Cream Cellar Road Traditional Geocache
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This cache is hidden along the old Cream Cellar Road. We read about this road in Jerry Roundy's book "ADVISED THEM TO CALL THE PLACE ESCALANTE".
This road was used in the early 20th century for transporting mail and milk from Boulder to the cellar on the way to the Osiris Creamery in Black Canyon. They would wire the lids of the 5 gallon milk cans on, but sometimes when the heat of the Escalante sun beat down on the cans they would explode! It was no surprise to find chunks of butter in cream that was created by being shaken along the bumps of the trail. Notice that the Cream Cellar Road is the only place there is red dirt in this area. The red dirt was hauled in and used to level out the road, so wagons could be used on it. Eventually, people got tired of having their mail soaked with milk so the contract was changed to separate the milk from the mail. We spent a morning walking this trail and sharing our love of Geocaching with Papa Ray and Grandma Lana. If you take the time to hike the road you will see several desert plants and animals. We enjoyed noticing the engineering of the road edge designed to send the water down the mountain instead of across the road. (If you do take this hike I highly recommend that you have a car parked to meet you at the end.)
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