Life - It's All About Making Choices Multi-Cache
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Life - It's All About Making Choices
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Choices – we make them constantly, like it or not. (or we choose not to make them) Wise, foolish, forced, rushed, happy… you name it. Thurston County and the City of Lacey made a wise choice by preserving 67 acres for a regional athletic complex in Lacey, home of big box businesses and high-density housing. Whether by choice or not, they also preserved some wonderful stands of oak prairie forestland.
This cache is all about choices. The given coordinates are for waypoint 1. I recommend that you choose to enter the athletic complex from Steilacoom Road. The slot you select to park in is your choice.
This cache only needs a 1.5 to 2 terrain rating if you make the best choices.
Waypoint 1 gives a choice of two sets of coordinates. One choice is correct; the other is not. If you choose the correct set, you will find a container with the two options for the next waypoint. If you choose the incorrect set, you will find a message suggesting that you try the other option. Continue like this for waypoints 2, 3, 4, and the final cache. (Yes, you’ll have to walk around a bit. It IS an athletic complex.)
Specific information on all waypoints:
1 - new canister at base
2A - tag in cluster
2B - original canister knee high - if it falls, please replace
3A - tag in triplets
3B - tag in group
4A - original canister - shoulder high
4B - tag and canister at base of triplets
5A - tag eye level
5B - base under sticks
PLEASE DO NOT let kids/teens see you find the final stage. Ammo cans are highly prized by them, so it won’t last long if it is brought to their attention.
I encountered three types of trees while placing this cache:
1. Garry oaks are a threatened species that are rarely found north of Thurston County. Natural stands like those you find here are becoming increasingly rare.
2. Pacific yew trees are protected in Thurston County. This slow growing tree is the source of the anti-cancer drug, taxol. There is concern that it could become an endangered species as a result of overharvesting. The yew that holds one of the film canisters is a particularly large and well formed specimen.
3. Bigleaf maple is indigenous to the Pacific Northwest and produces the largest known maple leaves. It supports a far greater growth of mosses and other plants such as the licorice fern than other trees in our region.
You will also see understory plants such as snowberry and licorice fern that are commonly found in oak forests. Compare these plants with those you find under the coniferous woods you will be passing on your trek. I also found some shaggy mane mushrooms that are typical at the edges of oak forests. I ate them.
Additional Hints
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