Friar Tuck Cache Traditional Cache
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This geocache was placed in a very beautiful and secluded location. Highland Park is located on 95 acres of Forest Hill Road in Macon. The state of Georgia deeded the land from the Creek Indian Nation to Mrs. Ann Richey in 1821. During the end of the 1800’s the Lasociete Catholique Religious order acquired the land. Mr. North Winship became the owner of the estate by warranty deed. A monastery was built on the highest elevation in Macon, which sits directly behind Highland Park with trails leading to it from behind the 2 and 3 building. Along these trails, you will notice platforms where statues of the saints once stood. The only one remaining is the statue of the Apostle Peter. This area is one of the oldest and largest hardwood forests in the state of Georgia. As you continue along the trails you will notice stone bridges and walkways which were constructed during the late 1800’s. Directly across from the grotto are the remains of and old swimming pool which measures 50 x 200ft. This pool was an enjoyment to many Macon youth during the 1900’s. The cords for the pool are N 32 52.118 / W 83 41.277. When Mr. North Winship purchased this land, he added on to the monastery and made a palatial home. Mr. Winship was later to become the first Ambassador for the United States to South Africa. The Winship’s furnished the home with the art treasures from throughout the world and the surrounding grounds were made into formal gardens. In the early 1970’s, the home was burned by vandals. The brick basement and patios remained. An apartment community was built on this land after the fire. The clubhouse sits on this basement and the patio looks out over a ravine where the monastery is located. The community was named Winship North in memory of Mr. Winship. In 2002 the ownership elected to change the name to Highland Park. A special “thank you” goes to the staff and tenants of Highland Park Apartments for allowing this cache to be placed here. Anyone who is in the market for a great apartment home in a beautiful, quiet, secluded location should check this place out.
To locate the geocache, turn into the apartment complex and take the first right and when the street ends take the next right. Please park on the south side of the parking lot near the woods. Locate building numbers 2 and 3 and walk between them along a cement drainage overflow gulley. At this point turn to your right and travel approximately 50 feet to the trail entrance. Please respect the privacy of the tenants and not wander close to their apartments (porches, decks, etc.). Take the trail to the right and follow it to the cache location. Geocachers who search for this cache in the winter will find that this hunt is easy but the ones who search for it during the spring/summer when the foliage is out will have trouble with getting a good signal from their GPS units. It can be difficult in this location to get a clear view of the sky. Hint : Read and copy down the poem by Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken.”
The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 20
Additional Hints
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