Take Me To Your Cache (Eagle Lake)
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I was informed that there is some barbed wire on the way to this cache-- I didn't notice it when I placed the cache-- just something to watch out for!
For a scenic route to this cache, park at Thoresen Park (63rd and Eagle Lake Drive) then follow Eagle Lake Drive around until the street ends. There will be two trails. Follow the one that heads north. The trail cuts between Pike and Eagle Lakes and is particularly nice!
PLEASE RE-HIDE CACHE as you found it. Thanks!
It was a warm and sticky July night. I was walking in one of my favorite parks… just me, the breeze, and the wonderful smell of the air off the lake that reminded me of many summers of my youth, when I would spend a whole week at my grandparent’s cabin on Lake Osakis. Mmmm, summers in Minnesota can be so wonderful.
My leisurely stroll was suddenly interrupted by some rustling and humming on the trail just ahead of me. I looked ahead, but saw nothing. But then I heard the humming coming from up above me… I craned my neck upwards, and there — GASP, could it BE?! No more than 50 feet above my head, a saucer-shaped craft was descending slowly through the treetops. It gently touched down on the forest floor.
Frightened, I ran for the nearest brushy cover, hoping that I would not be seen. I watched breathlessly from my hiding spot as a small, green anthropoid creature descended from the craft, stopped, and looked around. In one of his (her?) hands was a green box. I watched for what seemed like hours as the creature walked around the forest looking at, and then digging through bushes, trees, and grasses. I wondered, what could it be looking for? The creature was about half as tall as me, greenish in color, and wore no obvious clothing.
Sensing no ill intent on behalf of the creature, I slowly emerged from my hiding spot. The creature immediately turned around and saw me. I sensed it was perhaps as afraid of me as I was of it. It then walked slowly up to me. I noticed in its other, four-fingered hand was a device that looked suspiciously like a GPS device from Earth… but I could not be sure. There were symbols imprinted on it that were utterly foreign to me.
As we stared at each other for awhile, I felt that it was trying to communicate with me. No words were exchanged, but as the creature handed me the green box, I sensed that it had a job for me to do. I cannot be sure, but I believe that this creature was trying to tell me that it was also a geocacher, though its race didn’t limit itself to hiding caches on just its own home planet. No… somehow, I knew that they had planted caches on MANY planets all around the galaxy, and now it was Earth’s turn to get one!
I watched silently as it turned away from me, walked back to its craft, and slowly ascended through the trees and up into the sky. Now, I am proud to say that I am the Official Keeper of the Earth’s First Cache from Another Planet, and I have been entrusted by our wandering friends to hide this particularly unique target.
I like creative writing and I'm bored tonight... I’m in my own little world, but that’s okay; they know me here. :)
Your objective: an ammo container hidden in a park that's part of the Three Rivers Regional Park system of Hennepin County. There's a definite theme to this cache, in case you hadn’t already suspected! Some of the starting contents are:
- Glow-in-the-dark "Alien Brains" - perfect for grossing out grandma! Don’t let the kiddies grind it into the living room carpet though!
- Two bendable aliens - ready to party in your solar system!
- 3D glow-in-the-dark stars - for do-it-yourself instant constellations on bedroom or family room walls!
- Einstein "sticking out his tongue" keychain - the great man caught in a moment of levity!
- Plastic-encased block magnet - cool for science experiments, like making every metal object in your house magnetic! Keep it away from your computer’s hard drive!
- Grow your own aquamarine crystal kit - if only your college professor would've made geology this interesting! For ages 12 and up!
- Human-powered light bulb - if you thought it was cool to watch teeny lightning bolts issue forth from your fingertips when you touch metal objects in the dead of winter, wait'll you see what ELSE your natural static charge can do!
There are many other goodies in this cache, including an "Astronomy" computer CD that is perfect for those who want to know more about our own solar system and way, way beyond.
I am a volunteer for the Minnesota Planetarium and Minnesota Astronomical Society, and I love the opportunity to introduce people to the wonders of science. Though I have never seen an “alien” or a UFO, I think science should be FUN. I hope you'll find this to be a fun cache too.
Have fun, Earthlings!
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