Team Snorkasaurus: Bad news in Bedrock...
The Griffith Park trails have recently been re-opened and I finally had the opportunity to check on the Snorkasaurus Gulch geocache. Sadly, this cache turned out to be another victim of the fires. The cache, all the cache contents, the surrounding plants and even part of the hillside itself are completely gone. I had hoped the cache survived, not for the container's sake; but instead, for the sake of the four Travel-Bugs within it. Unfortunately, that was not to be.
I have no choice but to mark all four TBs as missing and archive this geocache. Although this outcome is not the one I had hoped for, I am glad to finally confirm the fate of these now lost Travel Bugs.
On a more positive note, the surrounding area is already showing signs of rebirth. Small grasses, wild flowers and native chaparral are sprouting up everywhere... Nature amazes me!
Once the area has had some time to recover, I hope to place another Snork-a-rific geocache here. In the meantime, I see no reason to draw people to an area still struggling to recover. Besides, without any mature plants there really aren't too many places to hide anything anyway. At least not yet.
I am truly sorry for the loss of the Travel Bugs.
Our sincere THANKS to all the awesome geocachers who found this cache, I hope to challenge you again in the future...
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