Mar 14/2010
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Geocache Activity 594 |
FIND 541 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 1.5; Terrain 1.5; size small. Creator: TeamDJM Date First Hidden: 10/27/2008 Date Last Found: 3/10/2010 Description The St. Mary Canal, excavated by hand in 1898, was the first step in the St Mary River Irrigation District, a massive system that now includes 2 dams, 413 kilometres of canals and 3 principal storage reservoirs holding almost 600,000,000 cubic metres of water. The entire SMRID stretches from the Waterton Dam at Hillspring to Medicine Hat, and is one of 4 major Irrigation Districts in Southern Alberta. LOG ONLY - NO PENCIL Access road is on the north side of highway
Hint Rock Comments
PLANNING
I have been wanting to place 2 or 3 caches in the area west of Medicine Hat for some time. This morning I gathered my gear together and took two containers with me to place in a couple of special spots. I then downloaded the details for 6 existing caches in that area that I might be able to look for if I have the time.
The first two existing caches were just off Highway 3 between Bow Island and Seven Persons. These turned out to be straight forward. The third cache was about 15 km south of Seven Persons just off highway 887. The cache was located in Red Rock Coulee, an interesting geologic site, which I knew about but had never visited. After finding this cache I headed out to the area where I was hoping to locate a couple of new caches. However it quickly became apparent that there was too much snow on the ground so I aborted that idea and focused on trying to find the remaining 3 caches which formed a loop along the back roads to Bow Island.
OUTCOME
The second cache was also one of a series placed by TeamDJM on the Saint Mary River Irrigation District. I think these are the last two in this series (until they add a few more) for me to find. I was surprised at how strong the wind was, which coupled with single digit temperatures, made for some unpleasantly cold searching.
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
Cache is in good shape. TNLNSL. TFTC. This is a great series.
Here are a few photos:
rock
rock moved
swag
locationI am now 2/2 for today.
