Sunday, September 28, 2008

Colorado Spirit Quest Caches

I found #1 in the series of Colorado Spirit Quest caches today. I have found #1, #17, #44, #60 and #79. I have a long ways to go since there are over 130 of them in the series so far.

The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of caches placed near cemeteries in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have gone before us. This idea is not unique to Colorado. The idea started in 2004 in Indiana and there are now similar series in many states. Indiana has over 650 of them!

Caching Sunday

After church today, I set out to have a caching day in Golden, Colorado. As usual, I made an ambitious list of caches to find, this time 33 of them. I failed to find 3 of the ones I ended up looking for. I also skipped quite a few because I didn't like the area or the lack of nearby parking. So, I ended up finding 18 today and did not break my record of 22 in one day. This ties for my second best day.

Almost all of the ones I found today were micros. Lots of pill bottles and quite a few cammoed containers in poine trees which I always have a hard time finding.

The best ones today were these:

Slim Pickens - a cache about 500 feet down a little used trail. Attached to a tree was a nose, two eyes and a mouth. The tiny cache was in the nose!

Ulysses 1.5 - In the cap of a chain link fence post.

A Stream Runs Through It - In the cap of a chain link fence post. I like this kind.

Colorado Spirit Quest #1 - The first in this series of caches. There are over 100 of them now. This one in Golden is in a pine tree right by Edward Berthoud's gravesite.

From the Halls of Montezuma - By the marine memorial in Golden. Nothing special about the cache but the sheriff did drive by while I was there. He didn't stop, though. Would have been fun if he did.

Walborn - Light pole cover caches are common. This one was full of bees. Good thing they were all dead.