Introduction
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This cache is located in the
Frances Hildreth Townes Forest, 543 acres of conservation land
owned by the New
England Forestry Foundation. NEFF is running a GeoChallenge
this year: the "official" cache goes live May 20th or so. I've
received permission to place several other caches in the forest to
support the GeoChallenge cache, as well as the
Frog Rock CITO that took place on May 6th. As we all know, the
more caches there are, the more cachers there are!
This cache is part of the Excelsior Loop (see below).
P.G. Wodehouse's Excelsior
"Excelsior" is a short story by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in
1948. It is one of his famous and humorous golf stories, all of
which show insight into the human spirit and a strong sense of
comedic timing. "Excelsior" is a story within a story, an account
relayed by the "Oldest Member" of the golf club. It is a comedy of
errors introduced by a young man's wish to marry a young woman and
his attempts to ingratiate himself with her family. He has
competition for her hand, however, and the rivalry between the men
plays itself out both during and as a round of golf. The story has
a happy if somewhat predictable ending.
The Cache
This cache is meant to be done along with the
Excelsior - Longfellow multi-cache. While walking the
Longfellow path, you'll find yourself moderately near to this
cache. Be warned, the climb is long and as with Longfellow, you'll
be bushwhacking the entire way up and down the hill. On the other
hand, if you do this cache with Longfellow, you'll also find a
trail that makes the going much easier for part of the way.
If you do this cache without doing Longfellow expect a roundtrip
of about 1.2 miles of trail and roundtrip of about a mile of
bushwhacking.
In any case, when you are near the cache please be aware of the
Posted signs. The cache is close to private property. Please stay
on NEFF land. Do not approach this cache from the east, park at the
parking coordinates, walk down Frog Rock Road, and bushwhack once
you cross the stone bridge.
The cache is an 11 cup Lock and Lock container with the usual
trinkets and logbook. The camo may crumble, if it does, please try
and find similar camo and re-hide it in the same manner. If you
cannot, please let me know.
Parking Instructions
The designated parking lot is on the 2nd NH Turnpike about a
mile south of the intersection of the turnpike with the
Lyndeborough Road. From the intersection, travel south for about a
mile until you come to Frog Rock Road on your left, which is (of
course!) unmarked. This road is just past Hopkins Road on your
right. Look closely for Frog Rock Road since it is somewhat
overgrown and on a sharp curve of the turnpike. Do not park on Frog
Rock Road (it is a Class 6 fire road), but rather park just to the
south where there is an unpaved wide spot that will easily hold 4
cars.
The Excelsior Loop
Since this area is not very populated, not many cachers visit
the area and I thought that placing several caches here would
attract cachers to the NEFF cache. This idea grew into the
Excelsior Loop. The Loop consists of the following caches
done in this order:
From the Nash Rambler cache you can then hike to the NEFF cache
directly or return to the Frog Rock Road and find the NEFF cache
with the letterboxing clues. When you do the loop you'll have
completed: a traditional, a multi, a micro, a letterbox hybrid and
a puzzle plus the traditonal disguised as a puzzle!
Note: Early logs will be deleted.