NancyCz-17 "Innocent's Cache" Traditional Cache
NancyCz-17 "Innocent's Cache"
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An ammo box hidden in the woods. Please read the long description
for details.
If you've done my Orange Salamanders Cache, park in the same place.
For Christmas GeoJeanne gave me a fully-stocked cache. We went to
hide it once but there was so much ice we couldn't park. The cache
has finally been hidden.
These woods in Shaftsbury, VT are home to another of my caches (122
Orange Salamanders). I absolutely love exploring here. At some
point (probably this summer) I'm going to hide a multi, but for now
this regular cache will have to satisfy your needs.
A 1/3 mi walk from your car this cache is hidden in the woods. You
will have to climb, but it's worth it. If you bring small children
or dogs be careful of steep ledges (some call them cliffs, I don't
know the difference).
The cache is hidden in an obvious spot, however getting to it will
be a challenge. If it looks too steep, just keep going... if you
meander you will find ways to get up that aren't bad at all... it
just takes some patience.
Innocent is a young boy living in Northern Uganda. He is what is
called a "Night Commuter": a child who cannot sleep at home for
fear of the LRA, a rebel army. The LRA abducts young boys and
girls, forces the boys to be soldiers and uses the girls as
concubines for their officers (because of the AIDS crisis in
Uganda, young girls are the only way to guarantee disease-free
intercourse). I wear a bracelet for Innocent and share his story
with those I meet. I am not asking for donations, or any sort of
assistance, but have hidden this cache so that others may learn of
his plight.
Innocent is an academic, athlete and dancer. He is learning for a
reason, he is dreaming for a purpose: to become a leader and stop
night commuting.
There are DVD copies of a documentary called "Invisible Children"
in this cache. Please feel free to take one. It's about 50 minutes
long and chronicles the journey of three southern Californian men
who traveled to the Sudan to shoot a movie about the war but ended
up in the crossfire of the LRA and learning about these child night
commuters. The documentary is about 50 minutes, and very touching.
Feel free to take a copy. If you take the second to last copy
(leaving one in the cache), please post that so I can replace
them.
I am not asking for any donations or anything else, I just would
like to do something for Innocent besides wear his bracelet.
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