“INDIANA
SPIRIT QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just a year and a half, the quest has
grown to over two hundred forty caches hidden in twenty-four
Indiana counties, and two Ohio counties, and the hiders have grown
to nine cacher teams, six of which are comprised of A Man and
His Dog... and one who is a Dog and her Woman.
Over 450 cacher teams have logged over 5,100
finds. One cache machine found 102 ISQ caches in a single
day.
(Photos by LEAD DOG)
INDIANA
SPIRIT QUEST #256
”DONKEYVILLE!"
Welcome to Perrysburg Cemetery, Union
Twp., Miami County.
A special salute to:
Marvin I.
Siders
Indiana
Major 7th Cav 1st Air Cav Div.
Vietnam
5-23-40 11-6-68
DSC BSM AM ARCOM PH
(Distingished Service Cross, Bronze Star, Air Medal, Army
Commendation Medal, Purple Heart)
Capt. Siders, from Macy, was killed by hostile small arms fire
in Tay Ninh Province on Nov. 6, 1968 (posthumous promotion)
AMERICAN HERO.
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE
NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
Domestication of the donkey circa 4000 BC is credited to
predynastic Egypt . In particular, the donkey has been cited as the
most probable beast of burden employed enroute between the First
dynasty of Egypt (and perhaps earlier) and turquoise mining camps
in the Sinai Peninsula , as mention of the dromedary in Ancient
Egypt does not appear until far later in the early 2nd millennium
BC .
Donkeys were also used in the prehistoric eras of Europe and
western Asia, for pulling carts and carrying loads (including
riders). Though not as fast as horses, donkeys are long-lived,
cheaper to maintain, have great endurance, and are agile on poor
tracks. They remain of crucial economic importance in many
developing countries.
Donkeys have a reputation for stubbornness, but this is due
to some handlers' misinterpretation of their highly-developed sense
of self preservation. It is difficult to force or frighten a donkey
into doing something it sees as contrary to its own best interest,
as opposed to horses who are much more willing to, for example, go
along a path with unsafe footing.
Although formal studies of their behaviour and cognition are
rather limited, donkeys appear to be quite intelligent, cautious,
friendly, playful, and eager to learn. They are many times fielded
with horses due to a perceived calming effect on nervous horses. If
a donkey is introduced to a mare and foal, the foal will often turn
to the donkey for support after it has left its mother.
The cache container
was a small plastic jar; now a lock-n-lock. BYOP.
.The cache is not located near a grave... If you find a
fallen US flag, please stick it back in the ground. As always,
please be respectful, and cache in, trash out.
XXX!
None genuine without this official SixDogTeam
seal. Digital photographs taken by Lead Dog, (C) 2005 by RikSu
Outfitters unless otherwise noted.
"Indiana
Spirit Quest" is brought to you by the following fellows of
GEOISQ*: The SixDogTeam, Kodiak
Kid, THE SHADOW, Team Shydog, Rupert2, Torry, ~Mystery Dog~, Team
Tigger International, Cache Commando, and bbSurveyors. If you are
interested in spreading the Quest to your neck of the woods AND
WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email SixDogTeam.
*Grand Exalted Order of
the Indiana Spirit
Quest
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