This is a micro cache in honor of my car purchase at a nearby
dealership.
Sometimes you just need to get out and walk around to clear you
head of that new car smell. I swear that something that they put in
that smell has an intoxicating effect on the brain, making the
average person more susceptible to the lure of heated leather
seats, on-demand 4WD, anti-lock brakes, side airbags, rear seat DVD
players, aluminum alloy rims, extended warranties, not to mention
integrated GPS navigation systems (does anyone know if you can load
Pocket Queries into those things?).
The walking area near this cache is nice. And it's a good excuse
to get outside and talk over your purchase and let the effects wear
off a bit before you buy.
It is a log-only cache, so please bring a pen from your
salesperson's desk (or your own writing stick) to sign the log. And
be sure to wipe your feet before you take that 2nd test drive when
you get back!
(Oh, by the way, I got a Honda.)
Historical Interest:
I received this bit of history lesson in a log from
Duke of Earl and I thought that it was worthwhile keeping with
the cache description:
"I would also like to point out the tiny cemetery only a few
feet from the cache. The cemetery is mostly a family plot of the
Penny and Trice family and has graves dating back to the mid 1840s.
My eye, however, was caught by the slightly seperate and much more
recent marker for Hans Lowenbach (1905-1983) and his wife. Dr Hans
Lowenbach was a professor of both neurology and psychiatry at Duke
for several decades and was at one time chairman of the Department
of Psychiatry. There is still a Lowenbach lecture each year in the
dept. I believe he is often given some credit for establishing
Duke's psychiatry department as more biological, as opposed to
psychoanalytic, in orientation. Dr Lowenbach is listed as having
"canvassed" this cemetery for the
Durham County historical
cemetery survey (you can also find there lists of cemeteries in
other nearby counties and which would possibly be of particular
interest to geocachers because they list coordinates for the
cemeteries) but it is not said whether Dr Lowenbach owned the land
at the time so I don't know why he chose to be buried
there."
Thanks, Duke of Earl!
This particular cemetary is included in the list at:
PENNY-TRICE
FAMILIES Cemetery and I must note that the coordinates that
they give for the cemetery are off by almost 0.3miles!