[Az-Geocaching] Bacon Cache Trip Report
Jerry Nelson
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:09:59 -0700
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_00E3_01C309D4.515138A0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Two days ago I headed to an anticipated first find of the new Bacon =
Cache in Squaw Peak Park in Phoenix placed by General Ursus. At a point =
about .14 miles from its location the trail changed to an unsigned, =
unnumbered route that caused me to hesitate. A few years ago I'd been =
embarrassed in front of a crowd when a SPP ranger yelled at me over his =
car speaker to get my bottom down from a location he thought was not =
correct. I suppose I was left with a greater than average consciousness =
of trail legality. Not a bad thing generally.
The General and I were not getting identical reports from officials =
about whether open but unsigned trails were legal. After exchanging a =
couple brief e-mails and his consequent asking on this listserv for the =
opinions of others regarding this placement, I decided that the trail =
might be alright after all, so made a second try this morning. Thanks =
to Highpointer and RTW for their responses, allowing me to get this one =
guilt free. The route, although maybe not as "official" as others in the =
area, appears to be used regularly and I'll now consider it OK unless I =
hear otherwise. I still made a first find, even though this has been =
in place for ten days.
The trail issue aside, I have to report that this is an excellent cache. =
It's a beautiful location, well hidden, requiring absolutely no =
searching in off route areas. Even the container is nicely constructed. =
Wear your hiking boots and be prepared for some loose slopes. If you =
like caches that require a bit of exercise and have outstanding views, =
you're bound to enjoy this. =20
The General made a good first hide. Thank you, SIR! (salute :o) )
Jerry
Offtrail
------=_NextPart_000_00E3_01C309D4.515138A0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" =
size=3D3>Two days ago I=20
headed to an anticipated first find of the new Bacon Cache in Squaw =
Peak=20
Park in Phoenix placed by General Ursus. At a point about .14 =
miles=20
from its location the trail changed to an unsigned, unnumbered route =
that caused=20
me to hesitate. A few years ago I'd been embarrassed in front of a =
crowd=20
when a SPP ranger yelled at me over his car speaker to get my =
bottom down=20
from a location he thought was not correct. I suppose I was left with a =
greater=20
than average consciousness of trail legality. Not a bad thing=20
generally.<BR><BR>The General and I were not getting identical =
reports from=20
officials about whether open but unsigned trails were =
legal. After=20
exchanging a couple brief e-mails and his consequent asking on this =
listserv for the opinions of others regarding this placement, I decided =
that the=20
trail might be alright after all, so made a second try this=20
morning. Thanks to Highpointer and RTW for their responses, =
allowing=20
me to get this one guilt free. The route, although maybe not as =
"official" as=20
others in the area, appears to be used regularly and I'll now =
consider it=20
OK unless I hear otherwise. I still made a first find, =
even=20
though this has been in place for ten days.<BR><BR>The trail issue =
aside, I have=20
to report that this is an excellent cache. It's a beautiful location, =
well=20
hidden, requiring absolutely no searching in off route areas. Even =
the=20
container is nicely constructed. Wear your hiking boots and be =
prepared=20
for some loose slopes. If you like caches that require a bit of =
exercise=20
and have outstanding views, you're bound to enjoy this. =20
</FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" =
size=3D3><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" =
size=3D3>The General=20
made a good first hide. Thank you, SIR! (salute :o)=20
)<BR><BR>Jerry<BR>Offtrail</FONT><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY=
></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_00E3_01C309D4.515138A0--