Mar 27/2010
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Geocache Activity 620 |
FIND 563 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 2; Terrain 2; size micro Creator: WD65 Date First Hidden: 2/15/2010 Date Last Found: 3/21/2010 Description Cache holds only a log and pencil. Watch for muggles. Beware of ant hills. Pull socks up over pant legs! A memorial dedicated to people lost to the Frank Slide. If you drive up the road, it is a surprisingly nice little trip. Went and re-checked co-ordinates and came up with N49 35.727 W114 24.160. Hope this comes closer. Hint Between an ant and a hard place, down low. Comments
PLANNING
I created a plan for searching for 7 geocaches in the Hillcrest/Bellevue area of the Crossnest Pass. Looking at the descriptions for these caches I sensed there would be both some hiking as well as some difficult searches as there were a number of micro-sized caches in the group. I figured 7 searches would take much of the day and I was not too confident of finding all of them. On the other hand this is a beautiful part of the province and I enjoy being among the mountains at any time. The weather forecast was for sunshine but with some wind.
I was taking my sling pack as well as my Panasonic DMC-ZS3 camera. I am still trying to develop, and stick to, a more rigorous routine of keeping track of the timing of each search plus taking more photos of the search.
OUTCOME
This was the fourth search in my plan to look for 7 geocaches. I wandered around for a bit before I noticed the ant hill. And it was hard to miss! I found the cache at 12:22 PM. (I forgot to note the time I began searching.)
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
Incredible little creatures. There was a lot of activity but they seemed to want to stay close to home. Fine by me. SL. TFTC.
Here are a few photos:
Memorial
Plaque
Between an ant and a hard place
cache
close-up of ant colony
closer-up
I am now 4/5 for today.
