Ernst Tinaja: A Grave Site Multi-Cache
Ernst Tinaja: A Grave Site
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Posted coordinates are to the first stage of a 2 leg multi-cache.
Actual cache container is in a different location. You will need a
car to get from Leg 1 to Leg 2. 1. leg one is INSIDE BBNP. 2. leg
two is OUTSIDE BBNP (via the N. Study Butte entrance) Plan
accordingly.
Big Bend National Park is one of the most beautiful places in
Texas. To complete this cache you must drive to the first leg of
the cache and find the historic gravesite of Juan De Leon from
Boquillas del Carmen, COAH, Mexico. Use his birth and death dates
to solve the coordinates to the final leg and cache container.
(final leg is back OUTSIDE the park through the study butte
entrance) It's a beautiful drive (in a high clearance vehicle)
through the desert surrounded by beautiful natural purple sage and
candelia. Please respect the gravesite and Big Bend National Park
lands leaving the area exactly as found or better. After visiting
this site continue down the road to either Ernst Tinaja or Carlotta
Tinaja for more caching adventures! One of my favorite places in
Big Bend National Park, Ernst Tinaja (watering hole)is very near
this cache. You can park your car in the lot and walk about 1/2 a
mile to see the main Tinajas. Ernst Tinaja is a gorgeous walk into
a natural watering hole area. Please remember to follow desert
hiking guidelines and bring plenty of drinking water. The second
half of the hike is for experienced hikers, you may need climbing
ropes and equipment to traverse the rocks and ledges. I will tell
you that I have crossed (on 2 separate occasions) without any ropes
or special equipment as have my 2 daughters (teens) but many people
have had difficulty getting IN and OUT of this area without said
equipment, so come prepared. You are not in any danger of getting
lost as there is only one way through the canyon from each end. You
will need a high clearance vehicle (truck or SUV) to drive down to
the parking area!!!! This is a must!!! The roads are NOT well
maintained and wash out regularly. Please avoid contact with any
animals/reptiles you may come across and do not collect any plants
or rocks as this is a National Park, behave respectfully. Take lots
of pictures, this is a gorgeous place! Have fun!!! See some of my
pics from the area! love, Tanya Puzzle: If Juan's birth year = ABCD
and Juan's death year = ABEF, then solve the coords: N 29 A (D+F).A
C D W 103 E C.(E+F) E D
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[The point of finding this cache is to visit the tinaja's!
If you are JUST caching, you are missing the point! haha]
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