Meandering Banks of the Wee-Chi-Tah Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

West Texas Reviewer: Cache Owner (CO) has had more than enough time to maintain this cache in a responsible fashion, so this cache is being archived to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking new cache placements. If the owner wishes to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future (not to exceed 15 days from the date of this entry), just contact me (by e-mail), and assuming it still meets the current Guidelines, I will consider unarchiving this cache.

Please be advised this is not a guarantee that this geocache will be unarchived. Many factors will go into my decision. The most important of which is how you responded to geocachers who tried to communicate with you regarding the problem(s) with this geocache hide and how you communicated with me, the West Texas Reviewer.

More
Hidden : 6/10/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works
Looking for a different adventure?

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:


The story begins more than 100 miles southwest of this location. In Knox County, Texas several forks of the Wichita River come together to flow through Lake Kemp and Lake Diversion. The river continues its northeastern route, meandering through the heart of Wichita Falls. It is here the river provides the city its namesake. Wee-Chi-Tah, in Comanche meaning "waist deep" and a sandstone outcropping, created a natural falls - Wichita Falls.

Continuing its northeastern journey the Wichita River reaches its final course across a low-lying plain, meandering widely. As the rivers velocity slows along the convex of each bend it deposits sediment along the bank. The currents on the concave flow somewhat faster, eroding the banks. As water continues to pass through the bend depositing and eroding, a more pronounced horseshoe shape forms. Eventually, the river cut across the horseshoe to follow a straighter path. The bend in the horseshoe, which is cut off from the river is called an oxbow lake (or as our Aussie friends call it, a billabong). The cache is on the banks of this oxbow, which was once the final bend in the Wee-Chi-Tah before joining the Red River.

You will be looking for an ammunition box appropriately labeled and "naturally" camouflaged.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bayl bar jnl bhg: sebz gur obggbz

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


Advertising with Us