These caches are on the Dark Side of the Moon (DSoM). Sometimes
caches are not the park and grab type. They are caches that need
planning, preparing, studying. These dark side of the moon caches
may be safer attempted with fellow cachers.
Cachers should be forewarned to bring lots of water, insect
repellent, and sunscreen for the sun and poison ivy. There is no
shade on parts of the long walks.
The terrain rates from a 1.5 to a 3 with a rough estimate of a 3
mile round trip hike to complete all 10 of the Dark Side of the
Moon caches. All caches are regular size with trade items along
with logbooks.
We hid these DSoM caches during three visits taking a total of
five hours. (About near kilt us!) We saw no snakes but lots of
bikers. There are some DORBA trails in the area and they do a good
job of maintaining them and sometimes frown upon hikers on their
trails. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO USE ANY OF THE DORBA TRAILS TO FIND
THESE CACHES. We walked the dirt utility roads and train tracks to
hide all of these caches. A good parking/starting point is the
convenience store on the corner of Centerville Rd. and Lake View
Pkwy.
Each cache is unique. Cachers may or may not want to attempt
them all at once. There will be tall grass, briars, avoidable
poison ivy, rocks, long hikes, railroad tracks, and chiggers
involved. Again, take lots of water and a buddy.
“Us & Them” is a small black round tin about 6" accross. To
find this cache, you will have to use part of the DORBA trail so
share with THEM!
Good luck!
As always, we leave you with the lyrics to “US & Them” by
Pink Floyd.
Us and Them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me, and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died
And the General sat, as the lines on the map
moved from side to side
Black and Blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and Down
And in the end it's only round and round and round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
the poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside
Down and Out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny that's what the fightings all about
Get out of the way, it's a busy day
And I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died