GCW6VN Pea-Wee (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by Furbrat

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FuRbRaT: It was nice while it lasted, but I wont be able to make it up there any time soon. So Im giving the spot up for someone else.
Ciao

GCW6VN ▼

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Hidden : 5/23/2006

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

You're looking for a "NEW" specimen container that has been camouflaged. It might be hard to reach with a wheelchair without a TOTT. Hence the 1.5 terrain. Stealth will be required during busy hours of the restaurant. Bring a Pen. The cache can hold small trade items.

We'd like to thank bunthorne for the Virtual cache "Pea Soup Challenge GCHA3H" that was here for a little over 2 years. We came here on May 21rst and didn't see a cache in our GPSr so we placed one, unaware there was already a cache here. (180ft from this cache). The cache was disabled due to unexpected removal and/or rotation of the information for his virtual cache. So I wrote to bunthorne and asked him if he wouldn't mind if I placed one here instead and he offered me his location. So here it is...........
Please put the cache back EXACTLY how you find it so it doesn't get muggled. Thanks!

If you've never been here you might want to stop in and try the SOUP!

HISTORY

It all began on Friday, June 13th, 1924, when Anton Andersen, born in Denmark purchased a piece of the Golden State, California. Once a Mexican land grant owned by Jose Maria Covarrubias and Joaquin Carrillo of Santa Barbara, the land was purchased by the Buell brothers in 1865. R.T. Buell turned the land into a prosperous horse and cattle ranch and dairy farm, named Rancho San Carlos de Jonata. R.T. Buell married Miss Emily Budd in 1892 and they had five children. When Mr. R.T. Buell died in 1905 he was buried in the family plot, now the parking lot of Pea Soup Andersen's Hotel. His body was later moved to Oak Hill Cemetery in Ballard. The area of Buellton began to change rapidly after the turn of the century. By 1911 Danish settlers were pouring into the area starting farms and businesses. William Budd, brother of Mrs. Emily Buell, opened a post office and it became an official United States Post Office in 1920. When the highway was diverted through Buellton in 1924 and electricity was brought to the valley, it seemed the right time to make their move. Anton and Juliette Andersen purchased a small parcel of land and building from William Budd and opened a restaurant.
Pea Soup Andersen's has been a self-proclaimed California landmark ever since. Pea Soup Andersen's is in fact Buellton's claim to fame, and its biggest employer. There were three other locations, one in Carlsbad, one in Santa Nella, and one in Selma. The Carlsbad restaurant is now a TGIFridays.