers, picnic-ers, subathers, kayakers, walkers and the like.
Now this scenic location has a traditional stash for trades and
TBs.
Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Park was created in 1998 as a
joint cooperative effort between the Park District, Port of
Oakland, Sierra Club, Golden Gate Audubon Society, and others. It
reclaims tidal flow to its original 71 acres that had been filled
in in the mid 80s. A popular destination but still lots of
opportunities for wildlife spotting. While there you might see
Geese, Terns, ground squirrels (for sure), Avocets, burrowing owls,
and perhaps the endangered California Clapper Rail. The observation
tower nearby is an ideal spot for bird watching. (See Healing View)
Caching aside, the Park is always a welcome retreat. The cache
is in the park near the Arrowhead Marsh. Use the "Swan Way"
entrance to the park. Please observe park hours. An easy walk to
the cache but please be discreete as mugglers abound. Wearing
subdued clothing will help hide you at the cache location. Prepare
for a lot of goose poop as well.
Cache container and original contents are shown below. All
trades and TBs are welcome but CoolCache, as usual, asks that you
take pride in your trades and trade equitably. If you don't want
it, probably no one else will either! Please come with smaller,
quality trade items (only a gallon container).
>>>>> 8/27/05 New container and hide method in
place. Muggle that.
>>>>> 9/28/05 All previous finders of this cache
can re-find it and log it. It's substantially different than
before.
