From GeoNick: This
is my first Geocache. I like the hiding spot, I hid there when I
was a little kid and I got stuck. Good luck.
From NuitsBlanches: Note GeoNick's interesting choice of attire
on this very hot September day. Kids, eh! Satellite coverage seemed
half decent, despite the tall (!) tree nearby and the waypoint was
averaged a zillion times - error was down to ~20 feet, WAAS turned
on. It is hidden in a feature that is rather hard to miss, so 1.5
Difficulty should be about right, not to be too picky. The spot
looks quite secluded but it _is_ often visited by kids of all sizes
(chances are that you'll be able to trash out some beer
empties...), so be sure to rehide the cache well when done.
Thanks.
Leschi neighborhood and park
" Seattle's Leschi neighborhood is located along Lake Washington
directly east of Pioneer Square. It was a neighborhood served by a
cable car that went from Pioneer Square to Lake Washington along
Yesler Way. Leschi lies south of Madrona Park and north of the
Mount Baker neighborhood (the I-90 corridor). It is a place of
steep hillsides and ravines, one of the scenic neighborhoods along
the Lake Washington Boulevard. [...]
Frederick J. Grant, local historian and president of the Leschi
cable car company, named the neighborhood "Leschi." Nisqually Chief
Leschi (1808-1858) was known to visit this location and was a
well-known and controversial presence in Western Washington during
the 1850s. [...]
The shaky, exciting Yesler-Leschi cable car, built to attract
land buyers, 
became a recreational route to one of
Lake Washington's favorite sites. Facilities were erected to take
advantage of this traffic -- a bandstand, boathouse with eight
gables and ornate tower, Shield's Vaudeville, casino (later called
the Leschi Pavilion), docking facilities for private use and for
Captain John Anderson's Lake Washington "mosquito fleet," a zoo
(which featured black bears, a South American puma, sea lions, and
birds), tennis courts, and formal gardens. [...]
Leschi's gardens were in part the creation of a "Johnny
Appleseed" named Jacob Umlauff. The Seattle Railway Company hired
the German-born Umlauff as Leschi's chief gardener. His specialty
was planting giant sequoia trees (redwoods) in the park and across
the hillsides of Leschi/Madrona, many of which stand in majestic
grandeur today. [...]"
Your hunt will bring you under the soaring reach of
one of the trees planted by Umlauff (who later became Seattle's
Park Superintendent.)
Much more information at
www.historylink.org.
&
www.cityofseattle.net.
Virgin t-bug to prick the interest of the First To Find! Happy
hunting.