Juan De Fuca II Traditional Cache
Hidden : 7/25/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cloud and sea transformed to gold,
Bewitch our wondering eyes;
'Til the view by Juan De Fuca's Strait
Seems a glimpse of paradise.



Just a hundred years after the discovery of America, an intriguing figure flashed across the pages of Northwestern history. Brief as the sojourn of this explorer was in the Pacific Northwest, the record of his achievement is permanently assured, for the splendid Strait of Juan De Fuca commemorates his name and fame.

He was Greek by birth, born on the Island of Cephalonia with the name Apostolos Valerianos, but sailed from Mexico for Spain under his Spanish name. In 1592 he sailed for twenty days in the strait, and thought that it was perhaps the elusive northwest passage. He saw people on the shore clad in skins, and said that the land was fruitful and rich.

It was nearly 200 years before the area was again explored. Some of these later mariners, especially the English, wished to discredit the discovery. James Cook wrote "It is in the very latitude where we are now that geographers have placed the pretended Strait of Juan De Fuca. But we saw nothing of it, nor is there the least possibility that any such existed."

In 1741 the northwest coast was explored by Russian employed Dane Vitus Bering, but, as he was uncertain of the water depth, the strait was not entered. In 1788 Captain John Mears did enter the strait, and, convinced that this was the waterway discovered by Juan De Fuca, rightfully bestowed his name on it.

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I went to drop a TB in the Juan De Fuca cache, which Grandma B and I had placed by some artwork - two heads carved into the soft rock at the bottom of the cliff.

Unfortunately, there had been a landslide, which pretty much destroyed one of the carvings and damaged the other. There were still bits of cliff coming down while I was there, so the cache obviously had to be moved. I took it about a mile farther down the beach, so it had to be listed as a new cache.

Hopefully the new placement will keep the cache dry and the cacher safe.

You'll want to do this cache when the tide is on the lower side - the high tide line was above where I was walking.

I love the high cliffs just beyond the cache! From the cache site you can see McCurdy Point.

Start from North Beach County Park, at the end of Kuhn Street. It's about a 2.75 mile RT walk. We hope you enjoy!

Congratulations to Ski's for FTF!

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