I placed this one for a fellow geocacher. I always enjoy hunting
his caches..most of them are a history lesson..something
interesting to see or just a "good challenge". Thanks for all the
hard work and time that you spend!
I was actually on my way back home to Wichita from Denver when I
decided to hide this. I missed the eastbound one..made a "U"ey at
the next turn off and decided to place it going West. There is a
turn around not far west of the rest area.
The Coleman Jug Cache container has been replaced with an OD
Ammobox. It contains a ton of things that little kids would love to
get their hands on and somethings that the parents would wish that
they didn't.
The Mowing staff is aware of the new geocache placement..it
seems that the old Coleman Jug has an interesting story..A guy who
was taking care of the rest area found it late fall/early winter
2005 and thought it might be a bomb. They called the Kansas State
Highway Patrol who, in turn, called the Ellsworth County Sheriff's
office. They all stood around and poked at it for awhile. Finally,
one of them got brave and opened it up. Then they all got a chuckle
when the found out what it was. They rehid it behind some rocks
closer to the bathrooms and it was muggled that same day.
One of the mowing crew passed on this information..take it for
what it's worth..there are snakes, ticks, and spiders around the
area. A 7 foot black snake that's about 6 inches in diameter is
said to live amongst the trees in the area and a guy also got a
spider bite in the trees and was in the hospital for 5 days from
it. He lost 60 pounds in that short time.
Say "Hi!" to GC..the little Mouse..if you see him. He is the
protector of the cache..and has been seen on numerous occasions. I
sure am glad that the geocache is an ammobox not a tupperware
container or he might be living in it..I found a cache at Meade
Lake like that..the little fellow had made a nice hole and moved
his/her nest in amongst the caching treasures..